Saturday, March 7, 2009

Friendless BJP?

First, there's trouble between the Sena and BJP in Maharashtra. Then, Nitish Kumar announces that he wants a (much) bigger share of seats in Bihar. Erstwhile ally Mamata Banerjee goes and hooks up with the Congress. There's trouble with the Akali Dal in Punjab. And now, to top it all, the alliance with the BJD in Orissa collapses, over a (relatively) trivial issue such as seat sharing. I don't know if the allies are just deserting a sinking ship, or if the BJP's forgotten overnight how to manage coalition partners, but seriously, with this sorry state of affairs, how the hell do they hope to get even a respectable score, let alone win?

1 comment:

  1. 1 answer to the question. LK advani. He has had a long history of toying with alliances and needling them. Nitish Kumar, BJD, Shiv Sena were staunch allies of BJP in NDA. I dont think it is the matter of rats deserting a ship, the problem is with the skipper.

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