If there is one issue that has had more than its fair share of press, it’s the impending nuclear deal between the USA and India. And if there has been ever the most absurd of oppositions, it’s been by the left parties in India.
Loads of threats and coercive tactics…but will any of it ever come to actualization?
Is it a real possibility that the left parties withdraw support from the UPA government, leading to snap polls?
I doubt UPA’s current fear will ever come to pass.
The leftist ideology is a dying one; communism is being shown its way out.
The views of the left parties are eliciting consternation from even their strongholds. People in Bengal and Kerela are subtly disassociating themselves with the communist pillar of thought.
The very foundation finds itself on life support…
The only thing that can save the left for a while; is a continued assault on the public minds; just so that they are not forgotten.
The left needs to be in the news to have any chance of surviving these troubled times. Or the Leftist thought will fizzle out and be forgotten.
And the only way they can continue to be in the news is by staying in the government.
For inside the government they hold the key to majority, outside they remain a weak force.
Till the time they have the power to sway the political winds at the centre, they will continue to feature on news channels, on the front pages of the leading dailies…
The Left may collude with the opposition and criticise every move the government makes, but it will always stop short of withdrawing support.
The Left parties need Congress much more than the latter needs the former.
Despite of all these last ditch attempts to save themselves, not much is left of the Left.
They live on borrowed time; the nation seems intent on showing them the exit door.
I wrote this for an online magazine…Reviews and comments are as always welcome.
Picked an off-beat topic just to show how cosmic my repertoire of topics is… (Also gives me a reason to be vainer than ever).
Thanks a lot to everyone for the comments.
Au revoir!
Loads of threats and coercive tactics…but will any of it ever come to actualization?
Is it a real possibility that the left parties withdraw support from the UPA government, leading to snap polls?
I doubt UPA’s current fear will ever come to pass.
The leftist ideology is a dying one; communism is being shown its way out.
The views of the left parties are eliciting consternation from even their strongholds. People in Bengal and Kerela are subtly disassociating themselves with the communist pillar of thought.
The very foundation finds itself on life support…
The only thing that can save the left for a while; is a continued assault on the public minds; just so that they are not forgotten.
The left needs to be in the news to have any chance of surviving these troubled times. Or the Leftist thought will fizzle out and be forgotten.
And the only way they can continue to be in the news is by staying in the government.
For inside the government they hold the key to majority, outside they remain a weak force.
Till the time they have the power to sway the political winds at the centre, they will continue to feature on news channels, on the front pages of the leading dailies…
The Left may collude with the opposition and criticise every move the government makes, but it will always stop short of withdrawing support.
The Left parties need Congress much more than the latter needs the former.
Despite of all these last ditch attempts to save themselves, not much is left of the Left.
They live on borrowed time; the nation seems intent on showing them the exit door.
I wrote this for an online magazine…Reviews and comments are as always welcome.
Picked an off-beat topic just to show how cosmic my repertoire of topics is… (Also gives me a reason to be vainer than ever).
Thanks a lot to everyone for the comments.
Au revoir!
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