The exit poll results, barring ORG MARG give the NDA a
simple majority. It does predict they will be within striking distance though. I
was watching TIMES NOW last night, just to get a sense of why the ORG poll was relatively
conservative.
Arnab was exploring post poll alliance possibilities when a
couple of the seculars dropped bombshells. One of them, Kavita of the TRS (from Telangana)
said in so many words that they would not join the BJP led NDA in a post poll
alliance because the Muslims voted for TRS!
In assessments made by the panellists which included people
like Vinod Mehta, Lord Meghnad Desai, Arti Jerath amongst others, the consensus
on UP seemed to be that the SP had taken the Muslim vote, as a result Mayawati’s
BSP had not done well, but that Mayawati had probably held on to the caste
vote.
Add the pre-poll reservation game of the Congress party.
And their all consuming pre-occupation with the Gujarat riots 12 years ago, read "see minorities, BJP is bad for you". It was simply seeking to create more divisions between "minority" and "majority" to its political advantage. Of course, it said nothing specific about what it plans to give us in the next 5 years. Division by caste, religion and region is how these parties’ describe
secularism. It’s another scam! Perhaps we should call it the Secular Scam! I’m
delighted they’ve almost certainly been shown the door.
While I make no defence for the extreme right views on the
other side, I haven’t heard them state very much, if anything, about the Hindu vote.
Nor are they wooing the caste vote. So the lineup looks like this:
The Secularists : Congress – reservations & Muslims, BSP –
caste, SP – Muslims and caste, TRS – Muslims, and NCP – regionalism...the list goes on.
The Right Wing Extremists : Development, Good Governance.
Hah!
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