MY VIEWS ON THE INDIAN POLITICAL LANDSCAPE

Even those who aren’t political analysts can say safely that the recent Gujrat state elections were one of the most keenly contested elections in recent history.
Before the elections, Mr. Modi’ s naysayers had said that he was outmaneuvered on all fronts. Furthermore he had lost the campaigning of the RSS. And the last straw they declared was the revolt of party seniors like Keshubai Patel and others. The media too was extremely harsh on him. In fact most of the news channels were showing negative clips and news about him. But in an almost stunning move like the rebirth of the a phoenix from ashes he came and won the elections everyone was saying he was going to lose. His unexpected win had all the news casters eating their hats.
But what was much more important than the election results were that the famed Gandhi name doesn’t stand against real development. This fact was clearly demonstrated by the UP state elections where despite the best efforts of Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, the Congress showing was one of the worst in recent years.
Another thing which is happening now is that the two main national parties- the BJP and the Congress are becoming weaker, thus allowing for regional parties to hold sway over them, the Congress more than the BJP. The UPA has demonstrated this fact by giving in to the various demands of the NCP, the DMK and the left parties. This policy of appeasement has cost the country dearly a la the nuclear deal.
The congress’s naiveness shows clearly when in says that the BJP is a communal party just because the BJP says that it has a Hindu vote bank. As Mr.Arun Shourie wrote if the Congress says Muslims are its vote banks, then it becomes secular while the BJP becomes communal.
The Congress with its policy of minority appeasements is slowly alienating the majority of the people from voting for it. It only shows the level by which it has fallen since real leaders like Mahatma Gandhi led it.
The only thing which remains to be seen is that whether the Congress learns from its mistakes and stops appeasing the minorities at the cost of the majority.