Sometimes it amazes me how the "hate BJP" mindset colours the way people write! Mr. Bidwai has gone to the extent of even criticising the president-for the first time we have a president who is apolitical & is seen to have done a fantastic job but even he has not been spared - Wow
With some criticism of the UPA it is again a tirade against BJP/NDA. he has conveniently put a post-poll alliance of all the UPA partners as vote share, if that was so the combine should have fought together and this situation would not have arisen. The NDA is the largest alliance, BJP the largest party how cannot the governor call them especially if the support letters are given immediately. What horse trading is the author talking about? To get a majority what is wrong if an independent is given a ministerial berth - this is the problem of hung assemblies. It is the UPA which was bent on horse-trading and unfortunately, to avoid this, the NDA has to secure its people. Why does the author not talk about how the UPA stopped a plane from the runway to do a search - what does that reflect?
A top BJP leader accepted that this indeed was a sad state of affairs but congress does not even accept it
