Drama that Politicians Play
by Pop Head on Apr 27, 2008 11:24 PM
The resignation drama plaued by Gopinath Munde and Jaffer Sharief in the span 4 days is common tactic adopted by politicians of all hue.
The reasons vary. In the case of Gopinath Munde, he used resignation as a bargaining chip to prevent his marginalization by baseless leaders who are more Jehadi Hindu oriented.
Jaffer Sharief is no Munde. His base is confined to Muslims and that too is already eroded one - last Bangalore North in 2004. His resignation drama was designed to fool his supporters that he was taking up their cause but to let them down in the end. Shariff had no other alternative. The Muslims know very well that if they do not tactically vote Congress than they ensure a BJP government, Sharif or no Sharif.
Other BJP and Congress leaders did not go all the way to resign but "stormed out", "sulk" etc. All these are for the benefit of supporters who lost out in the ticket race. Politics is the art of making everything possible viz compromising. This was evident in both Munde's case as well as Shariff's drama
