Of all the sycophantic, self serving and hypocrical articles-this takes the cake.
This I am saying, despite being an admirer of the revolution that VP Singh brought about in the Indian political arena and made the Indian democracy truly representative.
Not only this, Mandal made the rich, powerful and educated turn away from Govt. jobs-this directly led to the sudden success of Reforms in the Indian Economy.
So, we have a lot to be thankful to VP Singh-but not his relevance today. Not by miles.
The real reason is as below:
The Govt. is beleagured on the issue of implementation of reservations in Higher Education and Private Sector.
They need a face saving formula to implement the political hot potato.
Bofors has been buried and VP can cosily claim that Amitabh had him booted out of the cabinet!
Ergo-the resurrected VP Singh and Left supported Third Front.
Sonia's Delight and Left's Pride!!
Even Chanakya would have revelled in the sheer irony of the deal.
It ofcourse remains to be seen, how much and what the flogging of this dead horse shall deliver.
You see, the deal's farcical and faustian nature is too apparent.
