There's no honor among thieves, and pols in this corrupt land are anything if not thieves. Besides, it's not uncommon for pols to jump party at the sight of a few lakhs or the mention of a cabinet post, and if things turn sour, they jump right back again - no big deal, everyone expects that. Rank opportunism at its most vile, that's politics in this filthy land, and no one has any problems with it, especailly the venal Cong, which has odious criminals coming out the wazoo.