The number game has started.If UPA stick to its gun to face the trust vote,it has to depend upon the support from small and medium size parties,and also to keep its own flock together. Though Shiv Sena supported the deal, not likely to vote for UPA.Akali Dal, JMM, and other splinter groups have their own agenda and grievances. SP may also like to have its cake of share. Others may demand one thing or the other which would be very difficult for the PM to concede. This is the danger of banking on some smaller parties. They will subject the UPA to constant threat and blackmailing. What PM should ponder is for a person who is not a politician of the sort, require such support that would ultimately tarnish his image as a docile, soft spoken PM. Ultimately,without Left support, Govt may win the trust vote but how long it would continue? There will be spate of demands from the supporting parties for cabinet berths or to remove some of the non-performing or infamous cabinet ministers. All these would add to the agony of the Congress. This would directly benefit the BJP and allies for they will go to the people and say that such a group is not fit to govern the country. First they failed to control the price rise and inflation and then they tried to cling on to the power through such manipulation. The crisis would definitely soil the fair name of PM. It is therefore advisable for him to quit before the trust vote like what Azad did in Kashmir and face elections either in Oct or Nov.
RE:Prime Minister - Quit before the Trust Vote
by Loan Shark on Jul 09, 2008 07:38 AM Permalink
the PM should be ok for now ... why quit after buying SP's support?
