Venkaiah Naidu's statement is ridiculous. If NDA is not keen on forming the next government, why is it going to such great lengths in tandem with CPM to pull down the existing government on 22July2008. Is it because they have nothing more useful to do and feel no pang of conscience in imposing such heavy election expense once again on people who are already groaning under high prices and inflation ? Sounds sadistic.
RE:Ridiculous statement from Naidu
by Bill Chakravarti on Jul 18, 2008 06:20 AM Permalink
I would have thought this was obvious from the experience the Congress had with the Left and cutting it adrift. I don't think any of the major parties want to be handicapped by minority parties. BJP and Congress, as major national parties, have the right, depending on the trust vote outcomes, to go to the polls if they feel they have difficult parties to work with. Even if NDA wins, I can see the Left will be ideologically at odds in every respect with BJP, such an arrangement will never last. In the interest of stability, major parties must go to the polls to get people's mandate on key major issues instead of depending on extorting minor parties.
