This is indeed a sad state of the nation.No matter what our political affiliations are-one thing is sure-that today the grand idea of India has become hostage to myopic vision of regional parties who would do anything for frivilous issues like renaming an airport,minister post,creating a new state or reservation to a particular group etc.The mainstream parties Congress and BJP must work towards encouraging pan-Indian view amongst the people which in turn would be accelarated by strenghtening of two party system in the country.Wake up people before its late!!
RE:state of the nation
by Sameer Bhagwat on Jul 19, 2008 01:00 AM Permalink
Agree. But the problem is that even BJP and Congress are not really mainstream parties with visibility in the whole nation. Even they cannot completely compete in some state elections (mainly in the South and East) without the help from the local parties in those states. TN, WB, AP and States of NE are the perfect example. Congress at one point had a good hold of most states - but Sonia and MMS screwed that up badly. BJP has shown promises of doing good in the South, but still has to hang on to the thin supports of TDP, JD(s) and DMK. Sad indeed.
