[Reader-list] Election Forecast

[swathi shivanand]

Firstly, all victory must be tempered with some sobriety. And difficult
questions have to be asked.

We are going to have, yet another time, a prime minister who has not
contested elections. if his record were impeccable, one wonders why he chose
not to stand? One could easily dismiss the idea that 'he was scared that he
would lose" as understandably naive. So what is that had the prime
ministerial candidate not contest elections? Should we wonder what that says
about his (and by extension the congress' and the upa's) notions about
democracy and respect for it?

To nuance your point further, The NREGA and the RTI were passed after much
prodding and much civil society activism. If the UPA is credited with
bringing in these programmes and policies, some credit is also due to the
Left and other Congress allies.

Swathi

On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Rakesh Iyer <rakesh.rnbdj at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> The BJP and the Left have been shown the middle finger in these elections.
> And for all those in the forum who keep dismissing the Congress, do dismiss
> dynastic politics, but realize that NREGA, RTI and Right to Forest Land for
> tribals are important for the 'aam aadmi', so also other issues of
> livelihood, not your Golden Quadrilateral, economic disinvestment and
> Narendra Modi-Advani duo's 'strong leadership'.
>
> Concentrate on that. Otherwise keep seeing the middle finger shown by the
> rest of India to you too.
>
> Regards
>
> Rakesh
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