dear all,
two news items in today's indian express merit noting.
1. the maharashtra congress has decided to field only winnable candidates for the may 2014 lok sabha elections at a meeting held in delhi. caste and community considerations will befactored in. the headline says "top leadership has indicated winnability factor alone will be considered." this, when read along with the intention to put up the existing mps, less 5 or so, for re-election will indicate what the congress means by winnability. simple: winnability for the congress again means money and muscle - the same things that brought these mps to the lok sabha in 2009. nothing is changing for the congress: no emphasis on development, no action on criminals who robbed adarsh flats off war widows etc. etc. etc. so much for rahul gandhi's talk about corruption being the bane of the country - pure hot air.
2. karnataka bjp unit is shamelessly pressurising the bjp central leadership to bring back super-corrupt yeddy back into the party and the party leadership has been unable - till now - to say a firm no. is the bjp unable to say a firm no to yeddy because it still wants his corrupt money and muscle power to win elections in karnataka? the bjp doesnt seem to have any compunctions in holding on to criminals like amit shah and yeddy. namo chooses to be silent on these aspects while delivering his thundering speeches nailing the corrupt congress and dishing out cooked up "facts and data" that suit him.
that much for the OGPs, congress and bjp. time is ripe to bring in NGPs whose only plank is good and economic governance without any wasteful freebees. they will put up only clean candidates.
think before you vote next year. this time there is a very good chance of bringing in a lot of good, clean and upright candidates from the NGPs. they dont need to form the govt. in sufficient numbers they can force the majority party to bring in effective legislation and ensure good governance - at least far better governance than what the mainstream national parties have done till now.
DVR Rao
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