M.KHARGE—PROPOSED P.M. FACE
A GAMBLE FOR OPPOSITION I.N.D.I.A.
SARASIJ MAJUMDER
Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal thought they bowled a SWINGING YORKER in the I.N.D.I.A. playground
to bowled out Mr. MODI--on meeting held
on December 19, but they bowled out MA- BETA -BETI combination of Congress,
with other P.M. ASPIRANTS.
Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's name was proposed as
the Opposition coalition's Prime
Minister . It is yet to get majority approval.
It is understood, 12
of the 26 parties supported the move while the rest were sitting on wall.
Kharge himself said the opposition should focus on winning the 2024 election,
and the decision on selection of P.M. can wait.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has many times commented that opposition lack “niti, niyati and netritva”
(policy, intention, leadership).
Mamata Banerjee and Kejriwal, both of whom are the established mass
leaders of the alliance, are aware that in an increasingly presidential style
of election, the ALLIANCE need to project a wining face before Election Campaign picks up.
Reasons for proposing Kharge:-
1.0 Mr. Rahul Gandhi or Priyanka Gandhi could be kept out of P.M. equation. Will Mrs. Gandhi
accept this?? Will Nitish Bhai accept this??
2.0 The Alliance kept Congress as Lead Political Party. Mrs.
Gandhi will have a problem to oppose Kharge—her own party president.
3.0 Sushree Mayavati is a silent NDA alliance with Dalit
Background. It is an effort to neutralize her. Last time her party bagged
3.5++% votes.
4.0 17% Voters are from Dalit Community. 84 seats are
reserved for Dalit’s candidate. Now, whether Dalits will get polarized,
and prefer only alliance of Dalit P.M. candidate knowing it is a Hotch-Potch alliance is another subject.
Last time, BJP won 54 out of 84, securing over 40% Dalit votes. Can Mr. Kharge change this equation?
5.0 Mr. Kharge is otherwise Senior most Leader also, and
hence can be widely acceptable.
6.0 Alliance understood that Bharat Jodo Yatra of RA-GA was a FLOP SHOW. The recent assembly election
result established that. And, with disastrous show of Congress in recent
Assembly election—this P.M. nomination candidate from Congress may not sustain till election.
7.0 Mr. Nitish Kumar, and Mr. Akhilesh Yadav are also
eliminated from P.M. race. "Ek Nischay, Ek Nitish (one resolve, one
Nitish)" slogan from Patna is also neutralized. But Both Bihar Supremos
showed their displeasure on this selection by leaving the meeting early.
8.0 According to some EXIT POLL—selection of P.M. FACE is very important for winning parliamentary
election. Alliance attempted to resolve this.
BUT:-
The ALLIANCE has some PM aspirants of nearly equal stature
in Nitish Kumar, Akhilesh Yadav, Uddhav
Thackeray, Sharad Pawar, and MK Stalin - all of whom are waiting for their Deve
Gowda moment (Deve Gowda became PM in an unexpected turn of events after the
1996 polls). Mamata Banerjee and Kejriwal have literally cancelled the rest
from the race, including themselves for a RESULT.
One
acceptable solution could be—the party which return maximum number of M.P.s—shall
select the P.M. or opposition leader, as the case may turn out.
Information sources:--
1.0 TOI, IE, HT, news
channels.
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