Showing posts with label United Progressive Alliance. Show all posts
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Friday, May 17, 2019

India 2019: The Final Lap

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Thursday, May 16, 2019

India 2019: Congress Not Wanting PM Position Is A Game Changer

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The Congress declaring it does not necessarily want a PM from the Congress party is a game changer. That vastly expands the possibilities of UPA-4. It will become harder for the BJP to pull in a few more parties even if it is near something like 250. Some current members of the NDA like Nitish Kumar and Ram Vilas Paswan might desert the NDA if push comes to shove.

But the Congress supporting from the outside drama should not be enacted. Whoever comes to power should give a full five-year term. PM or no PM the Congress must participate in the government.

Step one has to be to form the coalition, UPA-4. This is a new, expanded coalition. Then those aspiring for leadership should come forward, and the pool of MPs should vote, in two rounds if necessary. That would be the most stable way to do it. Backroom consensus building is b.s. And each party's strength would get reflected in the cabinet. So the Congress would get the largest number of ministers.

I would think Rahul Gandhi would be most suitable for Convenor of the coalition, and the best person to serve as PM would be Chandrababu Naidu, who just so happens to be the most senior politician in the country.

This move by Congress is not necessarily magnanimous. No matter what happens, the Congress by itself will be much smaller than all the smaller parties combined. This is just respecting arithmetic. This is basic democracy.


Convenor of UPA-4: Rahul Gandhi
Prime Minister: Chandrababu Naidu
Defense Minister: Mayawati
Telecommunications Minister: Akhilesh Yadav

Naidu because he could give India double-digit growth rates.

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Monday, May 18, 2009

Laloo Should Be Brought Back As Railway Minister

Manmohan Singh, current prime minister of India.Image via Wikipedia


Lalu Prasad Yadav - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Laloo is never going to be Prime Minister. Now we know that. It is Manmohan, and then it will be Rahul's turn after Manmohan is done with it. And granted Laloo has only four MPs under his belt now from the 24 he used to have. But he was the best railway minister in the world. And he should be brought back as railway minister. And the UPA does not garner a majority on its own. And if ever the Congress might need to reach out to the Left down the line, Laloo would be the best middle man they could find. It was Laloo Yadav who saved the Manmohan Singh government when the Left threatened to pull away on the nuclear deal issue.

Laloo should be brought back as railway minister primarily for his stellar performance over the past five years as railway minister. That is the number one reason. But it also makes parliamentary arithmetic sense.

If Manmohan Singh was among the top five heads of state in the world over the last five years, Laloo was the very best railway minister in the world. That is reason enough to bring him back.

The BJP is still the Congress Party's number one rival, and there is no bigger opponent than Laloo that the BJP has. Noone else plays the game better.

Manmohan Gave China Like Growth To India



Coalition Total Party Seats
United Progressive Alliance
Manmohan Singh of Indian National Congress		 262 Indian National Congress 206
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 18
Nationalist Congress Party 9
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 2
All India Trinamool Congress 19
Republican Party of India (Athvale) 0
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference 3
Assam United Democratic Front 1
Kerala Congress (M) 1
Muslim League Kerala State Committee 2
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen 1
National Democratic Alliance
LK Advani of the BJP		 158 Bharatiya Janata Party 116
Janata Dal (United) 20
Shiv Sena 11
Shiromani Akali Dal 4
Indian National Lok Dal 0
Asam Gana Parishad 1
Rashtriya Lok Dal 5
Nagaland People's Front 1
Third Front
Prakash Karat of Communist Party of India (Marxist)		 76 Communist Party of India 4
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 16
Revolutionary Socialist Party 2
All India Forward Bloc 2
Bahujan Samaj Party 21
AIADMK 9
Biju Janata Dal 14
Telugu Desam Party 6
Telangana Rashtra Samithi 2
Fourth Front
Mulayam Singh Yadav, of Samajwadi Party		 27 Samajwadi Party 23
Rashtriya Janata Dal 4
Lok Jan Shakti Party 0
Praja Rajyam Party 0
Main Other Parties
Deve Gowda of Janata Dal (Secular)		 5 Pattali Makkal Katchi 0
Janata Dal (Secular) 3
Haryana Janahit Party 1
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 1
Janhit Congress Party 0
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