Today morning when I opened my email, I got a mail from one of my journalist friend from Chandigarh with a huge picture as attachment and “Singh is King” as the subject line. As I opened the picture I was shocked at the first glance but could not stop myself from laughing loudly at last. The picture was actually the poster from the recently released film “Singh is King” and in place of original actor’s and actress’s face it was none other than our PM Manmohan Singh raising his right hand high and holding Sonia Gandhi with his left hand.
True Singh really turned out to be a King and also shunned the notion that he was a political novice. However, his real test would be during the next elections when lot of these issue that we have seen playing in July would come back haunting to him: most notably the note-for-vote scam.
As we get set to witness the next general election, it is also time for us to closely watch the political maneuverings. It would be interesting to watch how the many regional parties shape up in the run up to the elections. It is pertinent to note that in the final analysis, all these parties would have to gravitate towards either UPA or NDA. It would be too premature to talk of UNPA as its constituents are known for their consistent inconsistency.
It would be too premature also, for instance, to think that Mayawati would remain aligned to UNPA and so on, not to ask of smaller parties like TRS (which is already hobnobbing with BJP), TDP, AGP and INLD.
Only time will tell.
By Monish Mazumdar
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