India - Opinions Unrestricted by Manavendra

going by the facts, Mr Manmohan Singh (with no disrespect to him) is not the one who takes important decisions. i think apart from the capability its the capacity to take the decisions, that gives mr advani the edge. The only decision which mr manmohan singh took despite the protests from some of congress quarters, is the nuclear deal. THATS IT.From the economic and the development point I think Mr Narendra Modi is the better incharge because of the way he has turned around Gujarat, this can be a model for the country also. But given the bad perception regarding Godhra, he should not be considered for the top post. Mr Lalu Yadav has also given indian railways a lease of life , although he must have only signed the papers and the ground work was done by someone else. But his credentials as a comic person far outweighs his achievements (only if i can add "s" to that word). SHOULD NEVER BECOME PM or we all will become the laughing stock in such a serious development era.I think ...

would rather take it as a much larger picture of current indian politics when the regional parties are too ecstatic about being in the next government. they cannot get the numbers of their own without the help of bjp or congress but want to increase their own kitty. also they want to be linked to all those other parties who have slightest of the common idealogy because you never know this so called third front may get the largest numbers. the conclusion is that be in touch with all and after elections go to the one who is favorite to make government. coming specifically to sharad pawar, he kept the congress happy by not going to bhuwaneshwar personally, on the other hand he kept other fron happy by giving a mobile speech ! he could be the third front interlocutor with congress after the elections.

with all the effort bjp is making to tear away from communal image, all the pseudo secular parties will ensure that the bjp is perceived that way. bjp started its election campaign with mr advaniji making speech about development and security, the key issue of this election. but as the parties would have it, they threw the varun issue in the ring and a very small incident spurred into enormous monster which put bjp in a fix, for which i do not blame bjp. on top of all this all media channels picked up the masala stories and instead of showing clips of politicians talking about key issues, only those speeches are bein shown which will evoke a very strong reaction from the people watching election in their living rooms. if giving concessions to minorities does not mean dividing country on religion , caste , then how can anybody comment bjp is dividing country. if lalu appeals to muslims as his muslims brothers and in a way seperate them from the main line , is he not being communal!! if ...

pity congress for its utter leaderless leadership if the newcomers are starting to be addressed as icons, what has happenned to the leadership of congress. who is driving the congress ship which seems to be sinking. with all the regional parties eating into congress votes, it would be bjp which would come alive and will do better than last time.

bsp is practically eating into dalits / muslims votes all over the country , only party to be affected will be congress as bjp never had much share of these votebanks. bjp's votebank is actually very different from bsp and sp. it will be bjp all the way this time.

being an ardent fan of oratory skills of bjp leaders and thereby of bjp, i felt hurt when such words were uttered. and more so when bjp is trying to change its image. whatever said and done, varun gandhi is definitely a hero now because of media and opposition parties who made sure he would be in news.UP definitely is going to be polarised to some extent and sp , bsp and congress dividing the non brahmin lower caste votes between them, bjp will emerge victorious.

rahul gandhi should tell what is he strong at rather than taking on advaniji on terror. he should be replying why the nsg took so long to reach mumbai, its because congress could not arrange for a plane. how much hypocrite the congress is , is still left to be seen.

my post on cnn ibn - he is just making illogical statements which lowers his stature, and i will not be surprised if there is a rebel inside congress for so much importance given to a person who does not talk sense. he wants to include bjp in every wrong doing and forgetting all the wrong congress did during its 150 years stint. why is he forgetting riots in gujarat under congress ruling the gujarat, why is he forgetting the sikh riots, why is he forgetting the infamous deaths of his own partymen who were on the verge of being the top leaders, all the corruption that was inherent in the government offices, all the terrorists attacks in last 5 years especially the 26/11