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Prospects of Mid-Term Poll! |
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by Dr. Rajinder Puri |
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A hint is provided by what the Prime Minister reportedly remarked: “It is better to go down fighting.” In other words it is better to go down fighting for reforms than to go out in disgrace due to corruption. At one stroke the Congress in the event of a mid-term poll has shifted the main attention from corruption to the debate about economic reforms. In the event the entire national buzz would dwell on poll alignments and economic reforms. Who would immediately talk of corruption, of Coalgate, or whether Coal Minister Mr. Shriprakash Jaiswal should resign? If Congress leaders successfully articulate FDI in retail policy there are segments that could support them in the polls. The corporate segment which wields considerable influence on polls is one. The farming community is another. If appropriate and innovative preconditions are introduced in FDI in retail policy even small retailers could be attracted. Despite its best efforts and the opposition’s follies the poll prospects of the Congress continue to remain of course very dim. Its recent record of governance was simply too horrid to be glossed over by any diversion. But conceivably the Congress could soften the blow. And most importantly, it could successfully divert attention sufficiently to continue protection of the guilty corrupt among its top leadership. |
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