tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381909.post8742346034095760004..comments2023-08-04T17:34:49.094+05:30Comments on A New Praxis in a changed world: Understanding the mandate of 2009Srinivasan Ramanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13620263203764236450noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7381909.post-90781350314344400382009-06-20T20:29:00.142+05:302009-06-20T20:29:00.142+05:30returned to this blog after some time to see my g...returned to this blog after some time to see my good friend making a largely honest assessment of the 09 elections. few more things I would like to point out. <br />as far as the Congress party is concerned, the efforts at rebuilding the party structure at the basic level is proved possible. many people including the its own supporters doubted the party leadership's decision to go it alone in states like Bihar and UP regardless of possible adjustments. Rahul Gandhi's ideas of rebuilding the party structure has finally started showing some good signs, and it has enhanced his stature within the party, particularly among doubting workers and supporters. <br />in the BJP, its all over the place at the moment, and party has lost its national face. it has been reduced into a club of regional chieftains. the powerful and performing has delivered well, while others have lost out. in all that, LKA Rajnath and the entire national leadership seemd out of place. the Modi as PM show also added further trouble. <br />in the left camp, WB has come as a shocking pointer, and may be its time to really rethink. in Kerala, the SNC Lavlin case and its aftermaths, the prolonged strifes with the organized christian minority, the factional strifes within the party that ultimately affected the working of the government, and very importantly, a point you missed out, the open relationship with the PDP of Abdul Nasar Maadani have brought about humiliation. <br />at the national level, the CPM seriously need to rethink about the old school thinking of its national leadership, in particular Prakash Karat. the idea of the 3rd front was considered as the result of Mr. Karat's bitterness against the PM more than anything else. it was Harkishan Singh Surjit under who's leadership that the CPM and the left managed a significant national presence after the early 1970s. that presence came with a closer relationship with the congress, and so going back to an anti-congress platform was a huge mistake. <br />on all those power hungry 4th-5th and all other fronts, the electorate have put them in their rightful place. <br />Srini, generally our exchanges on political issues have been nothing short of acrimonious, but for a change I find most of your assessments absolutely to the point.Mahesh S. Panickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15488735570028639953noreply@blogger.com