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February 06 The Great Sansad MarathonEveryone at the BJP camp is in a daze. The reason: results of an internal survey, commissioned last month by the party in collaboration with RSS to weigh its chances in the upcoming Parliamentary polls,  gave BJP something between 96 and 106 seats. Now, that is even less than the 113 seats BJP got last time.On the other hand, Congress is confident that 25 seats in Uttar Pradesh with her ally Samajwadi Party is all it needs to clear the road for UPA’s return to the Centre. That is precisely why it is willing to portray Rahul Gandhi as LK Advani’s equivalent. Also, notwithstanding recurrent antics by SP, Congress has fixed its eyes on young emerging leaders for striking alliances – from Stalin in Tamil Nadu to Chiranjeevi in Andhra Pradesh. As far as Left parties are concerned, they believe the scene of the 15th Lok Sabha will be worse than the incumbent one, and that the say and sway of regional parties in the functioning of the government will only increase. Left parties are sure that the possibility of a BJP or Congress-led government is dismal. There are realistic chances for a secular parties-led government. In fact, central committees of the Left parties have already started discussing the options. Unperturbed by this, Sangh ideologue and BJP-thrown out, Govindacharya is also mulling over a third alternative stitched up of “like-minded parties”. Though Congress was nervous and jittery on the eve of assembly elections, its results injected a new lease of life in the grand old party. Now, the party has carefully started projecting itself as the party of the youth. The Rahul Gandhi led “Opportunities Amidst Challenges” committee maintains that targeting the under-40 voters, who constitute around 36 per cent of the electorate, will greatly enhance Congress’ prospects in the elections. The government has approved a Rs 102 crore budget for Bharat Nirman. The party has hired as many as eight advertising agencies for a sleek publicity campaign – similar to that of BJP’s India Shining – for the parliamentary polls that will laud the work done by the government.....Continue TrackbacksThe trackback URL for this entry is: http://iipm-management.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!1C6C0EC30CCB71E0!213.trak Weblogs that reference this entry
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