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In the last two years, the Communists have been the real opposition to the Congress. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been ineffective opposition as the Congress is basically implementing the policies (barring the reservation ideas) it has set in motion. The communists have called the Congress to the carpet on several issues ranging from economic reform to foreign policy reform.
The most disturbing trend is that they are getting more belligerent and being quite open about it. They promised that they would be harsher with the Government on key issues after the elections. But they also assured the Congress that it would not topple the Government, as that will bring the BJP to power with or without new elections.
Such public attacks caused Gandhi to cautiously accuse the communists of communalizing foreign policy and Singh to talk about communists being allies in the Federal Ministry. Maran has joined issue with Vaiko on the conflict of issue and even filing a defamation lawsuit but his grandfather Karunanidhi leading the UPA in Tamil Nadu is asking Maran to stand down, as he knows that Maran has a conflict of interest and persistent debate will only bring the truth to the fore.
This disquiet for Congress has increased social and background whispers on whether the Congress will join hands
with BJP. These whispers will definitely take shape if the communists will show stronger performance and continue to weaken the Congress. |
