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POLL-ITICS P34-35 THREE CHEERS FOR CONGRESS

nov-09-2bIt is just not the fluke that Congressparty have won elections repeatedly,the entire process is brilliantly planedand executed by policy makers of theparty. It started from the sacrifice ofSonia Gandhi of not accepting the Prime Minister post after 2004 Congress victoryand putting Mr clean Dr Manmohan Singh instead that led to situation whereCongress party have secured faith ofthe majority of people in the country. LaterRahul Gandhi was strategically pushed to corner the urban appeal of the BJP by targetingthe urban youth. After securing unexpectedvictory in the recent lok Sabhaelections, the 3-0 sweep of assembly polls marks a Congress ascendancy whichthreatens to revive the pre-Emergency unipolar politics where the canvas was toosmall to accommodate an opposition party.

The Congress victories in Maharashtra,Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh only confirmthe trend left behind by the LokSabha triumph where the gap between the winner and the loser was that between thesprinters breasting the tape first and fourth.JOY OF VICTORY: JUBILANT CONGRESS WORKERS3 cheers for CongCongress score hat trick, brilliant electoralmanagement is the key..It could be a march, in the short-term, towards one-partypolitics. The three assembly polls of consequence not becauseof Congress victoriesbut because they have comeagainstanti-incumbency inthree states, the third consecutivein Maharashtra…

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