Monday, December 3, 2012

Economist’s figment of imagination

Foreign media have started conjecturing over the prospective prime ministerial candidates from Congress and BJP in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. It is not the business of Economist to speculate in air about who could be prime ministerial candidates from Congress and BJP in Lok Sabha elections. The Economist may be the most prestigious British magazine but its story that finance minister P Chidambaram could be the PM candidate; especially if it comes to a face off against Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi does not appear to be well researched one. As Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh would be well past 80 by the time Lok Sabha elections take place in 2014, his third term to adorn PM’s office appears impossible. As far as projecting Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as prime ministerial candidate by the BJP is concerned, the party is itself vertically divided and in addition to that most of the major allies like JD(U) and Shiv Sena have already expressed their opposition to him on the issue. As far as the candidature of Finance Minister P Chidambram as prime ministerial candidate of the ruling Congress Party in Lok Sabha elections 2014 is concerned, the Economist should know that even a leaf can not budge without the consent of Sonia-Rahul duo as they are acknowledged leaders of the party. Rahul Gandhi may not have made any spectacular performance in his more than eight years of parliamentary experience but one thing is certain that the day he entered politics it became the foregone conclusion that as and when the Congress got majority on its own, he would be elected Prime Minister. Rahul Gandhi may not have shown any remarkable achievement in politics nor would have made the nation aware of his views on the burning issues of the day; he is still one of the biggest crowd pullers at the national level. Narendra Modi may have edge over others in the state of Gujarat but at national level he is far behind Rahul Gandhi. Finance minister P Chidambram may have growth-oriented outlook and extra-cautious approach in reading the mind of Congress supremo Sonia Gandhi on matters of economy but his political standing on the ground is still dependent. He has not even once been able to win his Lok Sabha seat on his own. He has either been supported by AIADMK or DMK. Neither Narendra Modi nor P Chidambram has nationwide acceptability among all sections of people to become the Prime Minister of India. Projecting Narendra Modi and P Chidambram as prospective prime ministerial candidates by BJP and Congress respectively is nothing but the Economist's figment of imagination.

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