T.V.R SHENOY on rediff.com
“It is a pity that Rahul Dravid and Dr Manmohan Singh couldn’t exchange places last week. The prime minister might have gone for the kill at the Oval, and the Indian captain might have left room for the Left to save face.
“The difference, of course, is that a Test series is little more than a sporting encounter, but the face-off between Prakash Karat and Dr Singh threatens utter paralysis in Delhi for at least the next two years…”
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Left will never withdraw support ot the coalition, they have been just barking all these days but never bite. Poor BJP getting carried away by Left’s antics. All bills will go through.
Left will be left in the lurch if they with draw the support. Now they are riding a high horse of moral policing, garnering the glory for all the achievements of the government and blaming the ruling party for the blemishes .Of course they may retain their hold in their traditional strong holds but can not make any dent in other places if the mid term elctions are held. One thing is certain, they are sure to lose the public sympathy at large for their foolish act of enforcing mid term poll.