Both the UPA and the NDA have seen parties exiting their ranks. The Third Front seems to be chugging along nicely, and smaller micro-alliances have cropped up. Yet, Congress man turned BJP man, Arun Nehru remains unrelenting in his belief that the Congress-led alliance will end up ahead of the BJP-led one.
In his latest back-of-the-envelope calculations published in Deccan Chronicle, Nehru says the Congress will get 150 seats on its own and the UPA in its present form will get about 225, while the BJP will end up with 132 and the NDA with 181, a margin of 44.
“The Left is still relevant even if their numbers drop from 65 seats to 33 seats, but they will get totally isolated if they obstruct regional forces from negotiating with either the Congress or the BJP. In this context, the Samajwadi Party general secretary, Amar Singh, may well be a major player as he understands politics better than others. The joining together of the SP, RJD and LJP should give a suitable signal to both the Congress and the BJP that their options are limited in the future.”
Graphic: courtesy Deccan Chronicle
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churumuri 
you missed the asterisks on “Left”. They can also move to group A. :)
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http://in.news.yahoo.com/43/20090405/818/tnl-nda-has-an-edge-over-upa-india-tv-pr.html
“The NDA has a minor edge over UPA, and the BJP may win 144 seats – nine more than the Congress. But if the UPA can bring back its former constituent – the Samajwadi Party, RJD and Lok Janshakti Party – its figure will reach 235”
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“Politicus Bharatus Janatus Indicus veni grandus est para Indus cognisant Indica tum est… ” :-)
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The BJP has mobilised its cadre to create as much communal tension as possible, to isolate and polarise the electorate. Thereby coercing them to vote for it.
And on the other hand it is trying to woo the poor by more freebies.
It is us the middle class segment which will invariably suffer.
There should be no freebies. No tvs, cable,free rice, free wheat,etc. You are creating a serious unemployment crisis by handing freebies.
I really wish we could flush these BJP guys in the drain.
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This calculation reminds of the time when working in the central govt our favourite past time was to calculate when we get our promotion to the next grade. The basis for calculation was to draw up a table and with date of retirement of those who were in higher grade and arrive when we will get the promotion. As it happened some developments took place that upset all the calculations and most of us got promoted to the position that we never dreamed off. That is why I say for all you know the Varun now being martyred by accident (Thanks for Mayawati) may prove to be a bonanaza for BJP As J B.S Haldane used to say the world is stranger than you think and stranger than you can ever think of!
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>>Mysorehuduga
Who started it all..Partners in crime :-) ,yes DMK started all these freebies like TV,Cheap rice..A desperate congress imitated this time around in their manifesto..And BJP is not strategically dumb not to respond with their cheap rice package as poor form a big chunk of the electorate..Yes middle class is no doubt the victims always..
And dont forget Middleclass can be a bit happy if NDA comes to power..they will double your Income tax limits to 3Lac..am lookin fwd to it..than a FM like P ChIdambaram who racked his brains in finding out new ways of taxing the middle class..cess this cess that..n service tax hikes..God save us from PC !!
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