India elections
M:
Quote from: Lewis on May 18, 2004, 08:31:18 AM
Quote from: Lewis on May 13, 2004, 11:54:00 AM
The Karnataka assembly is hung
BJP 79
INC 64 (and leading in the last missing one)
JD (S) 58
JD (U) 5
CPM, KCVP, KNP, RPI one each
Independents 13
JD (S) and INC are trying to cobble up a coalition government, with the CM slot going to JD (S)'s K Siddaramaiah and not to the party's leader, former PM H D Deve Gowda.
Forgive my ignorance, but would this a coalition without the Marxists? If so, that sounds pretty good.
opebo:
Quote from: Lewis on May 18, 2004, 08:28:47 AM
BREAKING NEWS
Sonia Gandhi apparently not to take over as PM
Manmohan Singh tipped off as most likely replacement
Great news! I like Singh.
minionofmidas:
Quote from: M on May 18, 2004, 11:18:59 PM
Quote from: Lewis on May 18, 2004, 08:31:18 AM
Quote from: Lewis on May 13, 2004, 11:54:00 AM
The Karnataka assembly is hung
BJP 79
INC 64 (and leading in the last missing one)
JD (S) 58
JD (U) 5
CPM, KCVP, KNP, RPI one each
Independents 13
JD (S) and INC are trying to cobble up a coalition government, with the CM slot going to JD (S)'s K Siddaramaiah and not to the party's leader, former PM H D Deve Gowda.
Forgive my ignorance, but would this a coalition without the Marxists? If so, that sounds pretty good.
Janata Dal are sometimes referred to as Socialists, I don't know exactly on what basis, the pedigree is a bit murky...I don't know if they can be call Marxists, but they are quite critical of economic reforms leaving the peasantry on the shelf. Their party sign is a woman gathering corn. So, I guess not so good from your perspective.
Ben.:
Reading about Singh in the Economist he seems like the kind of guy who should be able to sort things out in India… feeling more optimistic now, I was worried about a Congress Party Government reliant on the Communists and forced to abandon Economic liberalisation. It would seem now that the moderate leadership of the BJP will either be forced to cave in to the radicals on the party’s right or simply be replaced… the BJP could be entering an extremist phase I fear and on the basis of these results the Congress Party lead government may not have a strong enough presence in parliament to face a militant, extremist BJP down.
As I said Singh looks like he has the makings of a good PM, if he can just get the kind of legislation passed that he will need to, the oil companies need privatising as does the airline and the banks and most importantly he needs to do away with the ridicules waste of money that are the massive subsidies paid by the government so that funds can quickly be found to help eliminate the deficit and provide the basis for improving the infrastructure of the country as a whole.
The most important thing is that if the BJP slides into extremism as well it may and the left prevents Singh from acting radically then India could be faced with a choice between Neo-Communism on the one hand and Neo-fascism on the other and this is why Singh must succeed for the sake of India and the region.
minionofmidas:
No PM has ever survived a full term in India who was not a Brahmin. Manmohan is a Sikh...and he's considered a nice old man without enemies, trying to hold a big coalition together...I doubt he'll stay in office more than two years. Happy to be proved wrong!
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