UPA's Extended Honeymoon

Recent surveys/polls carried out by some Indian media houses give Congress/UPA an edge. Apparently if elections were to be held tomorrow, Sonia will lead Congress to "another victory".

Now i am not surprised by this finding. And here's why.

1] Positive media spin : The Congress government and specially Sonia has still been able to maintain that (media created) halo of hers. Volcker/Bihar/Quotrochi et al has not affected her image much, thanks largely to the shielding provided to her by Times of India/The Hindu etc. Come to think of it, the combined readership of Times of India, Hindustan Times,The Hindu, Outlook, Asian Age,Malaya Manorama, NDTV all of whom are avowedly Sonia fans, have provided her the much needed protection from accountibility. She has been smart enough to keep mum on all of these issues as she was never probed by these houses and thus effectively cutting any chance of meaningful debate in national discourse.

2]Apathetic Youth : The BJP is loosing ground amongst the young urban of the nation. And this is clear from the general apathy I see amongst today's generation towards anything that relates to Nationalism. We are too swayed and busy with the success of BPO and IT. Apart from that, that the BJP has arguably the poorest marketing skills, is not helping. With 65% of electorate expected to be less than 30 years of age in next elections, it is going to be a cake walk for Rahul Gandhi in next elections. BJP has no answer to his (again media created) charishma. Something that is so important for the (shallow) voters of this nation.

So lets just say that next general elections Congress will come back to power and the half-educated-prince-of-the-worlds-most-pathetic-dynasty will take over his "rightful" place as an Indian PM which the current one is keeping warm for him.

India will again be officially handed over to the Gandhis. We lesser mortals, who are forever enslaved in our mental thoughts as the subject of high and mighty will bow down to the power of dynasty. Monarchy will prevail back over Democracy which did have, in all fairness, a chance to survive a few years under NDA. The Czars of this nation led by "young Gandhi" will take their "rightful" places and decide our fate for the next decade.