NCP supremo Sharad Power is shifty, untrustworthy character who flirts with likely winners, opportunist of the worse type. BJP upped the ante with insatiable demands, 25 more seats. SS conceded 18 and were willing to discuss the rest, along with post of CM, but allegedly BJP broke-off the discussion, insinuating Uday is too young to be CM, hypocrisy, iconoclast attitude.
While Uday readily answered questions on TV, pleading for continuation of the alliance. No leading BJP members made telephone call to Uday, perhaps leaving it to Amit Shah who is in charge of election strategy. Uday clearly won the media battle with polite, dignified display of a matured politician. Credibility of Amit Shah is now under scrutiny.
Obviously there is undeclared alliance between BJP/NCP who deserted Congress. NCP has started withdrawing their candidates in support of BJP. Politics in India is disillusion, difficult to comprehend. This seems to be repeat of Yedurappa affair which ended in BJP losing Assembly elections in Karnataka. Do politicians never learn?
Bhupendra M Gandhi
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