I don’t write about politics usually – especially the kind of ones played out in India, but couldn’t resist today! Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government survives no-confidence vote with a comfortable margin! The motion was sponsored by the Communist parties, in association with BJP and a ton of other regional parties. The reason they gave was their opposition to the proposed nuclear deal between India and US.
Not that I am a great fan of the ruling Congress Party, but this has come as a great relief to me, for two reasons:
- The Comminist parties’ bluff has finally been called! These “Chindians” are the most opportunistic political parties in India, whose single-point agenda is to oppose anything to do with US. They don’t mind sleeping with anyone if it serves their selfish purposes, country’s welfare be damned. And oh yes, did I mention that the word “Chindians” is a cute short version of “Chinese Indians”!?
- It removes the political uncertainty for rest of the term for the government – should enable them to push the reforms agenda more aggressively.
Of course, the Congress Party will now have to deal with a new set of blackmailers (their new “friends” in the ever-changing political spectrum in India), but I hope the benefits of this trust vote victory will out-weigh all the negatives, for country’s sake.
