Politcial Economy Musings, 21-Dec-2019
Originally posted on Facebook
So far, the Congress party has not clearly stated that it is against NRC. But things may change as an interesting Monday is ahead, when the Jharkhand results will be declared.
You know the state is not going the BJP way if hours before the exit poll results are out, RSS member & veteran of the original NDTV psephology gang Seshadri Chari writes in The Print that Jharkhand can be a rude shock to the BJP. The RSS must have surmised Jharkhand is lost.
As the evening grew, India Today - Axis exit polls* clearly put JMM-Congress+ (UPA) alliance coming to power there. After the accuracies in their recent predictions, one would give a lot of weightage to their findings.
But still, one has to wait till Monday. It ain't over until it's over.
A day before, Prashant Kishor told in Hindustan Times & NDTV interviews that Congress has not taken a clear stand against NRC so far. If you want to oppose the NRC, say so and make your position clear, he said.
But it sounded like, hey Congress if you want to put any chance of fight in 2024, you need me and for that you got to be clear cut against NRC. He's putting his side of the deal, presumably confident that he would be able to help both Mamta and Kejriwal retain Bengal & Delhi.
Insofar as Narendra Modi & Amit Shah are concerned, they would be advised and perhaps would follow it, to back off a bit on the NRC. By all means go ahead with it, but let's make it the main election issue of 2024. If BJP wins, you go full blast on NRC as soon as you come to power in 2024. There's no loss in prestige and stature if you currently put a small pause on a policy goal and get the focus back on to the economy.
https://time.com/5753624/india-narendra-modi-nationalism/
*https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/jharkhand-assembly-election/story/jharkhand-exit-polls-result-2019-live-updates-india-today-bjp-congress-jmm-1630141-2019-12-20
So far, the Congress party has not clearly stated that it is against NRC. But things may change as an interesting Monday is ahead, when the Jharkhand results will be declared.
You know the state is not going the BJP way if hours before the exit poll results are out, RSS member & veteran of the original NDTV psephology gang Seshadri Chari writes in The Print that Jharkhand can be a rude shock to the BJP. The RSS must have surmised Jharkhand is lost.
As the evening grew, India Today - Axis exit polls* clearly put JMM-Congress+ (UPA) alliance coming to power there. After the accuracies in their recent predictions, one would give a lot of weightage to their findings.
But still, one has to wait till Monday. It ain't over until it's over.
A day before, Prashant Kishor told in Hindustan Times & NDTV interviews that Congress has not taken a clear stand against NRC so far. If you want to oppose the NRC, say so and make your position clear, he said.
But it sounded like, hey Congress if you want to put any chance of fight in 2024, you need me and for that you got to be clear cut against NRC. He's putting his side of the deal, presumably confident that he would be able to help both Mamta and Kejriwal retain Bengal & Delhi.
Insofar as Narendra Modi & Amit Shah are concerned, they would be advised and perhaps would follow it, to back off a bit on the NRC. By all means go ahead with it, but let's make it the main election issue of 2024. If BJP wins, you go full blast on NRC as soon as you come to power in 2024. There's no loss in prestige and stature if you currently put a small pause on a policy goal and get the focus back on to the economy.
https://time.com/5753624/india-narendra-modi-nationalism/
*https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/jharkhand-assembly-election/story/jharkhand-exit-polls-result-2019-live-updates-india-today-bjp-congress-jmm-1630141-2019-12-20
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