The Sinking Ship ?

It is said ,

"  When a ship is about to sink , the rats desert it  "

Is Congress , a sinking ship  ?

Here are some reasons to believe so :

>   Some years back , TMC deserted it

>   Ever since A Raja / Kanimozi episode , DMK was threatening to leave it .

     This finally happened last week

>   On issue of Telengana , TSR left sometime back.

 Now Kiran Reddy is

     about to leave

>   Last week , Prafull Patel gave a hint that NCP is getting ready to leave ,

     when he he asked Congress to own up all of its past mistakes , starting

     with 2G Scam

     Earlier , Sharad Powar had made it amply clear that he won't work under

     Rahul Gandhi as a PM

    

>   Having got a " Clean Chit " from CBI in the dis-proportionate assets case

     Mulayam has started distancing himself from Congress

>   Having got special status for Bihar , Nitish has ceased to cozy-up

And now , to top it all , Congress workers ( motivated by Sheila Dikshit / JP Agarwal  ? ) , are demanding that Congress withdraw its " Outside Support " to AAP

For a " Re-born Reformist " Rahul ,  it is a classical case of ,

" Dammed  if I do , dammed if I don't "

If he agrees to withdraw support BEFORE the swearing - in ceremony  scheduled tomorrow , he will stand exposed as a fickle-minded and a foolish leader , who cannot be trusted , even by friends !

If he decides to withdraw support AFTER the swearing-in , ( by voting against the confidence vote , mandatory for a minority government ), people of Delhi would hold HIM responsible for bringing down AAP government

And that would make Arvind Kejriwal , a martyr  !

And further ensure that in a re-poll , AAP returns to power with a thumping majority and Congress loses , even those 8 seats  !

From the view-point of 2014 elections , such a total rout of Congress in Delhi , would be a dream-come-true for BJP  !

But I hope , Arvind - and his party men -  realize that :

>   Sinking of the Congress-Ship , is neither their objective , nor a priority

     Leave that job to BJP  !

>   Delivering on pro-poor reforms is their priority No ONE

>   To be able to deliver these reforms , it is necessary for AAP to assume

      power - then survive Confidence Vote to retain that power

>   To remain in power , they need continued support of Congress

>   For Rahul to quell his internal mutiny ( engineered by the sitting

     Congress MLAs who suffered at the hands of AAP candidates ) , AAP

     must not push him to the wall !

>   If AAP goes after the past corruption cases of defeated Congressmen

     ( - and women  ? ) with vengeance , Rahul will be left with no option

     but to withdraw support

DEAR   ARVIND

In a game of chess , you don't try to checkmate your opponent in the very first move  !

It has to be your FINAL / WINNING move  !

If need be , please re-read your Chanakya  !

*   hemen   parekh   (   25  Dec   2013  /  Mumbai  )