A passing Comment Alright.. if things hold, its back to the board for our political scientists. The Congress is back to being the biggest (by a margin) party in the country and its back to the 1980s. Far from it, this is a not a vote for reforms...Not at all. that would be complete mis-reading of the mandate. the Congress went to town asking for a mandate on its NREGA, Bharat Nirman performance. They didn't mention Growth or Reform anywhere.
It was the reform lobby which was skeptical about the NREGA and even wanted to scuttle it. And by all means, the NREGA is a programme that is a deviation from neoliberalism. It eats into the FRBM, it is a spending programme used both for stimulus and for demand driving, and most importantly it is rural (as of now). In other words, it is anti-reform. Manmohan Singh didn't contest elections. Chidambaram is trailing (as of now) in Sivaganga. So, I hope the Congress can get the story Anivar -- "The resources of the world are for us all to share. Let us affirm our faith in that common cause" - Dr. Ilina Sen --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
