If any one has missed reading this Devika's witty and sharp take on people's verdict for the 2009 LS elections, pls. follow the link: http://kafila.org/2009/05/19/vaikom-viswan-and-little-bo-peep/#more-2607
a precise excerpt from this is as follows: The CPM leadership doesn’t seemed to have learned anything from this thrashing, though. The LDF convenor, Vaikom Viswan, observes that the CPM’s share of the votes have reduced only by 2,28,638 and therefore its mass base remains intact. Well, we would like to remind him that there is little consolation to be drawn from this. It is a well-known fact that the LDF and the UDF are more or less equally matched and a small swing can alter the balance. This time the swing was certainly not small, compared with earlier elections, which is something the leaders of the CPM have admitted.And besides, the erosion of support was most evident in CPM’s core areas of strength; therefore it is not as if the non-political strata decided to vote UDF. Voters in core areas usually are loyal, while the support received in non-core areas may be driven by other, more local calculations. This is evident to the most ordinary voter but Vaikom Viswan and his peers are so used to thinking that the rest of us Malayalees are morons — and hence continues dish out such weak argument. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
