Things we can’t do – IV
(We can’t be Prime Minister)
If the pollsters are to be believed, it’s not going to be a cakewalk for the BJP at the hustings after all. Speculations are ripe that NDA may get a beating and find themselves occupying the opposition benches in the parliament when the next sitting takes place. Names like Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav, V.P Singh, Jyoti Basu are doing the rounds among the political chatterati, with Sonia Gandhi being the favourite. There will be kingmakers and kings-in-waiting.
This is not a joke; Mayawati may actually become the most powerful person of the world's largest democracy. And to know that her USP is caste politics really makes me sick. Does she know a Rouble from a Pound? The post of Prime Minister is up for grabs, and this country has only a few dimwits fighting for it, while deserving people like Manmohan Singh are pushed to the margins.
But my point is not this. It is: Can any Manipuri become a PM of this country? Foolish me. There are not enough Manipuris for a Manipuri PM hopeful to play the caste card to outsmart the likes of Mayawati, Laloo, Modi…. We have a real logistics problem here.