‘Sonia would have preferred Pratibha Patil as prez again’
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Sheela asked:Hi Shekhar, Don’t you think NDA has lost badly while handling Prez election?
Shekhar Iyer: Yes, the NDA, particularly the BJP brass got it wrong and went into a battle that their party men did not want. Everyone in BJP is asking, “Why do we compete without a competitive edge?”
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Surekha asked:Shekhar, how do you analyse Nitish kumar’s action? Why is he supporting Congress candidate? what’s his long term plan?
Shekhar Iyer:Surekha, Nitish is very clear what he wants. He does not want the BJP to remain silent about its PM candidate till the last and then thrust someone after the elections, depending on the tally.
He knows Narendra Modi is bound to gain prominence in BJP once the Gujarat polls are over end of this year. For Nitish, even if canada goose outlet winnipeg address Modi is not a declared candidate, he can spoil the Janata Dal U’s performance in Bihar because a section of voters are dead against him.
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Yes, she did get caught in rows over her foreign jaunts and her house in Pune. But as the President, she did not commit any blunder
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buy canada goose jacket cheap Shekhar Iyer: Mamata did not propose the PM’s name out of the blue. Something was cooking behind the scene. One version is that some Congress intermediaries asked her and Mulayam Singh Yadav to propose his name. But, at some stage, plans went haywire. What was interesting was that when both the leaders proposed Dr Singh’s name, many Congress leaders were happy and not shocked! buy canada goose jacket cheap
GaneshNada: Was Pranabda Sonia s first choice or was he thrust upon her by Mulayam and Mamta
Shekhar Iyer: Pranab was not Sonia’s choice. The Congress president would have preferred someone who is not “too intelligent” for that office and would not be politically ambitious as Pranab. But, events, for the first time, overtook her.
canada goose black friday sale Mamata’s open rejection of Pranab set off events, which saw powerful allies like Sharad Pawar and DMK chief M Karunanidhi pitching for him. Sonia did not want to appear to go against their wishes when support for Pranab had grown beyond proportions. It is the BJP which failed to read the minds of its allies first before scouting for new ones! The blame singularly would go to Advani who was hyper active, thanks to his aides who thought this election would pitch fork him back in the centre stage of BJP’s internal politics! canada goose black friday sale
sg asked:Whom do you think Mamata (TMC) is going to support in this presidential election and why?
Canada Goose Outlet Shekhar Iyer: Mamata has two options: announce her party will abstain or let some time pass, and finally announce support for Pranab. Her biggest worry if she decided to vote against Pranab is her party MPs will “cross vote” in his favour, which will be black mark on her face and grip over the Trinamool Congress. Canada Goose Outlet
On the other hand, she can regain her stature as pan Bengal leader by announcing support for Pranab just before July 19 when the poll will be canada goose outlet authentic held.
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Canada Goose Coats On Sale Shekhar Iyer: Agatha will find it extremely difficult to continue as a Union minister as she is already out campaigning for her father. In fact, Congress leaders made it clear only yesterday that she would have to quit even if she goes around the banner of Tribal Forum of India to seek cheap canada goose support for her father Canada Goose Coats On Sale.
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