Basu knows it is not an easy task either. In fact, the hurdles may far outstrip the points of convergence. Can Mamata join a front that has cpm as one of its constituents? Can the dmk get into an arrangement with the aiadmk? Will Naidu join forces with the Congress in his backyard? Says analyst Vikram Diesh: It is precisely this formulation which keeps the bjp in power.
But some other analysts prefer to look at the flip side. Last fortnight, all members of Sharad Yadav’s faction in the Janata Dal voted against the Bank Denationalisation bill in the Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, arch-rival Y.S. Rajashekhara Reddy, Congress strongman in Andhra, has withdrawn all his cases against Chandrababu Naidu on some unspecified grounds. Clearly, the question here is whether these are merely straws in the wind or are they pointers to a situation that may develop in the aftermath of assembly elections to four or five crucial states next year?
