Vanishing Outside Support To UPA II

EXTERNAL SUPPORT TO UPA II

Vanishing Outside Support To UPA II

The political parties extending outside support to UPAII are one by one going away from the alliance. Cause for the same can be ‘uncertainty’.

New Delhi: Against the present Lok Sabha strength of 543, ruling UPA has strength of 226 MPs falling short of simple majority. The UPAII is supported from outside by Mayawati’s BSP (22 MPs), Mulayam’s SP (21 MPs) & Lalu’s RJD (3 MPs) making a total of 276 MPs.

After completion of the present term (just before the general elections), Lalu’s RJD formed pre-poll alliance with UPA, whereas the other two outside supporters BSP & SP are finding that UPA did not discharge its duties to the expected level.

Now the question that comes to mind is why these parties supported NDA despite its non-performance or under-performance.

It is known to all people of this country that there are CBI cases against chiefs of both the parties and in order to maintain the required majority in the Lok Sabha, congress managed external support from these parties.

The performance of UPA II has been rated ‘very poor’ by so many pre poll surveys and clear mandate favoring NDA is projected. So the partners in the ruling UPA are not able to face their voters. So parties like Sharad Pawar’s National Congress Party (with 9 seat s at present LS) are trying to leave UPA so that they can face their voters. Just to take advantage of the present scenario, Sharad Pawar is cleverly playing the game of ‘hide and seek’ supporting and criticizing BJP & NDA day in and day out.

The same ‘uncertainty’ as to which party/group is coming closer to power, several regional parties like Naveen Patnaik’s BJD (Orissa), Mamata Banerjee’s All India Trinamool Congress (West Bengal), Jayalalithaa’s AIADMK (Tamilnadu) are not coming out regarding their pre-poll alliance and they are playing safe by adopting policy of ‘wait and see’.

Another big state AP (with 42 MPs) is also which is yet to finalize and declare pre-poll alliances. Here the important regional players include: TDP, TRS & YSRCP. Here the national parties i.e., Congress & BJP are expecting good performance on their own and projecting that alliance with any of the regional party can improve their performance.

The pre-poll alliance from the biggest state (UP with 80 MP seats) is very clear. There is going to be fight between the major parties i.e., Congress, BJP, SP & BSP. Other regional parties in this state include: Ajit Singh’s RLD in addition to minor local parties.

On declaration of results for the general elections 2014, alliance by all these regional parties and outside support, if any, will be clear.