Have the Left Front's emphatic wins in Kerala and Bengal given the Congress reasons to fear at the Centre?
550045
Yes and no!\nThey should heed the voice of people. And increasingly, the whole of India is looking for a pragmatic and progressive govt at both local and national level. So I am glad that the congress will now need to sit up and take notice.\nAnd no, since of these two states, Bengal has always been a CPM bastion so Congress could only be kidding itself if it thought it had a chance there; and as for Kerala, they lost due to their infighting more than anything else. They might as well put their act together in that sense.\n\nMy real concern is, left front does an average job at state level but their vision when it comes to national politics is  way too stilted. They refuse ground realities when it comes to economics and are positively weird in their take on foriegn affairs. If they really get to dictate those issues, I might as well get myself a permanent visa to some other country
588300
Left hs become so powerful in parliament because it is the surviving force behind the Manmohan Singhs UPA government.\n\nLeft provide an outside support to congress and its allies in Parliament.
477996
u raised a question worth million bucks.actually i think no body is  interesed in this stuff{talking in context of our politicians}.reserving 50%of the seats for sc/st/obc...shows the poor mentality of the old political system...may be its in the roots and the only answer to it is ...ACCEPT IT!! u can do nothing.
580001
Can he beat Mr. Clean? Well, he can and he should. Sounds like he is the right personna for the moment in Kerala! So, many big-wigs failed in the UDF and he is instrumental in bringing their downfall. THey did nothing for the good of Kerala
610344
Both have won - as M.L.A.'s! Mr Karunanidhi has won as the CM. But, we are yet to see who is to win the heart of the electorate! That will be decided in the next election, obviously.
864947
The newly elected Democratic majority, which is slim, tend towards conservatism, unlike the liberals on Y!A.\n\nThat is my good news for the day.
492685
Yes. They can. But proper planning and campaigning should be done. Also suitable candidate should be chosen. DMK will use all its power and cadre base to return back power in its once strong hold Chennai.
101035
The best way of looking at this problem is a multifaceted one: first of all the dominence of the leftist parties dominated by the unions and secondly the understanding of the voter when he puts his vote - does he actually value that vote - if not why is he allowing governance of this type.\n\nThe other aspect of looking at this problem is that labour laws are shifted more to the employee - which is good I guess if you are the employee - but does make it difficult for the employer/entrepreneur  to sack someone who is a poor worker.\n\nBut Kerala is still definitely not God's forsaken country - its a beautiful land - and it can change with more people realising that change is better than resisting it for the sake of resisting it.\n\nHave a nice day...
738361
It seems to me so, they seek defeat rather than look for victory.  You can see it in their speeches and their post.  They would rather have a loss no matter what the damage to our intenational immage might be.  It is plain and simple when the going gets tough, their motto is to quit.  And unfortunatly that is what our enemies are counting on and it seems the libs are bound and determined to deliver.
990389
No I think both extremes are pretty wacked.  The left really has no agenda - just hatred of everything moderate and to the right.  At least I don't get or understand the far lefts agenda.  The radical right agenda would border on racist and is full of hate as well - I guess "hate" is the similarity of the two.
981822
its a very tough race to get worst minister spot.\n i feel all ministers (except manmohan,antony,and few others) are corrupt\nalthough bihar is commonly considered the worst state in india(and in many ways rightly so) i want to shed some light on the pathetic condition of our north east states such as manipur and nagaland.\nterrorism from maoists is a major problem and it gets funding from china.\nthere are many tribal wars where there are incidents of stopping buses separating the people of the enemy tribe.they are then they are made to do gruesome things such as cut out their own flesh and eat it and salt is applied on the raw skin\nthere are head hunters there this means tribal leaders that attack other villages,kill the people and collect their heads\nblack magic is commonly practiced\nnagas staying in manipur have a direct 25%cut in their salaries (this money goes to the terrorists) just because they stay in a state which is not 'theirs'\nthe many army men of our country who are stationed in these states are no friend of the locals (even though their duty is to protect the people) because they commonly commit crimes such as rape on the locals even innocent children\nand to make things worse there is no hope of justice because the courts themselves are filled with very corrupt wrong doers\nthe tourism board has given north east the label 'paradise unexplored' and this incredibly beautiful place will remain unexplored with its many problems showing no hope of a brighter future
647336
All progress come to a stand still. More labour problems, strikes and bundhs. Industrialists (if there is any)and business men will migrate to other parts of the world. Brain drain will be at the highest. 'Greeny' Kerala will turn to 'bloody' Kerala. Things will drag and people will wait for the next elections.
739117
Without a doubt. While the parties would like to portray this as a Democrat victory, it is clear that the main factor in the Republican losses was the anger exhibited by moderates and true Conservatives toward the neo-con wing of the party. Even some neo-cons have had enough of the Administration and their bible-thumping lackeys.
768779
Ha! Don't look now but after counting your gains during the election, you overlooked the trend of the Democrats to turn to Conservatism! Lieberman, Casey, Webb, and several other Dem gains came from a new movement to move toward the center! While the Dems obviously won, so did Conservatism!\n\nLieberman earned MY respect!
905519
One thing I want to convince the CHAMCHAS  that sonia became congress president by kicking out a veteran elected leader Sitaram Keshri  in most ugly way.Even congress-dogs had physically assaulted him,who was a life-long congress devotee.\nSonia allowed Quattrochi ,her family friend and an accused in Bofors scam to transfer bofors commission money by putting her influence to CBI.Even manmohan admitted that he wouldnt know anything.\nShe refused to become PM because of severe embarassment from BJP so that she couldnt run parliament.PM or no PM does not matter because she is the key of all power of the government.\nShe hadnt accepted Indian citigenship for long 14 years. \nHer activity is highly suspicious.
836216
The coasts are liberal (blue) states. They don't care about being fair they want power. Evidenced by recent, except this past, elections they can't win on a level field. \n\n\nSupporters don't care about negative consequences, they too only want to win. Why, after recent elections all had lawsuits, did this past election not have any?  Because the liberals won, so nobody cheated this time? I don't buy it!
123122
First the BJP led Government in India attacked the Muslims, then it attacked the Sikhs and now it is trying to eliminate the Christians in India. It is the policy of the fundamentalist, extremist, orthodox, radical right wing conservative Hindus in the Indian Government to ethnically cleanse India from all the minorities. It is strange that this fundamentalist country calls it self a secular state and blames its neighbors for its own criminal acts.