
When confronted with the CPM’s threat to keep all nuclear negotiations on hold or face the consequences, the Congress proceeded on the assumption that the BJP was on a self-destructive course and destined to make itself a non-player. Advani has a long way to go before he can be in the driver’s seat, but in effecting a course correction he has put his party back on the uphill road to power.
The writer is a Delhi-based commentator