And let us not forget that presidential elections are due in a few months’ time. Even if the Congress retains its current tally and improves in UP, it cannot impose its own man in Rashtrapati Bhavan and will have to search for a candidate acceptable to the UPA and the Left or conversely back a non-Congress candidate. Since the days of rubber stamp presidents are over, presidential elections too are fraught with suspense, and sometimes, intrigue.
Middle-class activism via SMS polls may have passed off as new age politics in the year gone by. But as millions in far-flung corners of this vast land make their way to the polling booths this year, it is time to get ready for the real thing.
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