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Saubhik Chakrabarti Tags : Posted: Monday , Nov 10, 2008 at 0021 hrs

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Centre-left political fancies, which are always advertised in the name of the disadvantaged, sell well in such a political market. Whether India can ever have a two-party system is dismissed by many as an elitist fantasy question. But think. Leaving out Kerala and Bengal as Left-dominated outlier cases, and Tamil Nadu as a state where regional parties will continue to dominate, genuine progress towards a two-party system can be made if the BJP can become a viable player in Andhra Pradesh and the Congress and the BJP become big players in Uttar Pradesh again. That’s tough but not impossible.

In an India where the BJP and the Congress share most of the political prizes, neither party would need to periodically undercut each other on basic policy issues. The centre-right ruling class consensus would almost always survive centre-left fancies, as it does in America’s two-party system. And as it will during the Obama administration.

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So let’s concede for now that America will read the 2008 verdict better than we did the 2004 one.

saubhik.chakrabarti@expressindia.com

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economics and india ruleBy: s.n.nagaonkar | 10-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward Dear sir,There is always quest to find best ruling methods in all countries.One is china's communist rule which is now capitalistic under the garb of communism .communist party is tired of following party philosophy and taken a short cut to rule by dictatorship.India is always at crossroads of capitalism and communism because of demographic characteristic which is feudal .Traditional ruling class ruling locally in states like Bimaru and regional parties in other states and in some states it is communist rule.Nobody is taking realistic view(ruling class)that india needs to provide security to small farmers to take interest in farming localy in Bimaru states which have most fertile land with ample water resources.If they pay more attention to have health, veternary services in bimaru states employment opportunities will come by agri industries.American model is difficult to practice here till literacy about governance improves.

Left, Right, Left, Right, Left, RightBy: Anon | 10-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward Both the right and left are necessary to come into power alternatively for a country to progress - like two legs which one step after another.In US, the right is now done and its time for the left. In India, the left is done and its time for the right.

congress performance compared to obama victory.By: M.N.S.Nampoothiripad | 10-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward Is winning 145 seats in house of 540 a victory for the congress? Shame shame shame.

sensibleBy: shishira | 10-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward woof !!after all some one had sensible ..objective look at american elections rather than buying the popular sentiments....kudos..THINK sensible,smart and different

India and USBy: Kannan | 10-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward IE and it's writers brain wash the readers about Congress' win in 2004. Congress never won the elecitons! Each time IE makes a statement like that, it should publish the number of seats in the Parliament held by BJP and Congress. Congress usurped power illegally by joining hands with the DMK (well-wishers of the killers who made Sonia a widow), Laloo, the man who ruined Bihar and the Left who are paid by the Chinese.

You said itBy: C.K.Sunil | 10-Nov-2008 Reply | Forward Kannan, you said it. You are absolutely right.The author , Chakrabarthy, trys to pose to be an intelluctual spreading this canard. Most of the so called intellegentia paid by the congress are fooling the people on the same line

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