It is a takeover that Andhra Pradesh ‘chief executive officer’ Chandrababu Naidu will never have dreamt of. The Congress and its allies — the Telengana Rashtra Samithi, Communist Party of India-Marxist and CPI — on Tuesday bagged 226 seats in the 294-member assembly.I have never been very plugged into Indian politics much, let alone the politics in my home state of Andhra Pradesh. I should still say I am pretty surprised by the loss of TDP to Congress by such a large margin, considering I have heard nothing but good things about TDP from my relatives and parents back home. I wonder what went wrong! I am not exactly sure this is going to be good for the state in the long run -
Information technology companies and executives are quite nervous about Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu’s dramatic ouster in Andhra Pradesh. Many feel that IT may he hit hard with the logging out of Naidu as investors may decide to keep away following the defeat of an investor-friendly government in Andhra Pradesh.The Nasscom (National Association of Software and Services Companies) President makes all the right noises, but it is hard to see how Congress is going to keep Naidu’s policies going strong while claiming that they are nothing like him. Posted by shanti at May 11, 2004 10:30 AM
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I kind of like this analysis:
http://www.indianexpress.com/full_story.php?content_id=46783
Posted by: Dilip at May 11, 2004 10:12 PM
err.. is this a group blog?? :tongue3:. You wrote blogroll us but all posts are by shanti..whats the funda? :smartass:
Posted by: Twilight Fairy at May 12, 2004 4:35 AM
Thanks for the link, Dilip - very interesting!
Posted by: Shanti at May 12, 2004 9:17 AM
aherm… aur mera jawaab?? :huh:
Posted by: Twilight Fairy at May 12, 2004 11:01 PM
I have to admit, I was disappointed by the election. Granted, I’m born and raised in the US - but I always took a keen interest in events back in India. I never cared for the Ayodhya wing of the BJP, but they have made solid progress on the economic and diplomatic front. India is now taken as a serious country.
A couple of areas of concern:
a - Relations with Israel. Relations between India and Israel were becoming closer, with India benefitting much from Israeli help in counter-terrorism and advanced radar systems. I fear under a Congress government, with it’s heavy Muslim contingent, will simply parrot the tired anti-Israeli rantings of the developing world. In exchange for what? The Muslim League has never supported India in the Kashmir dispute, Indian laborers are often treated like crap in the Middle East, and India has never received favorable treatment on oil prices.
b - Relations with America. I’m guessing the new cooperation in military and space matters are history. Can’t upset the communists. No more wargames on Indian soil.
c - Pakistan - Musharaff may adopt a harder line against India. He knew that Vajpayee held a certain stature as a diplomat in the region, and could only be so demanding. If Sonia becomes PM, he cannot be seen in Pakistan as caving to a woman. One Pakistani leader did that in the seventies.
d - Subsidies - with the incoming AP gov’t promising free electricity for farmers, expect state treasuries to be depleted.
Man, I hope I am wrong.
Posted by: KXB at May 13, 2004 5:03 PM
KXB, really good points and they concern me very much too. Is Congress going to continue the path of progress India is already on or will they turn the direction around with their archaic policies, is the question.
Posted by: Shanti at May 14, 2004 8:19 AM
Remember,
just like pro is the opposite of con,progress is the opposite of congress
Posted by: Akash at May 16, 2004 4:41 PM
Good one, Akash :) pretty much everyone I have seen are worried about the direction India is going to take under the new admin. I am yet to see one person here or in India that I know, who supports the current government.
Posted by: Shanti at May 16, 2004 4:58 PM
it doesnt matter what indians in US think about the congress government. neither does it matter what people in the cities really think abt congress. 75% of the population in india is poor, very poor. they voted for congress cause the poor got poorer and the rich got richer.
a person who was born and raised in US would think about israel before thinking about nagaland for example. a person who has been living in US for his own benefit and thinks that ‘progress’ made will be lost needs to stop reading timesofindia and its rosy picture of westernizatio of india.
muslim in india have nothing to do with muslim in middle-east. just like hindus in india have nothing to do with hindus in fiji.
BJP was evil, it spreads evil about religious intolerance. It was always going on about hindus as if they are the only ones who matter.
its surprising that people in india have more sense to go with congress than people who live in US.
Posted by: pseudo at July 11, 2004 4:35 AM