Congress for like-minded state allies

The experiment of UPA is over and the era of unity of “like minded parties” has begun.

This new strategy is expected to be clarified in the coming AICC meeting against the backdrop of the Janata Parivar’s delay in forming a new party, the Communist parties insistence on maintaining their separate identity and the re-emergence of regional parties in the united Andhra Pradesh.

The Congress is not talking much on the revival of the UPA after the debacle in the Lok Sabha and state Assembly polls. This is because this experiment becomes relevant only for forming a government at the Centre.

The unity of “like minded” parties has taken place in Parliament against the government in less than a year on the controversial Land Bill. The unity might have broken on other Bills, but it will strengthen once the BJP poses political threat to the non Congress parties in states.

The bitter rivals in West Bengal—the Trinamul and the Left— would have to work with the Congress to chek the BJP in the next year’s Assembly polls.

Before that , the JD(U) and the RJD have realised the unity of like minded parties would not only consolidate their political constituency in Bihar going to the polls in the coming months, but it could check the BJP from coming to power. And these parties are comfortable with the Congress despite that the latter is irrelevant politically.