Expect them to hem and haw about it a couple of days later, stating that they were "misquoted", "quoted out of context", yadda yadda yadda.
IMO, the person to watch is Arun Nehru, who is now in the BJP. If the Congress does badly in the next elections, he can pull a section of the party towards him, and dilute the influence of the RSS fruitcakes in the BJP. This can cause a split in the BJP, just like the Janata Party collapsed in 1980. And there will be a host of new outfits (like Sharad Pawar) that will be willing to support such a breakway group...
Mark my words -- it will be a game of permutations and combinations ALL the time. If the Hindutva nutcases have to keep control of the BJP, they have to actually hope that Sonia Gandhi does reasonably well in the coming elections, or else they will find that Arun Nehru, Sharad Pawar et al have set their butts on fire! |
