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I f just for three votes a government decides to name an airport in the name of a small party leader’s father, why can’t we also try our luck in politics? This question might have propped up in the minds of every Indian and those who heard about the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) offer to Ajit Singh, the leader of Rashtriya Lok Dal. Many a time, Indian psyche has been put into this “irresistible pressure” of joining politics. But they know it’s a platform where angels fear to tread in, but only the most “intelligent” can survive. July 17 will be an unforgettable day in the life of Ajit Singh. Congress swooped down to Ajit Singh’s demand of naming Amausi airport in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh state in the name of his late father and former prime minister Chaudhari Charan Singh. However, it is not difficult to understand the realpolitik behind this political charity of Congress party. Congress is simply paying back to Ajit Singh for what th...

P olitics always means the unexpected. Though the citizens are not part of that uncertainty bound drama, knowingly or unknowingly, everyone becomes a party to that, indulging in speculations and calculations. This was proved on Tuesday, when the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in India proved its majority in parliament. The unusual smile that was seen the day before the crucial trust vote, on the face of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a rarity, spoke of that unexpected victory awaiting UPA government. When the Left parties withdrew their support to the government on July 8 on the grounds of opposition to Indo-US nuclear deal, not even a splash of an idea of the government seeking trust vote came to them. They were under the impression that the government, which has become a minority government, will quit on moral grounds and go for snap polls. But the unexpected happened. The Congress party confidently stood for the deal and decided to prove majority in...