Mamta Bannerjee’s political career will be on the wane. Her irresponsible utterances and action have revealed what is in store for her. When she should have remained concentrating on providing good governance in Bengal her mind moved elsewhere. By attempting to indulge in national politics her party, which is ruling in Bengal has done injustice to the state. The manner with which she withdrew support to the UPA on petty matter like FDI and price rise of petroleum products revealed her whimsical nature. But a political party cannot be run like a house hold family. She took keen interest in egging no confidence motion in the Lok Sabha against UPA II regime. But she could not garner the required number to raise the motion. It fell through. A leader of her stature cannot know the situation prevailing now. The situation prevailing now does not warrant the conduct of Lok Sabha elections in the near future. Even the bête noire political parties of the Congress party like Left Front and BJP refused to toe the line set by her. They have shown political maturity by keeping safe distance from Mamta and her party. If election is held now in West Bengal Congress, Left Front combine will crush her party. Election is a costly affair. All political parties ought to know that. Election cannot be repeated within the short term of five years. Smt Sonia Gandhi Congress President said, “those in electoral politics understand that the life of electoral politics is very short.” Her statement opens the mind of all. Nothing should be done to hasten the death of political career by taking decision on superficial thinking. The present UPA regime will last the full term. Even the layman tells that. No Government collapses under the weight of minuscule number of 19 in the House of 550 plus. It is really amazing that the lower rung party leaders of Trinamol Congress cannot think of saying no to the irresponsibly taken decision by the party leader. Her party withdrew support to UPA on FDI. On the contrary FDI has turned out to be a state matter. Foreign companies cannot move into retail sector of respective states unless the state Government shows the willingness to accept them. Tamil Nadu Government has said that they will not allow entry of foreign companies in retail sector. Jayalalitha did not create a crisis over the matter. After all Trinamol is a regional party. A regional party has limited option. It cannot think of ruling at the centre. Mamta’s party will continue to play second fiddle role even when a non Congress Government gets installed at the centre. Therefore being a regional party in character her party must concentrate on West Bengal only. She must remember its number one enemy in Bengal is Left Front. Surprisingly she threw political propriety in the wind when she attempted to befriend with Left Front in the name of fighting against Congress led UPA regime. Left Front and other regional political parties based in UP understand the hidden agenda of Mamta’s party. She wants to play the role of king maker. This is her dream, which will never materialise.
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