It’s election time once again !!

Will Mayawati succeed in becoming the Prime Minister of India or would Sharad Pawar manage to pull a coup? That’s the million dollar question doing rounds on the dinner table of most of us Indians. Unlike earlier, elections are no longer about Congress versus BJP, they are more about coalitions versus coalitions. Mergers and Acquisitions are what the political doctors have ordered for the aspirant PMs of the country.

So you have the BJP-BJD marriage breaking up in Orissa, Shiv Sena getting back together with BJP after threatening to file for divorce while it still continues to flirt with NCP. NCP acting like the Casanova, that has reserved Congress as its back up, but still has a roving eye and is eyeing all the possible political permutations and combinations. BSP is of course playing the hard to get temptress whom everyone is trying to woo. CPM is like the dumped spouse who is trying to take revenge from its former spouse (Congress) by forming a third front and trying to steal any possible mates that Congress is looking for. Trinamool Congress is looking like the cat that has whisked the milk as it has managed to make Congress bow down to its charm. And of course grand daddy Amar Singh is still making schemes to get Mulayam Singh somehow closer to the throne.

Poor BJP and Congress look like the grand old Patriarch who in their old age are trying to ward off attempts by the new kids to send them to old age homes. What with their own homes on fire with a lot of infighting going on. Election Commission, the Sarpanch (Village leader) is trying to get the whole house in order. No wonder saas bahu serials are taking a major hit on prime time. Even Ekta Kapoor’s team of writers cannot compete with such heavy duty real life political drama and are nowadays seen watching news to draw inspiration.

Anyways experts are now looking at the elections to boost the Indian economy as more money will be circulated (read buying votes, giving money to goons for booth capturing….etc). Hopefully, they will keep providing food and fodder to the news channels and keep the fire burning in their kitchen and set the ad revenues on fire. Many unemployed youth will get temporary jobs of filling as crowds during electoral speeches. Sale of SUVs, Bikes etc will be on rise as our public servants make their once in 5 year rounds to their constituencies. And so hopefully elections will help us beat China in the last quarter as the country with fastest growing GDP. So, three cheers to the political landscape of India that will provide some excitement in our dull lives!!