Who is more worried about the two tremendous victories for the BJP and allies? The obvious answer is: the Congress & co. This is where the more qualifier is crucial.

Answer: the Secular Media.

Of all the election analyses (sic) I’ve read on this so far, this takes the cake.

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The People’s Daily of India Hindu is on a record-breaking run. After asking India to gift Arunachal Pradesh to China, it has metamorphosed into a-guide-in-distress to the ruling coalition. Choice items from the linked article:

More than the Akali Dal victory, note needs to be taken of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s success in Punjab. Bluntly put, the BJP has been able to reclaim its Hindu constituency in the State.

Conclusions, predictions of grandiose doom:

…emboldened by the Punjab and Uttarakhand outcome, the BJP/RSS may not be all that appreciative of its allies’ concerns. This, in turn, could see the BJP administering a new dose of partisanship in and outside Parliament.

Mandatory Left-licking:

The Left, on the other hand, may see the vote as a rejection of the Congress’ variety of anti-people policies and governing habits. The Left would be justified in reminding the Congress that its economic policies — notwithstanding the much-touted “eight per cent growth” — have brought little comfort to the aam aadmi. The Left may feel even justified in continuing its attitude of ambivalent friendship with the Congress, thereby rendering the UPA more vulnerable to the Sangh Parivar onslaught.

Words of friendly caution to the Congress party to perpetuate the dictatorial “high command” culture that finally undid the Congress party:

The Congress, especially Ms. Sonia Gandhi, has many lessons to learn. As party president she is entitled to choose her advisers but then she must insist that the chosen ones function as the eyes and ears of the “high command” and not as factionalist intriguers.

And this is so amazing that you almost reach for a hanky to wipe off the retch that oozes out when you finish reading:

A massive purge — something like a Kamaraj Plan — can no longer be delayed.

Remember, the famous Stalinist purges that cleansed the USSR and made it the land of milk and honey in Stalin’s lifetime? Oh! and the mandatory mention of the viciously communal Gujarat is right there. This secular eminence calls Gujarat a “secular challenge.”

The sense of unity and purpose among the Congress, the UPA, and the Left will get tested in the days to come, in Uttar Pradesh and the presidential election, eventually leading to the ultimate secular challenge, Gujarat.

This open hate-speech passes for an election analysis, as this blog has noted earlier. But this is unmatched for its virile mixture of servile sycophancy and venom.

A great instance of what happens when newspapers become political party-pamphlets. Which is why sane voices are relegated to alternative media/information sources.

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