{"id":123,"date":"2004-05-16T01:02:32","date_gmt":"2004-05-15T20:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=123"},"modified":"2004-05-16T01:02:32","modified_gmt":"2004-05-15T20:02:32","slug":"the-rabid-right-resurfaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2004\/05\/16\/the-rabid-right-resurfaces\/","title":{"rendered":"The Rabid Right Resurfaces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the elections over, and the mukhota being rejected &#8211; the raving right has decided that the only way it will grab power is by moving further right of a scale that most people already thought was fairly extreme.<\/p>\n<p>The enfant terrible of the Sangh Parivar <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/template\/template.asp?template=Polls2004&amp;slug=Govindacharya+objects+to+Sonia+as+PM&amp;id=54050&amp;callid=1&amp;category=National\">Govindacharya <\/a><\/strong>has objected to Sonia becoming PM. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.expressindia.com\/election\/fullestory.php?type=ei&amp;content_id=31488\">Sushma Swaraj<\/a><\/strong> is threating to leave Parliament rather than address Sonia Gandhi as Madam Prime Minister. <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/articleshow\/msid-678926,curpg-2.cms\">Uma Bharati<\/a><\/strong> has threatened a national movement to prevent her from taking over.<\/p>\n<p>Never mind the fact that the voters had no issues with her leading the country. They have the gall to object to Sonia Gandhi&#8217;s origins but behave in a way that flouts the wishes of the people. I would rather a foreign born person who follows our ways than a bunch born here and out of touch with our customs.<\/p>\n<p>With Vajpayee being put out to pasture, Venkaih Naidu likely to lose his job &#8211; the vultures are flocking to take his place. The three most likely candidates have put their hat in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>Other lunatics include <a href=\"http:\/\/cities.expressindia.com\/fullstory.php?newsid=84625\"><strong>Sanjay Nirupam<\/strong><\/a> -who said that they had &#8220;extended the hand&#8221; of friendship to Muslims who rejected it. and now it is time to revive the Hindutva Agenda.<\/p>\n<p>As i blogged a few days ago in <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.20six.co.uk\/weblogCategory\/a88mmoajzwxd?d=11.5.2004\">Kaun Banega Pradhan Mantri<\/a> <\/strong>(before the results) &#8211; the pro&#8217;s and con&#8217;s of various political leaders becoming PM. Here is Sonia&#8217;s<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Sonia Gandhi<\/strong>: the leader of the Congress, a woman, relgious minority and foreign born to the boot. We can shut up all against outsourcing by electing her as PM:). <strong>Pro&#8217;s<\/strong> Would have one the elections against all odds. If she can manage Congress infighting, managing an alliance would be a cake walk <strong>Con<\/strong>&#8216;s: The RSS, the Bajrang Dal and others in the raving right would.spill onto the streets and prevent governance. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It will be truly interesting to see how this game is played out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the elections over, and the mukhota being rejected &#8211; the raving right has decided that the only way it will grab power is by moving further right of a scale that most people already thought was fairly extreme. 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