I respectfully disagree. If 2G corruption, 26/11 surrender etc, you name it didn't expose Cong, you think this will. In fact, as the firtspost article that someone posted argues, this could be a clever manuever by Cong to cement its base.abhijitm wrote:Shinde has exposed Congress. He has done a massive favor on BJP. It would be interesting to see how BJP use this opportunity. Speak Modi...NOW.
In a way, Cong Vs BJP is like dems Vs reps in US, except that in US, nationalism and sense of "America's manisfest destiny", Christianity etc are firmly entrenched in the body politic, so the disagreement is only on socil ideolofigical issues like gay rights, abortion etc; and hence the voters are pretty much split 50-50 unless one part or the other is accused of same major scandal.
In India on the other hands, the ideological split runs at the core of Indian nationhood. Cong supporters simply don't see corruption, terrorism, anti-Hindu bigotry, TSP appeasement, and dare I say even issues as sacrosanct as Kashmir etc as important red lines that must be intolerable if they are crossed. In fact, India's Hindu dharmic roots and Hindu civilizational is held at contempt by Cong's supporters. The polarization is so extreme, that I cannot think of anything Cong can be accused of doing that will turn away its supporters.
