Actually this is a blog that I posted way back. I am modifying it now and reposting it because the idea has even higher relevance in the present state of Indian politics. So, here it is, back again.

I am tired of Raj Thackeray, his divisive tactics, the increasing menace to the industry in maharashtra, and the growing polarisation of people's minds. I am also similarly tired of Bal Thackeray and his spewing of venom against Biharis today (yesterday, it was the South Indians). I am also tired of several regional parties playing the divide and rule card. These include Mayavati Behenji's Bahujan Samaj party, DMK and AIADMK and MDMK etc., the Janata Dal of Deve Gowda, the Bharatiya Janashakti Party of Uma Bharati, Samajwadi Party of Mulayam Singh, RJD of Laloo Yadav etc. etc. I think that the following, if adopted will put paid to all these mushroom parties and save the indian replublic going banana.
 

For more than 7-8 years now I have been airing this thought to my acquaintances. Why can't BJP and Congress join hands and create a coalition? First and foremost, it will be free of the smaller and often disruptive elements. Secondly it would mean the end of secular/pseudosecular debate which has no meaning and no substance. No party in this nation is secular or communal. Each party has a different brand of communalism or secularism. Each party champions the cause of this or that religion in the name of secularism, each party plays vote-bank politics in the name of secularism and each party succeeds in stoking the fires of hatred and strengthening the hands of religious dons whose interest is in keeping the populace backwards so that their business continues unabated. What we need is a coalition that realizes that the true probelms to be addressed are economic in nature. The BJP has always had a liberal outlook as far as economy is concerned and Mr. Manmohan Singh and a few others in Congress have shown their mettle already in this area. In fact, Manmohan Singh has been the progenitor of the entire reforms process.

The effects of such a combination would be:
1. Immediate demise of most regional parties and with it the severely divisive tactics in the Indian politics.
1. Cooling down of communal fires.
2. Faster economic development.
3. Stabler governments.
4. The persistently coughing communist comrades will be kept out and will not be able to hold the entire nation to ransom.
5. In the long term the nation may even be able to get out of the stranglehold of the Gandhi family.

There will be one bad effect of such a combination:

Life will become rather boring for us passionate political arguers. Currently, it is such a hot and worthy and steamy and orgasmic way of passing time, getting excited, calling others by bad names and feeling great about it. All that would vane and we would be very sad indeed by its passing.

So, what do you think?