India is a land of coincidences.

The Congress is so, so lucky. After misusing the CBI to hound Narendra Modi, who is the BJP candidate for Prime Minister in the coming general elections, the Congress was terrified of a BJP victory in case Mr Modi repaid The Family in kind. Out of nowhere a new party called AAP has suddenly transformed the landscape. The AAP has created a frenzy with its anti corruption stand and its rejection of all perks that politicians have shamelessly awarded themselves all these years. If the BJP fails to get sufficient number of seats because of the AAP the Congress will try to cobble together a third front, comprised of smaller parties, and offer it outside support to keep Mr Modi out any which way. Riots between Hindus and Muslims in Muzaffarnagar in August last year are being blamed on the BJP and the SP, which governs UP, as though Hindus should always consent to being slaughtered and never put up any self defense. Freeloading journalists further fanned flames by sensational reporting alleging lack of compensation. The Congress can form an alliance with the BSP, after having dropped corruption charges against Ms Mayawati. An intern brought unsubstantiated charges of sexual harassment against retired Supreme Court judge, Ganguly who was forced to resign from his post as Chairman of the Human Rights Commission. Justice Ganguly cancelled 2G licenses and fined a Congress Chief Minister of Maharashtra Rs 1 million. Strange that another judge, whose family was accused of making billions from being presented with government land at dirt cheap rates, is still occupying a similar post. Now another intern has made allegations against another retired Supreme Court judge, Swatanter Kumar. Supreme Court judges had been against the Judicial Acountability Bill. Then in June last year Mr Nitish Kumar, who was elected Chief Minister of Bihar with the help of the BJP, broke off his 17 year old alliance with the BJP apparently because he wanted ' minority ' votes. He is now hanging on in power with the support of the Congress. However, if he thought that the Congress would naturally form an alliance with him he was mistaken because Mr Lalu Prasad was released on bail after serving only 2 months of a 5 year jail term in the fodder scam case. So many coincidences helping the Congress. Miraculous.