No saints, only demons.

The countdown to the general elections starting on 7 April has begun. Think-tanks in every political gang are sitting with calculators to dissect every constituency according to religion, caste, class, professional mix, urban or rural and anything else they can think about. Tickets are then distributed to candidates with the best chance of winning, never mind a long list of past criminal charges. For all-India parties such as the Congress and the BJP the desire is to form the next government at the center because with that will come opportunities of being photographed with world leaders at various scenic locations in the world, attending various junkets, such as the World Economic Forum at Davos in Switzerland, and getting the CBI to drop charges of criminal activities, such as the Congress did with Bofors. For smaller parties the attempt is to get into double digits which may prompt an invitation to join a coalition and get hold of a ministry which will allow the party bosses to become enormously rich, as in the 2G scam. Lies, abuse and slander are being used liberally. In a repeat of Aurangzeb vs Dara Shikoh the DMK in Tamil Nadu has thrown out the elder son, Alagiri in favor of the younger son, Stalin. In this case the father, M Karunanidhi is siding with Mr Stalin so there will be no need of a large silver plate. Stalwarts of the Congress, including our most revered Finance Minister, are unwilling to stand because of the fear of being thrashed but maybe forced to stand because of the fear of Mr Rahul Gandhi. Fear can make you crawl. The English press has always been virulently pro-Congress, accusing the BJP of being communal as though the Shiromani Akali Dal, with 4 seats in the present Lok Sabha, and the Indian Union Muslim League with 2 seats, are not communal. The DMK with 18 seats, the AIADMK with 9 and the TDP with 6 seats are overtly racist parties. In a blatant act of caddish behavior the saintly Anna Hazare humiliated Trinamul Congress leader, Mamata Banerjee by refusing to appear at a rally because of poor attendance. So much for fearless army service. And what of Mr Arvind Kehriwal who burst on to the scene like a meteor and is turning out to be a Congress agent. His party AAP was formed only to prevent the BJP gaining a majority in the Delhi assembly elections. He deliberately failed to include Ms Sheila Dixit in the FIR filed for the Commonwealth Games scam allowing the Congress to protect her by making her the Governor of Kerala. The rakshasas have taken over this divine land. Sad.