A Little Proof

I wrote in a previous post "This election is all about alliances" says the cynic witnin me "no issue, no agenda, no serious debate. Pure airthmatic, No politics". The utmost focus is on daily building and breaking alliances and not on what a party or an alliance has to offer. Later I read this article on IBN website about a debate by CNN-IBN’s Face the Elections on Alliance mela: Do the 2009 elections show an end of ideology? Panel members were Kapil Sibal from Congress, Ravi Shankar Prasad from BJP and Sagrika Ghosh as Moderator. There is not a single sentence in article which has word idealogy, once talk begins “whether it is end of ideology or not”, leave alone whether it should be or not. All talk is concentrated on whose alliance is stronger and how many would come back to their “old partners” in post poll scenario. Kapil says “we have lost only PMK and have an additional alliance of Mamta. Those we are fighting in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh have publicly stated that they will continue with the UPA. BJP should be worried because from 23 it is reduced to 6”. Ravi Shankar Prasad Retorts by telling “how respectable Advani is to all the allies etc etc ”. Bottom line: whole debate is about alliance. Without using the word Ideology, Both participants confirm that 2009 elections show an end of ideology. Even audience agrees, 82% says it shows an end. Whether it ought, I leave this question for youth of this country to decide.