A tale of two rallies

The two mammoth rallies at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan look different, but both reveal the need of better economic management

Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan has, over the past fortnight, seen two massive rallies — demonstrations that reveal exactly what the forces are which are lining up to contest the next general election. The first, a fortnight ago, featured tens of thousands of farmers marching under the red flags of various Left-leaning organisations to demand that rural distress be addressed. The second, this Sunday, was an exhibition by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and allied organisations of their power, and saw tens of thousands of young men in saffron descend on Delhi to demand the building of a Ram temple in Ayodhya. And