Letters: Political crystallisation

Political crystallisation 

The Presidential poll has lent more colour to the kaleidoscopic Indian politics. We have now become conscious that parties that are not constituents of the NDA are not opposed to the BJP, and cannot be counted as part of the wider Opposition in any meaningful sense. 

In fact, parties such as the AIADMK, BJD, TRS and YSR Congress are clearly closer to the BJP than the Congress and the Left. The way these parties have rushed to extend their support to the NDA choice for presidency, Ram Nath Kovind (pictured), has conveyed their endorsement of Narendra Modi’s three-year rule. 

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