Mahesh Rangarajan Quotations

Where (the government) can push through with executive action they will. The real test case was the airport strike and they prevailed.

If the Congress does badly it will start looking weaker within the coalition.

He is saying 'I am the only choice, follow me or else, ... He knows that if he goes it's over. There would be some stop-gap candidate and the government would fall within six months.

It is a very careful budget. Definitely it is a budget made with poll calculations in mind.

It does indicate a fair level of paralysis at the apex of the party and the government. They didn't see this coming and they didn't react.

Uttar Pradesh is a key battleground state and within Uttar Pradesh, the upper-castes are a key battleground.

Brilliance as an economist is not a substitute for political acumen. To be a successful prime minister, you need loads of political acumen. Manmohan Singh needs to acquire this -- fast.

This is a damage-limitation move and a snap victory from the jaws of defeat.

Ambiguity is Vajpayee's strength. His roots are in poetry and literature, and I think that's a big advantage.

Ambiguity is Vajpayee's strength, ... His roots are in poetry and literature, and I think that's a big advantage.

It's going to be a tense and difficult year. It's a period of enormous confusion, division in the ranks at the very top, and lack of clarity. Where do they go?

They banked their strategy on her holding on. Now all that goes out of the window.

The Congress party is confused particularly in economic decision-making,

The Congress is a vast machine sans direction. There is a driver and a pilot but the direction of the vehicle is unclear. They are muddling along.

Clearly, the BJP doesn't want to give much time to the opposition parties to regroup. But I think ... the earliest dates could be late April.

They should set a very clear priority for the government. There is such a large penumbra of issues. The party needs to come to grips with the reality that it has to be coherent politically.