Expectations too much, dismay for those discarded

By O J George

Lok Sabha election camp is getting active. Thank God the actual campaign is limited to a fortnight. In olden days, campaign spread to two months. Candidates and campaign managers were at their wit’s end.

Now a lot of people are frustrated for not getting nomination. Expectations have been belied. CPM replaced many of the incumbent MPs for personal interests, it seems. Janata Dal and RSP did not get any seat. PDP and BJP rebels got indirect entry into the side-walks of the LDF. Janata Dal is out. It seems a split is the natural corollary of the goings-on in Janata Dal.

Congress hands are not a happy lot. Hibi Eden was cocksure about getting a seat in Ernakulam. But K V Thomas was prepared to give up his fiefdom.

Inernational Sasi Tharoor could have squeezed through indirectly to the Rajya Sabha.But he scuttled the prospects other locals.

Pathanamthitta always had the woe of receiving outsiders. UDF brought in an outsider this time as well.

So many cares, so many challenges.

Who would have the last laugh?