Trouble-prone NCP gives UPA a headache


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NEW DELHI, 06 June 2010: As Sharad Pawar and family battle the IPL-gate, there are little doubts left that NCP has emerged as "RJD of UPA-2" which the opposition can bank on to target the ruling coalition.

Just when the Left was battling its demons in West Bengal and BJP licking its wounds in Jharkhand, the revelation about the Pawar family having a stake in a corporate bid for an IPL team has given a strong handle to the opposition to target the ruling coalition.

It comes immediately after UPA stood cornered over the expose that civil aviation minister Praful Patel’s daughter had leaked inside information to interested bidders in IPL auction. Coming bang in the middle of the budget session of Parliament, the evidence-backed-allegations had the government scurrying for cover.

The coalition rules did not allow the UPA brass to give a Shashi Tharoor treatment to the ally, leading to vociferous demands from the opposition.

To Congress insiders, the perpetually problematic NCP is a rewind to UPA-1 when Lalu Prasad’s RJD did not let the government function with moral authority as court cases pertaining to corruption provided fodder to BJP et al for five long years. As in the case of RJD, NCP too is beyond punitive action or political control because of coalition compulsions.

The feeling in the ruling camp is that but for NCP, the UPA-2 would not have appeared as listless. The price rise and the perception that agriculture minister was talking up prices, the mess in the civil aviation sector and the reports of partronge, the deep involvement of NCP brass in IPL mess have been sources of embarrassment for the Congress-led coalition.

While the limitations of running a coalition regime are understood, many feel that the 9-MP NCP is extracting a disproportionate share of `concessions’ when a much larger outfit like the 18-MP DMK is sheepish about its enfant terrible telecommunications minister A Raja.

The brazenness of the breakaway outfit has also caused consternation in the Congress. While issues have tumbled out of the closet, NCP leaders could have been less aggressive in "there is nothing wrong in it" defense to soften the reaction. Instead, the stonewalling in these controversies has created a negative impression among people while also stirring the opposition in attack mode.

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