Why is the “Third Front” all dressed up with nowhere to go?

So KCR went to meet Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan. And I hear some of the other folks also have meetings on their calendar. Some petitions to prepare for the President and the Supreme Court, etc etc.

There has been a lot of speculation on why this is happening. Haven’t they heard?

I’m only joking, except I am probably not.

They have heard for sure. Then, why are people speculating so much about the meeting schedule of the “Third Front”?

Because people are forgetting the popular Hindi rhyme… “Baithe baithe kya karenge, karna hai kuch kaam … Shuru karo Antakshari lekar Hari ka naam.”

It translates to … We are sitting around with nothing to do, let’s play some “Antakshari” to pass the time. People often recite these lines any time they are bored and end up doing something pointless just to kill time.

That’s what is happening with the so called “Third Front”, nothing else. No they don’t sense something that everybody else has missed, including the most committed (and most desperate) Pidis.

It’s just that the election is too long. It has long been over for most of these leaders: KCR, Pinarayi Vijayan, Babu and Jagan. There is nothing left for them to do except wait for the results on May 23.

How else are they going to pass the time? So they are doing “busy work”, stuff that looks like work but really is not. What else would you do if you were in their position. Better to have some meetings and have some plans ready just in case there is a surprise. After all, elections are unpredictable and politics can change in a matter of hours. Better to prepared to grab any opportunity, however unlikely it may be.

One of the things that made me laugh out loud is when it was widely reported that a bunch of opposition parties is planning a “special request” for the President.

That itself should tell you how pointless this exercise is. Why would the President listen to them? LOL! And these parties who are supposedly preparing the petition know that just as well.

But even in such action by regional parties, there is a chance for the BJP.  The BJP has no time to sit around. They have lots of seats to win in the last two phases. PM Modi is in Bengal and Uttar Pradesh.

This is where the BJP could tell the voters that opposition is officially planning a khichdi sarkar. The specter of closed door meetings between small players is enough to make people nervous. And the opposition parties are making it all too real.

There is no doubt that BJP will emerge as the single largest party. However, if the BJP falls below 200, or maybe even below 220, there is a chance that somebody with 10-15 seats will become the next Prime Minister. This is one thing that almost nobody wants.

This makes every remaining seat in Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana and Delhi exceptionally valuable. At 230, Modi would be PM. Five to six seats less than 230 and there could be a puppet government in Delhi run by some leader whose entire party may have only five to six seats in Parliament.

This is the message that BJP needs to hammer in Uttar Pradesh and Bengal.

The ghost of the Third Front has propaganda value for the BJP. Beyond that, nothing.