PANAJI
The sudden brainwave from TMC Goa Chief Mohua Moitra of the possibility of an alliance with Congress and GFP has no substance viewed in the current context, stated Prabhakar Timble, a political commentator and former State Election Commissioner.
"Congress has reasonably good candidates in most constituencies. They are capable to fight the BJP. The TMC has none except the poached former Congress politicians," he said, while adding that the grand old party has no vacancies to offer in this proposed alliance.
Timble opined that this sudden realisation of an alliance is most probably to ward off the TMC new admits from turning hostile.
"There are reliable indications that serious politicians who have joined TMC lured by the offers and political narratives would perform well as independents rather than on TMC banner. The others who are with TMC are politically irrelevant. So, the outcomes are immaterial to them," he said.
While stating that the suo moto opening up by Mohua Moitra is to soothe the ruffled new admits and take care of their internal fire, Timble held that an alliance between Congress and TMC is an impossibility.
"After ridiculing Congress for last six months, this one-sided expression of love cannot materialise into either a live-in relationship or culminate into marriage," he added.
