For Arjun Singh, life
is made up of two S's: secularism and Sonia. With the UF donning the secularism mantle
more successfully, Arjun has fallen back on his self-appointed role as Sonia's most loyal
servant. It is more positioning than for real because Arjun is still crestfallen after his
defeat in the 1996 general election. It is that dejection and a burning ambition to get
back to Parliament that explains his reckless anxiety to force a mid-term poll.
For Arjun Singh, life
is made up of two S's: secularism and Sonia. With the UF donning the secularism mantle
more successfully, Arjun has fallen back on his self-appointed role as Sonia's most loyal
servant. It is more positioning than for real because Arjun is still crestfallen after his
defeat in the 1996 general election. It is that dejection and a burning ambition to get
back to Parliament that explains his reckless anxiety to force a mid-term poll.
