There has been some progress but nowhere near enough…One reason is that most of these efforts involve volunteers and not full-time political activists.

Volunteers means efforts are usually local and there is no time (or the inclination) to focus on the strategic goal.

Secondly, there are still differences in ideology which are not intractable – but need a lot of intensive negotiations – and before that a relationship of trust which does not exist at the moment.

So not enough progress but I remain hopeful.

Just a thought. Why cannot all these individual modern parties that are sprouting up now – FTI, Lok Satta Party, the Professional Party of India and the 2 parties mentioned in this discussion join hands together and fight? Why should there be a split in electorate? Most of these modern parties / grouping have very similar base agendas, based on good governance for all – this time for good. If this kind of collaboration has been thought of or is already happening in the background amongst the leaders of the concerned parties that I am unaware of, then well and good.

Because in the long run for the sake of Bharat, only the unity amongst such similar parties is going to help tackle the lackasidal and dirty Congress behemoth.
This thought had been sprouting in my mind since quite some time after I read several such groupings sprouting up off late. So wanted to share it with the viewers here..

-Thanks
Vikram