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To listen to Marge Schott speak is to understand why America is the land that invented political correctness These people do need to be restrained. But if Mr Rao clings on, the NF-LF may try to lure away a breakaway faction.The NF-LF has no shortage of prime ministerial aspirants Everyone within the alliance, it seems, wants the job. The leftists, too, will chase the remaining Congress MPs to be partners. Left-wing leaders, such as VP Singh, a former premier, has already opened talks with Congress rebels who want to oust Mr Rao. If the rebels succeed in their coup against Mr Rao, the NF-LF will deal directly with Congress. The NF-LF is set to amass more seats than Congress, between 140 and 150.

The BJP's best bet is to coax over some Congress MPs.If the BJP leader, Atal Behari Vajpayee, fails to patch together a government, the NF-LF may try its hand. Supporters proclaimed that the BJP's defeat of Congress was "a landmark in India's history". But the BJP also appears to be falling short of a majority.Right-wing Hindus may find few takers to form a coalition. Their anti- Muslim rhetoric, coupled with their upper-caste bias, will ensure that the BJP will never hitch up with the second-placed party, the National Front-Left Front, a fragile amalgam of socialists, Marxists, lower-caste parties, Muslims and regional autocrats.