The penmanship of this article might appear to target alliances or mathematical gambits apparently; however, it has a far reaching impact on the polity of India. The mathematical gambit is surreptitiously dangerous for the minorities, and the country at large, in so much that the actual welfare of minorities may always tend to take a backseat when the calculations fail at any point. Not to view this as a biased vision from a minority perspective – the repercussions would be a vicious circle where religious divisiveness, polarization and counter polarization would have large grounds to hold and would tend to take a larger toll on the national polity. It then has all the latency of becoming a hotbed for Rightists in a somewhat politically “immature” democracy, which has witnessed affluent polarization equally from all quarters – by the likes of both Sadhvis and Owaisis. Consequently, development and progress would seldom find place in the election manifestoes, which is not a triumph we would be ready to sanction and witness. Evidently; therefore, even though it marks yet another historical peg in the Indian polity, the victory of the Gathbandhan is eventually the celebration of defeat. However, for now, we can rejoice with the hope that development will follow, now that the communal forces have been kept at bay!
