Srinagar, March 21 -- The Congress Party's regional and ideological partners are fed up with the Grand Old Party's big brother attitude. The BahujanSamaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) were more than irritated by the Congress' attitude towards them in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh after the Assembly election victories in those states last December. The Left Front parties in West Bengal are puzzled by the Congress' evasive stance over their seat-sharing in West Bengal. And the party's arch-rival in Delhi, the AamAadmi Party (AAP), was open to an alliance but it has gone on its own because the Congress was unable to decide whether to ally with the AAP or not.
It is not that the Congress does not understand the compulsion for allianc...