Commentary: Why is the PP embracing those who fought against it?

After Anand Ramlogan made his return to the UNC earlier this year, the person most critical of him, the one who spewed hate and disgust at him more than all the Congress of the People (COP) people together, was Nizam Mohammed.

And you know why? Because Nizam felt that by Anand's crossover act he was strenghtening the hand of Kamla; and that was the last thing members of Panday's old guard wished would happen.

So incensed was Nizam that he ranted and raved and stormed out like a madman from the Panchayaat program one morning when Ken Ali asked him to provide evidence that persons were returning in droves to the Panday camp in their disenchantment with Kamla; and insinuated that he and others of his ilk were going to join with Panday to provide a political home with all those "thousands" of persons unhappy with Kamla and Jack and company.

And what prevented Nizam and company from joining with Badeo Panday and organising an opposition grouping to Kamla and the UNC (that would have been in subversive action today) was Manning calling election.

That having happened, it took the wind out of the sail of subversives like Nizam, who had hoped that by 2012, they would have so undermined Kamla, that they would have somehow dethroned her.

With Manning's surprise announcement, and with all signs indicating that he had made the second mistake of his life, one started to suddenly see Nizam at the front of every meeting Kamla had.

And lo and behold, to the consternation of all those Kamla supporters who were outraged at Nizam's bitterness towards Kamla, who saw him as the neemakharam who Panday nurtured as a younger brother (moreso than he did Subhas) but who lambasted Panday as a rumshop drunkard when he defected to the Robinson camp, now being given the red carpet treatment by those he passionately wished to destroy mere months ago.

Not only Nizam is being given the prodigal son's return, but everywhere you look now you see the political termites coming out of the woodwork and getting the plum positions in the People's Partnership.

Kelvin Ramnath is back too, even though he was the mastermind of the caucus to undermine Kamla. What's in store for Kelvin now? Chairman of Petrotrin?

The more things change the more they tend to remain the same. All those PP supporters who were prepared to get into trouble for Kamla and Jack with people like Nizam and Kelvin are today watching from the sidelines as the enemies waltz into the party, their party and collect all the prize positions available.

If this handing over of the party's heirlooms continue, Nizam and Kello might just have their dreams fulfilled, as PP supporters move away in disgust at their presence in the party they built.

Mano Sharma - via Internet.