Nawaz's policy may backfire

Mian Nawaz Sharif's call to the people to come on roads seems to be quite exciting and tempting for a person like him having greater political ambition but felt increasingly constrained in the present political dispensation for one reason or the other. Why not create an opening for yourself and come back in power corridors with bang in an early election instead of wasting more time with tried and tested PPP. After all the people are supportive of the position he held on the populist issues like the restoration of CJ Iftikhar Chaudhry, while the PPP is slightly down for not honouring its commitments.
The picture that Nawaz Sharif sees or his close aides showed him is quite rosy. But it will be quite naïve on his part if he considers that time is quite ripe for such a move. It would surely lead to confrontational politics, and Mian Sahib may not be able to get the desired results.
One could see Nawaz Sharif adopting a more confrontational stance these days. First, he announced in a very sentimental fashion his party's whole-hearted support for the Lawyers' movement. He followed through with his commitment and made sure the reception organized for recent visit of Iftikhar Ch turned out to be a great event after PML (N) support.
Now he is asking the people to come on the road and restore the Iftikhar Ch. The ominous noises that top PML (N) leader is making has already jolted the entire country with people starting imagining what could be the result if Nawaz becomes successful in brining out people on the road. Already the chances of survival of PML (N)-PPP coalition are very slim since he cut loose and announced support for the Lawyers' movement with the participants both lawyers and PML (N) workers spitting venom on no person less than President Zardari. But the way Nawaz is calling people out on the streets to participate in the Long March and sit-in afterwards and that too in a great rebellious mood is a step even farther on his confrontational course, injecting an added instability in the politics. Interestingly, the lawyers are planning their march and sit-in in the month of March when all-important Senate elections are due.