Election results, this time, threw no big surprises. The congress led UPA managed to hang on to power. They are very experienced to hang on as they have been doing so for the last five years, but this time the mandate allows them to hang on more firmly.
For many, (like me) this outcome could be very disappointing one, because of their hope against all hopes to see BJP in power this time. LK Advani as PM was expected to make India stronger and safer by taking tough decisions on all fronts especially on cross border terrorism. That did not happen. And in TN segment, AIADMK was expected to do better but they managed only nine seats. Of course nine seats- is lot better than zero which they managed in last edition.
More or less, the same trend of voting has been followed in the centre and TN. The votes against ruling party were split between various opposition parties and ultimately helped the ruling combine. In TN, DMDK and BJP split those votes which could have gone for AIADMK. And in the centre, too many regional parties and some last minute clashes within in the party took the votes away from BJP and marked a significant gain for congress.
The fact that the congress in the centre and DMK in TN got the major vote share can’t be denied. At the same time neither can be termed as the overwhelming favorites of the people, as hyped by the media. One can be sure that the congress and DMK leaders themselves wouldn’t have expected to win this many seats.
Some good things which happened in this election are
i) One national party got enough number of seats, to dominate the alliance and not to dance to their tunes.
ii) Numerous candidates with criminal records have been shown the door.
iii) Many so called powerful Ex-ministers, to name a few, Lalu, Paswan, Manishankar Iyer-failed to retain their seats .
iv) Parties known for creating constant troubles- DMK, SP, BSP, TMC, JMM- will have less say in this govt.
v) Congress had been generous to government employees, and hope they continue in that same mode.
Tail piece:
As far as TN is concerned, Karunanidhi is already in Delhi, with his ration card in hand, so as to get a ministry for each member of his family. We can hope to see 8-10 ministers from TN, and Azlagiri, Kanimozli, Maran in the cabinet for the bright future of Tamil Nadu.
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Cant agree with you any better. I wished to see BJP in power. Congress is now going do everything to please muslims under the minority agenda, start talking for the gas pipe line from Iran through Pak and will continue to do all nonsense. Lets hope that atleast some sanity prevails.
ReplyDeleteWell - did Laloo lose the election?? I doubt - I need to cross check !!
I am sure that Karunanidhi will try for Shipping portfolio to finger the Sedhu-Samudhram project, IT to cover up the "spectrum" corruption and some portfolio for Azhagiri and Kanimozhi so that he can push Stalin for the CM post. Vazhga jana-nayagam.
-Gowri
I do not understand, even after the Kandahar episode, why the people have an illusion that Mr.Advani will firmly deal with the terrorism. Infact, the Congress did better during the Mumbai attack.
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