STABILITY IS PEOPLE'S VERDICT

The high decibel babel of Indian elections is over. Finally the electorate of biggest democracy has given its mandate in the form of stunning win for UPA alliance. It is all set to cross the magical mark of 272 to form the next ' STABLE' government, I repeat stable government. The reason I emphasised on 'stable' was the lessons this elections have teached the political bigwigs of the country that we dont want windbag politicians in our country, we want persons who can do some substantial work for the people and take country to the next level of development. Its a common feeling among masses that success defined by commitment to act will launch India into the next superpower orbit

Once again poll pundits, exit polls and arm chair analysist have been proved wrong by the mandate of the people. Some people are saying that this is the unpredictable side of Indian electorate which have proved wrong the notions of hung parliament prior to 15th Lok sabha elections but I feel Indian electorate has become more smarter and more mature which can be proved by the verdict clearly stating a stable government at the centre. What I could infer is that the verdict is influenced by three major factors:

1. National Issues are very important and cannot be neglected.
2. Power of Youth has to be counted upon and the next line of leadership should be present in the party willing to succeed.(Rahul Gandhi's factor which remarks the ressurgence of Congress in Uttar Pradesh by increasing its tally to 21 from 9)
3. Regional factors and good governance at state level also contribute largely to success.(Nitish Kumar, Sheila Dikhshit, Narendra Modi showing exemplifying success in their respective regions)
And the most important thing is to keep up to the promises made to the people.

I think these elections have completely shunned Communalism and Casteism that why parties like BSP have flunked in the all important exam of elections getting only 20 odd seats in the political Kurukshetra of Uttar Pradesh.
Another think worth mentioning is the targeting of PM Manmohan Singh as a weak prime minister completely backfired for NDA and even Mr Advani's demand for presidential style debate could not prevent him from sitting in the opposition. I feel that in the course of about 20 years from being the finance minister to the leader of the ruling party, he has changed from being a technocrat to a consummate neta. The transition was evident from the stand he took during the Indo-US nuclear deal but still calling him an astute politician will be far fetched. Well anyways the Singh has once again become the King and is going to rule for next five years.

But this verdict also inflict more responsibilities on the Government. Caught in the Vortex of a global slowdown that has derailed growth and terrorism in the neighbourhood, India no longer has the luxury of navel gazing. The exigency is the fallout of wasted years. I have always felt that two sentiments are prevailing in larger parts of the world i.e anti - americanism and islamophobia but thankfully none of them has still affected this hub in south east Asia which has second largest numbers of muslims in the world and this has been completely supported by the verdict of the people.
India is no longer just any Third World economy, it is a trillion - dollar entity getting notice at global high tables. An inadequate response, inability to decouple national interest from party politics and sloth may just stall its migration to First World. For too long, national interest has been subservient to political interest. Circumstance preludes hierarchy of choice. India must define and act in National interest and must respect the people's verdict because dont't forget...Democracy is for the people, by the people and of the people.