My two cents on election 09.

              The biggest problem with democracy is..................well democracy itself.                                                                                                                                  (some wise man)  

               So its all over. One of the most dramatic elections ever fought has come to an appropriately histrionic end. Some of you who didn't have anything worthwhile to do voted, most of you probably didn't. Its o.k.Perfectly understandable.Most of us make a voter card so that it can be used as identity proof when we travel. Right to lazyness is our fundamnetal right.So the point is the representative's of half of India have been elected.(The other half doesn't care).So I will assume that complete country chose it's future . Good or bad Congress has won not because it was awesome or unbeatable but due to lack of better option's. Anyway's I know it's all perspective. I was never a Congress supporter and will continue to oppose it but at the same time I am glad that India will have a stable government for next five years rather than a tottering one and priority before Manmohan Singh will be the country rather than the whim's of the left,right, up and down.

                This year we saw amazing shamelessness as far as making prepoll allie's was concerned and at one instant it seemed that Congress might declare Modi a good man and ask BJP to join UPA. The extreme lows included Lalu blaming Congress for Babri, Rahul Gandhi praising Nitish Kumar for obvious reasons, Communists declaring Congress  as friends and foes alternately as per convenience and Sharad Pawar expecting congress to support him as PM to name a few.

             First things first.This election turned out to be a nightmare for NDA.The problem is that BJP depend's upon Congress to do bad in order to win. If looked at carefully they don't seem to have a clear cut agenda.Even on the Ram Mandir issue they don't seem to make up their mind.The country has moved ahead but unfortunately BJP hasn't.The problem's before India today are far graver than they anticipate or rather chose to stress upon. I like Modi but his role in Gujrat riots is condemnable and if he and BJP are paying for that they are to blame themselves for it.Varun Gandhi commited the same mistake.Those bombshell's fetched him few claps and some night's in jail and lot of onscreen time but that cost BJP the nation.

          Happiest thing for me is left and Sharad Pawar lost their sheen.Left for obvious reasons, in fact i was surprised why didnt this happen earlier with them but still as they say better late than never. Pawar I despise despite being Marathi myself.But I would rather have a Martian for PM post than a Maharashtrian who doesn't have an iota of self respect.He can single handedly take credit for taking politics to the current low.He's sole ideology seemed to be to be a PM himself.If congress has any working brain within it it should kick out such an ally who would have been first to do the last rites if they had lost.

MNS turned out to be a big factor in Maharashtra and they hit NDA specially ShivSena very hard as expected with MNS candidates eating a Lac Marathi votes in each of the twelve constituencies.Raj would have liked to grab a seat or two but they will be happy with the bad dreams Uddhav Thakre will have for some time.They should be a force to reckon in upcoming assembly elections. Congress will enjoy MNS factor considering the 6-0 routing at Mumbai but by next general elections it should expect a few blows for itself. 

As its a winner takes it all deal Congress will be happy with its position now with UPA needing less than 15 seats to touch 273 which means no coddling for SP,CPM,BSP,Lalu and others.They seem to be desperate to bring Rahul in mainstream but he has wisely procastinated it till now but you dont need to be oracle to see that he will be nexp PM candidate for Congress.Congress has always been accused of nepotism but I dont care as long as we get an able candidate for PM who has his head in right place.Though I agree that Rahul Gandhi shouldn't become PM just because he is a Gandhi scion but the converse is also true. Just because his second name happens to be Gandhi should not come in his chances to lead the country provided he proves himself in a post of responsibility and looking at him he seems to understand that. And either way how many times do we see a complete party willingly or unwillingly coming on a consensus regarding their leader.

Old Manmohan can sleep in peace for some time now.Its been a long battle but nothing tastes as good as success. Economy is in a mess and he now has a free rein and doesnt need crutches of left,Lalu etc. If things dont turn out right this time he has no one else to blame but so far so good.