And The Man of the Match goes to...

THE INDIAN VOTER...Yes you read it right. The big day finally came and the Election results

were out and to everybody's surprise the average Indian voter had once again proved to the

world that he is no fool as perceived by certain sections of the Indian society.


The voter gave a sizable mandate to the Congress and UPA though not a clear majority for the

Congress. The voter voted for a stable government which most of us thought would not happen

this time but the voter has clearly indicated his choice and what he expects. The voter did not

give a clear majority to either of the national parties and gave a reasonably big oppostion to the

government as well thus proving that nobody is permanent. Mr. Advani's dream of becoming

PM did not go down well with the voters though he has had achievments but somewhere down

the line his image as a hardliner may have been one of the factors that prevented the voters

from giving him a clear mandate. Now that the junta has voted for a stable government the UPA

should not become complacent and take things lying down. They should start accelerating in

reforms such as labour reforms, rapid infrastructure, increasing FDI in sectors such as

Insurance, retail, aviation. Also spend tremendously on Education and pass the Right to

Education bill. It should also not lose focus from the key component of our economy the

agriculture sector and make sure that there is tremendous growth in agriculture which has been

on the negative side for the past few years nationally with an exception of Andhra pradesh

which showed positive growth in agriculture thanks to some of the schemes implemented by the

state government. Though people of Hyderabad expect the CM YSR to focus on the city as well

this time and gives us better roads, no power cuts and allow more investment into different

service sectors and create more jobs.


The key here is if the Government manages to do reasonably well at the Centre then this will

be the glorious phase of the India story. This is a great opportunity for the government to prove

its worth and in these tough times that is the need of the hour. All said and done the Congress

should realise if the voter has given the party alone 200+ seats it expects a lot from them and if

they fail to capitalise on this opportunity and fail to deliver then the next time the voter may

not even give them 20 seats. So Congress its either you perform or perish the voter's

expectations are clear. Let us all hope for the best and come out of this gloomy economic

scenario as soon as possible and the PM had promised last month that he would revive the

economy within 100 days. That is left to be seen whether 100 days or not atleast by this year

end people will hope Singh's magic works. Jai Manmohan and Jai Indian voter the real

"MAN OF THE MATCH". Cheers!!!