As the largest democracy in the world decides

The time had come again for India. Over the past six weeks people all over the country have been casting their votes and finally today the counting has begun. Hours passed and it became apparent that whichever party held the most vote, even so it would not be able to hold a majority in the Lok Sabha. The UPA an alliance of like minded parties which includes the Congress party hold 263 out of a total of 543 Lok Sabha seats.

The magic number was not met as the Congress alliance fell short of the 272 mark, but even so no-one in the Congress camp will be unhappy with the result today.

An interesting question that aries, asks how much power will be taken away from the Congress party due to the fact that a coalition government will be necessary. I personally believe that a few seats here and there are of no real concern. The government will continue to have the peoples support as long as India remains on its current trajectory (obviously discounting the short term effect of the current global recession). Any government which continues to pass on the effects of a country growing at 5/6/7% a year is surely to remain in the voters favor.

"the people of india have spoken... and spoken with great clarity" (Dr. Manmohan Singh)

Now it is just up to the government to continue doing what it seems to have done so well for the past five years.