Most Responsible Election Verdict

I have been truly happy for the past few days, thanks to the most responsible & sensible election verdict that i have seen all my life in India. The verdict quite easily raced past my expectations and it gave a clear idea of the mindset of the voting population in the country. The verdict has rejected negative politics, it has simply dismissed irresponsible politicians and in many ways is the best verdict that the country could have provided at this crucial period of economic depression all over the globe.

A fractured mandate was the first element of danger at this juncture and had the mandate been anything like the '04 election results, it would have been party time for the political brokers (read regional chauvinists) who would have made the national politics, a mere joke. The people had to vote very clearly and had to provide definite answers to some questions created by the previous verdict, a verdict which helped in a very limited manner. The Congress have every reason to rejoice and celebrate their victory and should also understand the responsibility thrusted on them by the 'Great Verdict' of '09. I have always been positively interested in politics, not because it makes intresting news but because its the mirror which shows where we stand as a nation. Politics in India plunged to a disgusting low in the past few years, mainly because of the rise of caste/religion/region based politicians who tend to believe that there is no reason to have an ideology to be a political party and that to win an election by any means is the ticket to smart politics. The developments in many parts of the country seemed to give way to yet another national joke, but the verdict proved everyone wrong. I personally call this a 'Great Verdict' simply because it has given one party a chance to prove themselves without providing them any constraints what so ever in the form of non cooperative allies, now it is completely upto the party to reciprocate in the form of good governance.

There is only a limit upto which a government can take responsibility for the state of a nation, as the nation itself has a bigger responsibility which takes shape during elections. One can only say that the nation has proved to be completely responsible and now the minority (in the name of government)has to do everything they can to live upto the promises and make sure that the responsibilities are fulfilled with utmost sincierity. Opportunistic politics, regional confusions have proved to bear no place in the minds of the voters and this must show some signals to the power hungry people, who are ready to switch any light off to attain their political goal. The next 5 years only give me hope and i positively look forward to a great change that would take place in a country which is in the verge of becoming an envy of the world.