I am hoping against my hope to have a clear and decisive mandate, voters should consider India before voting so that a clear mandate will be on the cards.

I am hoping against my hope to have a clear and decisive mandate, voters should consider India before voting so that a clear mandate will be on the cards.

I am hoping against my hope to have a clear and decisive mandate, voters should consider India before voting so that a clear mandate will be on the cards.

What you say is good thought. But concrete reality is that we do not have two all India political parties. As such voters are helpless. To elucidate, voters in Kerala, Tamilnadu, Manipur, Kashmir and many other places cannot make a choice between two parties- Congress and BJP. At many places, BJP does not exist and now even Congress does not.

I am hoping against my hope to have a clear and decisive mandate, voters should consider India before voting so that a clear mandate will be on the cards.

What you say is good thought. But concrete reality is that we do not have two all India political parties. As such voters are helpless. To elucidate, voters in Kerala, Tamilnadu, Manipur, Kashmir and many other places cannot make a choice between two parties- Congress and BJP. At many places, BJP does not exist and now even Congress does not.

This is a worrying trend and if this happens, then we could be heading towards a hung parliament.[/quote

We shall have a government. A single party govt is ruled out. There are following possibilities (1) Congress led coalition (2) BJP led coalition (3) Other parties coalition supported by Congress (4) other parties coalition supported by BJP. So far, we have seen all alternatives except the fourth- a coalition supported by BJP. But it may also be recalled that V.P. Singh govt. was supported by BJP and Left both. It is also worth notice that only NDA and UPA had scams. There were no scams during rule by parties other than Congress and BJP but they could not continue long owing to small number and withdrawal of support by Congress or BJP. If the other parties get a majority, which means more than combined strength of Congress and BJP, the third front govt. would be stable and also free from scams.