Vote 09 Results

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People in India seems to have made a sane choice in voting back Congress led UPA without the left parties back to power. Surely, they were the better choice. I hope Manmohan Singh would induct some young blood this time in his ministry - Rahul Gandhi, Sindhia, Naveen Pilot and others are ready to take the mantle from the old(60+ years) folks. It is amazing that people(including Manmohan Singh) that are too old for any other profession find ruling the country an easy job. Congress has a great opportunity in turning around the story and giving opportunity to the young and well educated among the leaders a chance to make things better in this counrty.

I am so glad that the "left" has been left alone even by their own people in their dens. While the left parties were influential in bringing significant changes in the social scene in places like Kerala, they seem to have lost their way. Corrupt leaders like Pinarayi Vijayan in Kerala and their violent ways to quell people who are against their ideology are a disgrace to a party in democracy. While violence isn't new, corruption is new to them - they never had any serious corruption charges against their leaders. They are out to make money somehow in their veiled marxist faces - they need dismantle their leadership who are corrupt or colludes with the corrupt.

I am also glad that K Sudhakaran won handsomely at Kannur, my hometown, which was supposed to be the den of Marxist party in Kerala. Marxist party has officially been supporting the killings that they and the RSS/BJP keep indulging in the region. Sudhakaran was one of those few leaders who could take them on in this area. I aplaud his courage and hope he can make significant contribution to the constituency though the party supported violence may not go away that soon. I wish him all the best!

I also see a leader in Rahul Gandhi if he can keep his feet on the ground and work towards improving the fate of the poor in the country. The basic indicators of the quality of life, literacy rate, infant mortality etc. are way too low in Amethi, Rahul's constituency, compared to other places like Kerala. Take a cue from Kerala where things are far better with respect to standards of living.

While democracy has its limitations in a country where there are signifcant section of the people who are illiterate and below poverty, overall the people have made a good choice this time and hope things will get better in this country!