May 13, 2004: India: ‘The Jurassic Park’ for the next five years?  
 
Pakistani fundamentalists are thrilled and the Italy is already celebrating India’s election results. Why? Obviously, they have a strong reason to celebrate. Now there is a hope that India can be taken back by few hundred years…There is a possibility that India can be ruled by the ‘Jurassic Park’ ideology for at least 5 years.
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“The Congress-led Government that is now almost certain to holds the reins of India's destiny, will be hopelessly hamstrung by the Jurassic Park ideology of an emboldened Left that has secured more seats in Parliament than ever before.

Clearly, the quality of governance has progressively ceased to matter to India's voters and this must be a cause of serious worry, for it sounds sharp warning bells for the country's economy and polity. It is now for the Congress to tame some of its radical partners and continue the magnificent work done by the Vajpayee Government. Good governance may not be an election winner as this result shows, but there is no alternative except to persevere with it.”

Why? - (this article may now be available in the Daily Pioneer archive of May 13, 2004)
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Mandate 2004 has left India in a state of shock and awe. It is the most unexpected result of any election since 1977. Till the results started tumbling out of the EVMs on Thursday morning, the widespread belief in all political circles was that the NDA would emerge as the single-largest block in the 14th Lok Sabha. Barring a few, most pundits were convinced that Mr Atal Bihari Vajpayee would continue as Prime Minister with the NDA making up for any shortfall by inducting new allies.
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