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News Analysis

Indians vote for stability

Pallab Bhattacharya, New Delhi
The strongest message, sent out by die Congress-led UPA victory in Indian parlia-. mentary elections, is the people s look out for "stability'" - free from pulls and pressures of a coalition of myriad of regional parties.
Congress and its allies may have fallen short of a majority’ mark of 272 in the 545-member Lok Sabha but they are no longer dependent on a horde of regional or Left parties for the survival of the new government.
Left parties and regional outfits had hoped that like the last 12 years, they would play the roles of "kingmakers and partyspoilers" in a coalition arrangement but a clear mandate for Congress had crushed their hopes--be it Mayawati-led BSP, Samajwadi Party' led by' Mulayam Singh Yadav RID of Lalu Prasad, Karunanidhi-Ied Dxqux Chandf»hp.burN|jdu^TD^jo4 ALVDMKofjayalalitfiaa'
Congress' much improved performance in this polls, compared to its show in the previous general election five years ago, saw the party regaining much of its pan-Indian appeal which had waned since late 1980s owing to the party' ceding space to regional parties.
Prime Minister .Manmohan Singh will head a government without the crutch of Left parties or unpredictable partners, which had buffeted him in decisions relating to economic reforms during his previous stint from time to time since 2004.
Senior leaders of Left parties, which had withdrawn support to the UPA government in luly last year, acknowledged grudgingly thatCongress' stability plank was a big draw for voters. Among the Left leaders to admit this are Sitaram Yechury, Mohd Selim and Biman Bose ofCPI-M.
Analysts said the election result is an endorsement of Congress' positive cam-^afgaiiig^o^xfeirn^ the^cirievements of UPA gaVtAimien t*s pophlist schemes like Rs
70,000-crore loan waiver package for farmers announced by the government last year and its flagship socio-economic development project the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.
An important reason for Congress' victory was that it decided the right alliance partner -- Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, NCP in Maharashtra and DMK in Tamil Nadufor seat-adjustment. Barring these three parties. Congress decided not to go for partnership in any other state including in politically key Bihar and Uttar Pradesh where RJD, LIP and Samajwadi Party' are its national-level allies.
Not to go for alliance in what has come to be known as the "Hindi heartland" comprising states like Bihar and UR was a big gamble and it paid off handsomely for Congress in UP where the party' scripted a fine revival story by winning21 of the total of 80,seats, nearly at par with Samajwadi Party •arxi BSP vyhich had beet^dornipapQgthe state's politics for over two decades.