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Lok Sabha Two days’ of special session of Lok Sabha has stunned the nation. Public’s belief in democracy is deeply shaken. Though public opinion was in favor of Indo-US n-deal, the way in which Mr. Clean (Manmohan Singh) led government has mustered the required support for the survival of the government, will not be accepted by the public. For last many days charges were being made by the opposition parties that UPA and some of its allies were using every kind of means to lure away their MPs. But the drama reached at its peak when some of the BJP MPs tabled the wads of currency and openly made allegation on the 2^nd day of the special session of the Lok Sabha that they were bribed by one of the Samajwaji Leader.

Discussions Cash for vote issue has triggered massive discussions not in higher political circles but among the masses also. Indians brag about their democracy and the secularism. But bribery issue has revealed their hypocrisy. It is uncertainty every where in India and public is anxiously waiting for the elections when it will be able to teach a lesson to the UPA they way it has molested their faith in democracy. Bribery issue has forced the people to recall the rule of Indira Gandhi who used to use money power to keep her agenda and government on track. She had imposed emergency to teach a lesson to her opponents but was severely punished by the public by defeating in the general elections and was put in the Tihar Jail.

Opposition All of the opposition parties are planning to launch a campaign throughout whole of the country to oppose the government for the rising prices, Indo-Us n-deal and the cash for vote issues. Some of the opposition parties had made allegations that UPA government harassing some of the opposition MPs by using CBI.BSP Chief Mayawati has been slapped with some cases. Some of the MPs have also alleged that they were frightened to be charge sheeted by the CBI if they not voted in favor of UPA. The way some of the MPs changed their sides only indicates that ideology followed by politicians is of ‘aaya ram gaya ram’.

Options After the withdrawal of support by the Left parties to the UPA, Indians had started to guess about their next Prime Minister. There were only to options first was BJP leader Lal Krishan Advani and the other was present PM Dr. Manmohan Singh. But after the withdrawal of support Congress led coalition government found its new ally SP and had thus become able to fill the vacuum created by Left that also helped it to win the trust motion.

Price Hike Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was unable to launch the next stage of economic reforms because of opposition by the Left allies. Price rise of the oil in international market forced the Indian government to increase the prices of oil in the domestic market. Prices of other commodities were also affected by the oil price hike that severely affected the poor people. Rises in the price of wheat and rice had already affected the people.

L.K. Advani When PM decided to go with the n-deal left withdrew support to the UPA government. Everybody thought that government will be unable to muster the required support for its survival and early elections are unavoidable. In such circumstance, it was evident that BJP will emerge as the single largest party and NDA could form the new government. But victory of the UPA in the trust motion has dashed L.K. Advani’s all hopes of becoming the next Prime Minister of India after the fall of the UPA government.

Mayawati It was being considered that there is no third political party that is strong enough to offer an alternative to BJP and Congress led alliances. But after the trust motion UNPA has emerged as the third strongest political front. BSP, Left and UNPA has formed the third front which has declared BSP chief as its Prime Ministerial candidate for the elections that are scheduled to be held early next year. If third front succeeds in remaining united then it can emerge as the strongest alliance in the elections. It must be learnt that if percentage of votes secured by these parties is added then it is better than both of the other alliances.

As in some of the states assembly elections have recently been held that indicate the swing in favor of NDA which was the reason that prompted BJP to vote against the government in the trust motion. With the win in the trust motion Congress has got more than six months in which it can control the inflation. With the emergence of third front and UPA’s victory in the trust vote, hopes of NDA’s returning to power have been severely affected. When the election will be held in the early months of next year a lot will depend on the present circumstances that will decide the next Prime Minister of India. But present political developments indicate that NDA has slipped to the third place as for as the total vote share is concerned.