Tuesday, April 20, 2004

India goes to polls

India today Apr 20 went to polls to elect its MPs to the 14th Lok Sabha. These elections will be spread over 4 phases and the counting will begin on May 13. It is a long drawn affair and will test the EC to its core.

As Indians most of us are waiting for these results. Will NDA repeat its performance of 1999? Will it get a reduced majority as some opinion polls are suggesting? Will Mulayam or Laloo become king makers? All these answers will get answered partially today when the results of exit polls start coming in. Anyway the polls are yet to begin in other parts of the country like UP etc which are more crucial to the NDA.

This is probably the first poll to have development as its core agenda and a good majority to NDA will help the reform process greatly.

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