Why I want the UPA to win the confidence vote

The inevitable finally happened ... and it is time for agni pareeksha for the Indian government in a few days ... but I am glad that it took four years ...

It’s not that I have been awed by work done by the UPA government in these four years, or that I am a follower of the Nehru-Gandhi family ... but that I really want to save the country from another unnecessary elections.

With inflation rates in India hovering around 11-12% and the world economy playing hide and seek with recession, the last thing India needs at this time is mammoth expenditure in conducting elections and running campaigns. Add to that, a complete halt to all parliamentary and cabinet functions that would impact among others the approval of various development projects, foreign investment and matters of bilateral trade with other countries. Not to mention the further loss of India’s image as an emerging economic power.

Sometimes losses are more important than the gains!