After this sham victory (clearly purchased given the cross voting) the UPA govt will now stew in its own juice -- beholden both to the Americans, the corporate magnets who bankrolled the confidence vote, as well as their new found allies who will now want their pound of flesh very quickly. If at all it survives the whole term, which is very doubtful, it will face an angry electorate very soon who will then have their say. The opposition need not be concerned too much with UPA's fate -- its demise is all but certain. But some thought must be given to investigating legal avenues available to effectively repudiate this dubious deal once the UPA is voted out of office within a year. All the parties across the Opposition spectrum from the NDA to the Left must agree on such a course of action.
