The Congress and BJP were hand in hand and hence the UPA won the confidence vote .. BJP wanted to oppose on the face of it but internally supported the govt (their 9-10 MP's voted for the govt and BJP had not issed a whip implies that BJP had planned to let the govt win the vote and go ahead with the deal) ... This is all politics .. in the Narsinha Rao rule, when BJP wnet to ask him permission for kar seva at ayodhya, Rao govt had clearly told BJP (yeh andaar ki baat hai) faltu mein time pass karke kar seva nahi karne duunga .. dhache ko gira ke khatam karoge tohi kar seva allow karunga) and the rest is history .. So my friends, don't get too much sentimental and carried away .. 99.99% of us do not know the actual truth .. and yes .. as I understand the CIA played a very crucial role in this whole confidence vote ... coz they wanted the deal to go through ...
