The article is very shallow and betrays only the ignorance of the writer.
UPA did not win the recent Parliament elections because of the appeal of its economic manifesto.
Let alone this election, in any General Election bread and butter issues have never been important to the Indian electorate.
The average aam admi is not so naive as to believe that a change in the Centre could bring about a change in areas of his prime concern. Yes,
In assembly elections his expectations centre around PDS, keroscene, roads, lights and drinking water.
Congress won because of the strength of its allies in states like AP, Bihar, TN- nothing more nothing less!
Coming to the core economic issues, the Congress is no different from the BJP.
By thinking that the Congress will tread the all-too familiar path of socialism that it did during the Indira Gandhi era, the Left is deluding itself and also the electorate.
The regional parties & the Left- described as Secular Front- have actually no other agenda than keep the BJP out.
The more this UPA dispensation continues at the Centre, the more harmful it is going to be for the nation.It will take decades for its successor to undo the damage.
