The Small Voice

Key takeaways from what trends/results available so far: The 3-1 results (as appear likely now) are primarily against the ruling Congress party and one expects markets to adequately cheer the results on Monday. Frankly, a 4-0 was very optimistic. But a 3-1 also is a good indication (for now) of the UPA losing and NDA securing at least a simple majority in 2014. The emergence of AAP is more a reflection of the common man’s anger with the Congress rather than emergence of a NaMo wave. A wake up call for BJP, in terms of Chattisgarh as they can not take things lightly and need to constantly be on guard against complacency and deviations from development agenda. The winter session may see much efforts by the UPA to bludgeon through controversial bills in a last ditch effort to woo a single “minority” segment and the economically marginalized. This may prove to be a dampener for the markets and may result in a volatile ride in the near term.   Finally, the success of the deb...

Today New Delhi goes to polls, and soon the rest of the states and the country will follow. Irrespective of which party or candidate or agenda you like and decide to vote for, vote you must, for it is your national duty. Each one bring five And as Neeraj ji says, IF you claim to be a responsible citizen, then:  not only must you cast your own vote,  but also make a promise to make at least 5-10 people vote this time, who have not voted last time. Drag them to the polling station, if need be. But make them vote. What happens when you don’t Vote? The corrupt candidate wins :( If you don't cast your vote, don’t think it will go empty. No way.  Bogus votes are cast on absentee voters’ name (in this case, your name) and your vote will go to the wrong candidate helping him defeat honest candidates.  And then you will curse the corruption in the system for the next five years. Please Vote, it is your (and mine) primary national duty.