The Great Indian Electoral Surprise

Election results are out.
Congress has won hands down. In my earlier blog i had expressed strong desire to flush out third/fourth front antinational brigade. If need be i suggested Cong and BJP to form coalition govt in national interest. Great India has voted against these tendencies. I am not sure if that was a decision reflecting general sentiment. But election process is complex one. There are regional issues, local issues, combined with malpractices with govt blessings. Regional party equations matter most i suppose. Congress with all election machinery in hand played it well and did show good results. Gained in south, reestablished in cow belt, fell down red bastions, won major metros like mumbai and delhi, recovered lost ground in Guj, MP, Chattisgarh, Punjab, strengthened its hold on rajasthan, hariyana. Its all because of clear leadership and focus, the organization was existent. BJP had defined its leader but he did not have any organization to make people feel than trend. If BJP has to make impact it needs a clear second rung, party base and clear messages (advani made some very confusing flip flops).
And to great satisfaction of mine, these self proclaimed good for nothing leaders from RJD, LP, NCP, BSP, SP, Left have been shown their place. Regional parties have to be accepted but with a clear message that national interest should go hand in hand.
My moral of story is that you need to have a clear and well defined leadership with a coherent message identified by masses, you need to have a ground machinery in place and you need to play regional cards deftly. and you will elections.
After many years of coalition govt we will have a ruling party(front) with near clear majority and with no blackmailing from any quarters. Manmohan singh has to deliver now. If not now, then never. national security has to be addressed with first proirity, tough decisions are needed but i doubt if congress can dare do that. If not atleast they should enforce the govt machinery to deal with disruptive forces like terrorism; cross border and internal, naxalism, etc.
economy has to be boosted, reforms should be accelerated. China like model of boost to local strengths have to be pursued: eg STPI extensions, disinvestment etc.
Infrastructure has to be given big boost: Roads, Civic transport, energy.
Troubled Neighbours are a great threat: we need very strong leadership to deal. International diplomacy has to be at highest levels to get our ways in tricky issues like outsourcing, climate , nuclear deal etc.
Challenges are enormous, but now they have mandate and most importantly have got rid of anti national interests in Govt.