CONGRESS RETAINS POWER IN 3 STATES

The Congress along with its partners is all set to retain power in the three states (Maharashtra, Haryana, Arunachal) that went to polls. While the Cong-NCP combine is on verge of getting majority in Maharashtra, the Congress on its own is all set to regain power in Haryana and Arunachal. 

Maharashtra - Chief Minister Ashok Chavan and party’s points’ man in Konkan Narayan Rane have emerged victorious from Bhokar and Kudal respectively. Union Power Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde’s daughter Praniti has won from Sholapur Central constituency.  Kripashankar Singh from Kalina, and Amit Deshmukh from Latur City are in a leading path. 
Arunachal Pradesh - It is a clean sweep for the Congress in this Northeastern state. Out of the 57 sets for which elections were held it is leading in the 31 seats out of the 36 seats for which trends are available. The BJP is leading in one seat while others are leading in the four seats. Three candidates have been declared elected unopposed.        
Haryana  - Congress has managed to cross the half-way mark in the 90 seat Assembly. The Congress is now ahead in as many as 46 seats, while the INLD is ahead in 24 seats and the BJP flag flying high only in four seats. Congress’ Vinod Sharma and Savitri Jindal have been declared victorious from Ambala City and Hissar respectively. Incumbent Chief Minsiter Bhupinder Singh Hooda is also leading from Garhi Sampla-Kiloi.  What is turning out to be the real surprise is that OP Chautala is trailing behind  Birendra Singh in Uchana Kalan.

SINGH IS KING

Finally  the political drama has come to an end and Mr. MANMOHAN SINGH proved again himself as a king. He became the symbol of a dormant collective aspiration for governmental stability, administrative performance and decency in public life. He was capable of packing a counter punch when he did join issue with Mr. Advani on leadership. Over the past five years, Dr. Singh succeeded in calming the nation’s collective nerves, especially in the face of repeated terror attacks.Now his presence as Prime Minister seemed to have had a reassuring impact way beyond New Delhi’s chatterati. As a group of Muslims in eastern Uttar Pradesh told a colleague: “Sixteen major banks have failed in the United States;not a single Indian bank has folded up all because we have had Manmohan Singh as P M.”