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It is possible if it starts work in summer 2010The issue of governance of the company may be askedThe fourth rule is to inquire into valuationsView on the sea and attentive and discreet serviceAnd we did not reverse the spiral of debtThey have maintained a market share of 63Today newspapers like endangered speciesThe following departments 29 and the regions 2the disaster is all full of internal errorsWhen driving conditions change better take the time to change tiresTo the rhythm of the song of the movie "Slumdog Millionaire" who triumphed at the Oscars late February the Congress party to power in India completes his campaign. Today starts another stage: that of a vote in five phases expected to take until May 13. The 714 million voters must renew Parliament and appoint the 543 members representing 28 States and seven territories of the Indian Union. At the end of these elections, the India will also develop a new Government.
Although polls give the Congress Party in mind, the result expected May 16 very shaky, predict analysts, who believe that everything will be played after this date, with post-election alliances of circumstance between parties national and regional training. In fact, some already promise a future fragile coalition Government...
Among the main actors in this marathon election is the current Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh. The former Minister of finance that has liberalized the economy of the country between 1991 and 1996, head of the Government of center-left since 2004, hopes to be reappointed. It must now cope with the global crisis. Despite the extreme poverty that still reigns in the country, he promised... "a more equitable growth". In the face, his rival for the formation of the Hindu nationalist opposition to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP or Indian people's Party), former Prime Minister Deputy and Minister of the Interior (1998-2004), Lal Krishna Advani, will try to get rid of its image of "Falcon" from the Hindu right. It is in the presence of thousands of Hindu zealots in 1992 destroyed a mosque, North of the country. Interfaith riots was in were followed, making 2,000 dead.
Local and regional issues
The Hindu "untouchable" Mayawati Kumari could however blur this bipolarity in partnering with one or other of the two major parties in a coalition Government, or even by becoming Prime Minister with the support of various smaller parties.
On-site observers believe indeed unlikely that one of the two major parties have enough seats to govern alone. The popularity of Mayawati Kumari remains intact, despite the charges of corruption and personal enrichment that weigh on it. The head of the Government of the State of Uttar Pradesh (182 million inhabitants, 80 seats in the Assembly), North of the country, is synonymous with hope for all the Indians ' ", of the lower castes and dalits who complain of difficulties to find work or housing, because of their condition. They are 165 million, 1.17 billion people.
Several themes have dominated the election campaign. As the impact of the global recession on the country or terrorism, after the November Mumbai attacks. "This is no longer only a matter of time before the Taliban reach the borders of the India", lamented Tuesday Lal Krishna Advani, in reference to neighbouring Pakistan Islamists. While Manmohan Singh presents itself as the only capable to fight "with force and determination against this scourge."
The elections should be played elsewhere: on local and regional issues, in a fragmented and complex society where is rothkos a multitude of ethnic groups, cultures and castes and 18 official languages.
