2009 Poll Prospects And Alignments-2

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Ravishji,

I agree that people (in India or anywhere else for that matter) go about doing their business in pursuit of wealth/happiness/prosperity irrespective of govt of the day. But there's a tendency of the commentators that shoot mouth off saying 'a govt x was good for economy' or 'govt y was bad for economy', especially close to elections.

Yes there will be specific instances of policies which do affect economic conditions favorably or adversely and this should be documented to strengthen any claims, else it's only speaking from the hat.

Same with security or crime. It's the response by the govt that we can discuss. There's a govt response which fosters peace and deters crime/terrorism, while there's another which emboldens the criminal and militant elements. What are we talking about?

Appropriate discussion in political threads on such matters would be only relevant if we start quantifying our claims.