INDIA'S ELECTIONS

India will now be able
To have a government stable.
The elections are over.
To do much, moreover,
The commies won't be able.

After a month-long, five-phase process to elect the members of the lower house of India's parliament, results were counted (most of them anyway) and released yesterday. May 16.

This is from an Internet article:
India's ruling party wins resounding victory

"NEW DELHI – The ruling Congress party swept to a resounding victory Saturday in India's mammoth national elections, defying expectations as it brushed aside the Hindu nationalist opposition and a legion of ambitious smaller parties."

"The strong showing by the party, which is dominated by the powerful Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, laid to rest fears of an unstable, shaky coalition heading the South Asian giant at a time when many of it neighbors are plagued by instability, civil war and rising extremism."

"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared victory, telling reporters that voters had given the Congress party-led coalition a 'massive mandate.'"

This is from Ramana Rajgopaul, an Indian whom I don't know at all who is an aquaintance of Cynthia Springer, a member of our travel group:

"Our election process is over, and contrary to many opinions, it is now possible to have a stable and progressive government for the next five years. The greatest result has been the substantial reduction in the number of seats that the communists have won. They cannot now act as spoilers. With a stable government, we can now look forward to handling the Pakistan and Taliban problem with more optimism."