'Maximum governance, minimum government'
VOTES polled in the nine-phased Lok Sabha elections will be counted today to decide who will form the next government.
Although the Exit polls have shown exit for the grand old party, it is only by noon that a final picture would emerge as to who would be the major players in the 16th Lok Sabha.
It is said that an estimated Rs. 150 crore of advertising revenue across news channels is riding on counting day what with the 24x7 news channels renovating their studios, designing majestic sets with multiple cameras and giant touch screens for interactive graphics and beaming holograms of their reporters from distant locations.
With catchy words like ‘wave', ‘swings' and ‘vote share' and ‘animated cartoons' coupled with non-stop commentary and analysis by celebrity panel lists,we Indians never had it so good.
New power centres, new equations, a new Finance Minister and an all pervasive feel of 'acche din aane wale hain' DDT too looks forward to more action in the days to come. After all, the Union Budget is only more than a month away!