There is a clear pattern emerging over the terrorist blasts in UP, Rajasthan, Karnataka and now in Ahmadabad where over 50 people are killed and hundreds injured and the war on terror takes a new dimension as we have to deal with sleeper units within the country and from the angle of the security forces and intelligence agencies.  The Nuclear deal and the increased co operation with the USA along with the emergence of the Economic potential in India is 'hurtful' to many who have ravaged their own country with senseless violence and death and have little to offer in terms of economic salvation to the people. India is a secular society and a democracy and in times of crisis as of now we unite and consolidate and this is something the terrorists cannot understand as they have no exposure to democratic thinking and are blinded by hate and anyone who can kill and murder is not a normal person. This is not the time for scoring debating points, this is not the time to look for intelligence failures at the Center and in the States and this is not the time for senseless secular and non secular arguments and this is certainly not the time to wait for the next disaster to strike before we initiate action. The USA is going through an election process and decision making is affected but we cannot wait for things to stabilize in Pakistan and on their border in Afghanistan and it is time for action.

Politics rarely takes a vacation and the Congress, B.IP and to some extent the BSP will prepare for electoral war in November 08 in the four states of MP, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Delhi. The Left is a possible exception but every other political party is involved and family members, lawyers, chartered accountants and income tax experts getting preference over political veterans and this extends to almost all political parties and this is reflected in political appointments. The situation becomes more complex for parties with a National presence and with a Coalition patterns the resource mobilization points exist with several individuals and there is little control on the situation. The political parties continue to be poor whilst the leaders are rich and it is not unusual to find business tycoons entering the political arena whilst political families are suddenly producing business tycoons.

The Politics after the trust vote will not be easy and the Congress will not find it easy to reconcile the rewards given to new and existing allies after the vote and some have chosen to air their demands and threats in the media. The Congress will have to time their actions to take advantage of the November elections in BJP states and continue good governance at the Center and this will not be easy as both the BJP and the Left will attack in full force and the SP is unpredictable and the recent statements on amendments on the Hyde attack clearly indicate their intent for the future. The Congress have to balance political activity, restore economic confidence and fight inflation and also deal with the situation on terror attacks. The agenda for the next few months will test the ability of all in governance and we can expect political accidents at every stage as both the ruling party and the opposition fight in what is clearly a very close battle for victory at the ballot.