Sweet victory
India on Saturday delivered a resounding verdict for stability giving the ruling Congress-led coalition five more years to rule the world's largest democracy with economist Manmohan Singh at the helm. The margin of victory stunned pundits, although two exit polls on Friday had predicted a large Congress victory that many disbelieved.
As the Congress party was poised to win over 200 seats in the 545-member Lok Sabha, confounding all expert predictions, Manmohan Singh appealed to all political parties to support his 'secular government'.
Image: Congress workers celebrate UPA's good performance in Lok Sabha polls outside the Prime Minister's residence in New Delhi on Saturday. (Photograph copyright PTI. Unauthorised reproduction is prohibited.) It`s celebration time for Congress
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