The results of the assembly elections to the five states have been announced. Except in Manipur, where it won handsomely for the third term and in Uttarakhand where it has got one seat more than the BJP, in all the other three states it failed utterly. Goa, where it was the ruling party is lost to BJP. In Punjab, a historical victory has been secured by the Akali Dal, destroying the coming back hope of Congress.

But the worst defeat is in U.P. Despite the entire top team of the Congress under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, campaigned in each and every corner of U.P, it utterly failed to create any impact. It got only 27/28 seats and its ally a mere 9 seats, the total coming to less than 40 in a state with 403 seats. To add to the woes, it lost in the family constituencies of Amethi and Rae Bareily.

Mulayam Singh, Samajwadi Party,  has won with a huge majority in UP. No exit poll saw what was coming. Everybody thought that it will be difficult to cross the 200 line. But it has got more than 220 seats.

All these results will have repercussions in the political situation in the country as also the 2014 General elections. The main point in the elections is that the people are wooing the regional parties more and more. Further this is also a reaction on the part of the people against corruption and anti-people ploicies of the central government.

The Central Government was waiting for the elections in the five states to be over to increase the prise of petrol, The moment the elections are over it is proposing to increase the petrol to the extent of Rs. 5 ? Already the prices have been increased more than 10 times and the present proposal increase will put the people to more trouble. It is reported that oil companies are also pressing for the hike. The Members of Parliament has to take the issue seriously so that the government taxes on petrol is reduced so that the price also will come down. Another matter  – It is very clear that this government is not interested in putting a stop to the price rise. It is on the side of the businessmen and corporates who want to increase the prices to reap much more profit.

Today’s earthquake in Delhi was mild and no casualties were reported. But it gave a jolt to the citizens of Delhi.

But tomorrow, 6th May, will witness a bigger earthquake with shock to many when the results of the UP elections are announced. Big trees may fall and the future of many will be doomed. All those whose interests are very much in the elections will have a sleepless night. This earthquake will have its strong waves in Delhi also. This earthquake is expected. Which way the disaster will come is the thinking of many.

Union Minister of State for Home, Shri Mullappally Ramachandran on Sunday said not even a single Indian university’s name figures in the top 100 universities of the world.

He was Inaugurating a national seminar on ‘Higher education: challenges and opportunities” at Vatakara, near Calicut. He said “it is not that we do not have world-class faculty in our country. We have best of students in our country“.

“It is also not true that all our institutes lack funds and resources”, he said, adding “in my view what we lack is the vision and confidence in our capability”.

It is not understood on what report the Central Minister has based his statement. However, the chance that what he said may be the fact also. In fact, the higher education in India has become a highly lucrative business and the education part has gone down. Already, the government has lost interest in the primary education. About 25% of the people in the country are illiterate, including a large number of eligible children of the school-going age. What the continued governments in the Centre and states have done to increase the literacy in the country. Many African countries above India in the percentage of education.

The governments and many of the politicians are not interested in a higher % of literacy, since it will strengthen the people’s’ capability to fight for their rights. Both the ruling party and the opposition at the centre are not at all interested.  Kerala, where the Left parties have been in government several times, the literacy is declared as 100%. The difference is for everybody to see.

The equation is interesting. During the entire process of election in UP, the star campaigner was Rahul Gandhi.It was said if Congress wins in UP, it will be a feather in the cap of Rahul Gandhi and he will come nearer to the post of PM.

Now when all the exit polls conducted have given only the fourth position to Congress the equation has changed. Now Rahul Gandhi is not responsible for defeat, but the responsible persons are the state leaders.

People are enjoying the joke.