With yet another week to go before the conclusion of the nationwide 7-phase voting, the countdown to the formation of the new govt at the Centre has already begun.What however is most amusing and unrealistic is the tall claim of the BJP to have crossed the half-way mark of 272 seats even before the end of the fifth phase of voting and now heading for the 400+ target along with its NDA allies. Not to be left behind is also the claim of the INDIA bloc that it has already got the majority and is all set to form the next govt at the Centre. It therefore makes one wonder whether all this is the outcome of wishful thinking or something meant exclusively for public consumption. Probably, it could well be a new branch of political and speculative mathematics discovered and mastered by our erudite politicians to gain political mileage at election time. Time alone will tell.
