The Congress has managed to checkmate the Opposition from forcing an early General Election on the nation; neither Mualayam Singh’s Samajwadi Party nor Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party can right now afford to rock the boat. And hence, with the elections a good 15-18 months away the Congress leadership could well afford to sound the bugle of second generation economic reforms, and speak the language of investment and FDI at its show of strength in Delhi last Sunday.