Why voters now think ABC - Anything But Congress

There was no mystery about what rankles the voters. From the badlands of Bhind in northern Madhya Pradesh to the colourful bazaars of Pushkar in central Rajasthan, the neighbourhood barber, the local carpenter and the small farmer would angrily reel off to the exact rupee the rise in prices for onions, potatoes and ghee over the last five years. On the campaign trail, talk of inflation trumped other hot button issues such as corruption and unemployment. While it is hard to reduce the complexities of an Indian election...