Any country can not achieve development or progress as long as it suffers from continuous internal conflicts that drain its resources and prevent it from achieving development and possession of elements that enable it to build a prospering homeland for its citizens. Europe learnt this lesion but the lesson was not understood by the majority of the Third World countries whose citizens are still fighting each other and they have continuous coup d'etats. India is still suffering from some conflicts. In the recent elections, the Congress Party expressed patriotism that rejects sectarian strifes.

In its election platform, the Congress Party promised to raise the standard of living of millions of the poor and the marginalized in India. On the contrary of the majority of political parties in the Third World that flourish or cease to exist according to the rise and fall of one man, the Congress Party is a popular party and one of the most democratic, enlightened parties that serve the public interests.

The results of the elections that surprised all even the Congress Party itself will enable it to remain stable in power for a whole parliamentary session without being disturbed by small allied parties. The Congress Party and its opponents confirm that the future of India and its unity depend on following the footsteps of Nehru and respecting pluralism and the secular constitution that respects the values, beliefs and interests of all citizens.

The results of the elections was not predicted by the BJP that tried to make use of the Mumbai attacks that took place last November and accused the Congress Party of being so lenient. This party believed that it was so close of winning in the elections. The party is adopting an extremist agenda against two main minorities in India: Muslims and Christians. The secular powers, Muslims, Christians in India and neighboring countries consider this party a fascist party.

This election might be a motive for the BJP to reconsider its policies and thoughts and should try to represent the supreme social and economic interests of the people not try to divide them over sectarian lines. This second consecutive defeat for the party might push it to confess that its ideology and fundamentalism is one of the reasons of its defeat.

The leftist parties also sustained a historical defeat in West Bengal and Kerala states. Six state chief ministers were expecting that one of them would meet the president to form the new government or at least that the elections would result in the formation of a weak government that the regional parties could easily blackmail.

The victory of the congress party is a new challenge as it depended on a large section of the society: the poor and 43 million young men. Rahul Gandhi, the Secretary General of the Congress Party, declared after the announcement of the results of the elections that the young men shall play a big role in the party and in fighting poverty.

As happens in every election process, some promises are hard to fulfill all at once and they need decades such as alleviating the poverty problem. However, the middle class in India is after stability that enables them to face the economic problems and the globalization challenges. They want a homeland free from sectarian tension. The standard of living of Indian citizens has improved and India is qualified to be a major economic, technological and military power in the coming quarter of the century.

Talking about India reminds us of its neighbor Pakistan that failed to build a democratic, national state that is capable of putting all interests and trends in the country in one melting pot and is capable of facing the current challenges while achieving stability and sustained development.