Secularism in India?

All the news channels, all of them gave a big coverage. In the midst of all of this Modi chose to interact with the media and he said, "it is for the first time that NDA has had a pre-poll alliance with almost 30 parties". Yes, a whopping 30!

It is to note that 7 out of these 29 parties are contesting with zero seats, 10 of them are contesting with 1 seat each, 4 parties are contesting with 2 - 5 seats, 4 of them are contesting with 6 - 10 and only 4 parties are contesting with more than 10 seats.

To sum it up, the NDA is contesting in all of the 543 seats and in the 15th Lok Sabha (2009), it had won only 144 of these 543 seats. So if we are to believe that the NDA is winning the ongoing election, how relevant is it to presume that all of these parties are doubling the tally of 144? That too when the BJP is contesting in 423 seats, five less than the previous election. It is very important to mention here that the BJP (itself) could not even save deposit in 170 seats out of 428 it had contested in 2009.

The opinion polls suggest that the NDA will get a little over 200 seats. The opinion polls - that have always stood far away from the reality after every election and in fact have been proven exaggerated every time. But then, the 'Modi Wave' - didn't we agree to believe it? For the sake of it, let us believe the opinion polls too. Stretch NDA's best performance ever, since their inception, they will still hit the road-block at around Approximately 200. Alright, let us give them the benefit of doubt for another 20 seats. Still 52 short of the magic number of 272, to form the Government. So, even if the Modi Wave is for real, the NDA's previous numbers (144 in the current form) aren't doubling.