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Who should be my next Prime minister?

I am one of those (read many) Indians who don't know what is the manifesto of any national party, confused about whom to support and hence I am politically neutral. Though election in India is a humongous strain on our insufficient resources, we have been performing this democratic ritual "religiously" (pun intended). It gives the government a necessity to analyze and cater to the needs of the public. More importantly, it gives the public an opportunity to replace the failed government with a party with most appealing vision and manifesto. At the end of a unsatisfactory governance by the UPA, I need to decide whom to hand over the responsibility of the next government. There are three possibilities: the incumbent Congress-led UPA, BJP-led NDA and UNPA. Of these, UNPA is a conglomeration of regional parties who are confused about their loyalties. They are bonded more by the force of animosity with UPA/NDA rather than their own ideologies. To state the truth, each member ha