Election 2009: Congress tortoise and BJP hare

The new constituency boundaries fixed by the Delimitation Commission have without intending to do so
liberated the Congress — and its rivals — from the phantom of mid-term polls. The eight or so months
the Election Commission of India (ECI) will need to graft the changes on to the Lok Sabha map, in
effect, mean eight or so months without the big election. So how will the political parties use the
reprieve? On current form, the Congress should sink into further inaction. Even without the mid-term
threat, the farthest approximate date of the 15th General Election….
URL: http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/25/stories/2008022553681000.htm