The outcome of United Kingdom elections has taken every one with surprise. Polls ahead of election day showed Conservatives headed by David Cameron locked in a tight race with Labour Party raising the possibility of days of negotiations to form a government. It looks Prime Minister David Cameron has taken a leaf from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s election campaign which helped in winning hands down with Labour decimated to a position of no significance. Cameron has absolute majority in the 650-seat House of Commons, the election results looked to be far better for him than even his own party had foreseen. With 639 constituencies counted the Conservatives have 324 seats to Labour’s 229. Labour led by Ed Miliband was routed in Scotland by Scottish National Party (SNP). The election results could pave the way for two referendums, with great existential import for Britain’s future. Cameron had promised a referendum in 2017, whether UK should quit European Union. The another referendum could be Scottish exit from UK which has swept 56 of Scotland’s 59 seats. The biggest change for Cameron was the Indian origin Britons aggressively with election slogan of Phir Ek Baar Cameron Sarkar. Not only this Cameron said Britain takes India seriously and expects Modi factor would be furthering bilateral relations. It looks Modi affect is slowly seeping into the Western governments. The key is to run the country and effective election campaign, an attribute to Modi Sarkar’s clear plan of governance, which even now people and parties at home are coming to realise. For India the worry would be Britain exiting European Union, as many of the Indian businesses housed in UK have direct access to European Union. With Scotland separating from mainland UK a reduced kingdom will have no interest for India and for the world order. Will Cameron be able to reunite and keep UK’s interest intact is to be seen which is crucial for the world order also.
