Congress ally NCP warms up to BJP

Expecting the Bharatiya Janata Party to emerge as the single largest party, key United Progressive Alliance ally Nationalist Congress Party on Tuesday said the country should have a "stable" government which will "decisively govern" for the next five years. Senior party leader and Union Minister Praful Patel said the people's mandate has to be respected, as the country has to move forward. "Call it the exit polls or the opinion polls, this is the general view that the BJP will emerge as the ...