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P olitics always means the unexpected. Though the citizens are not part of that uncertainty bound drama, knowingly or unknowingly, everyone becomes a party to that, indulging in speculations and calculations. This was proved on Tuesday, when the ruling United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in India proved its majority in parliament. The unusual smile that was seen the day before the crucial trust vote, on the face of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a rarity, spoke of that unexpected victory awaiting UPA government. When the Left parties withdrew their support to the government on July 8 on the grounds of opposition to Indo-US nuclear deal, not even a splash of an idea of the government seeking trust vote came to them. They were under the impression that the government, which has become a minority government, will quit on moral grounds and go for snap polls. But the unexpected happened. The Congress party confidently stood for the deal and decided to prove majority in...