Seeking a mandate for political stability, Prime Minister Vajpayee today hit out at the Opposition parties saying their leaders seemed to be more interested in coming to power than providing good governance. He said the Opposition leaders have already begun staking claims to the top post. ‘‘There is no dearth of PMs, but the need is for working together as a team.’’‘‘It is not a question of forming a government. But to give the nation political stability,’’ Vajpayee said at an election rally in an apparent reference to exit polls that forecast a hung house and sent the Sensex into a tailspin.Asking the people to make a judicious choice, Vajpayee claimed that he had succeeded in providing a stable ‘‘non-Congress’’ alternative government that ran its full course at the Centre.‘‘You need a vision to make India a developed country. Today that dream is about to come true,’’ he said enumerating the economic achievements of the BJP-led NDA Government.Taking a dig at Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s reported remarks that the NDA had ruined the nation, Vajpayee, without naming her, said: ‘‘What is the basis of your charge?’’The world was recognising India as an economic power. ‘‘And they (Congress) say we have ruined the nation,’’ he added.
