Politicians are adept in the art of saying what they perceive their audience wants to hear.
They also have a great sense of occasion. Her speech-writer was sensitive to the concerns of the captains of commerce and industry. And he made her make the promise that the Congress Party would not oppose the pro-reform legislation the Vajpayee Government might come up with in the next few months. Famous words these. The Government would soon throw them back at her when her minions in the two Houses of Parliament rig up one or another excuse to block pro-reform legislation.