The second option, a tough one, will be to push through the much-needed second generation reforms aimed at sustaining the 7 per cent-plus growth rate the economy is expected to post during the current fiscal.
If the results of the state elections in Delhi and Madhya Pradesh are any indicator, the minister will be better off placing his bet on the latter option.
Delhi Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit bagged a second five-year term on the development plank and Madhya Pradesh CM Digvijay Singh licked the dust because his government barely came close to people