Trading was halted twice in january 2008 the nifty plummeted from 6350 to 4400.In fact 2004 was nothing compared to it Nifty fell from 6350 to 2500 till october 2008. The writer does not that in Mary 2009, the market was in upper band and trading was halted for the entire day. That time also BJP. Its wrong to say that the market goes up and down because of political factor.