Oil and gas industry is amongst the core industries in India and contributes close to 15-16 percent to India’s total gross domestic product (GDP). In our series - Election and Market - SC Tripathi, former oil secretary and RS Sharma, former chairman of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) discussed at length about how oil and gas sector has fared under National Democratic Party (NDA) rule over the last 5 years and ONGC-HPCL deal.