If there was a general election tommorow, who would you vote for?

[someone]

"think of thyself" - has Modi been doing anything other than that since the day he has become CM and people here think coalition members will want to enter into a coalition with him...

Actually "think of people" for a change. Public focused instead of pure power focus like Congress with their dirty games.

[Sachin=GOD]

Actually "think of people" for a change. Public focused instead of pure power focus like Congress with their dirty games.

I don't want to bring the riots into this discussion again so I won't comment on the bold part :winky:

[someone]

I don't want to bring the riots into this discussion again so I won't comment on the bold part :winky:

So far, there is no "outsider" influence here, so the discussion can be peaceful and focused. Although, there is no guarantee when outsider(s) will strike where it will then get messy and full of abuses. Although, there are many existing threads and evidence about it. But if you want to discuss again, let it be

[Sachin=GOD]

IMO Congress has left it a little too late for Telangana. BTW hearing some interesting chatter. Modi likely to contest from Varanasi and Surat, Advaniji and Sushmaji totally at mercy of Shivraj Singh Chauhan- Bhopal and Vidisha, Rajnath to Lucknow, Murali manohar Joshi goes to Allahabad, Varun Gandhi mvoes closer to Gandhis from Sultanpur, Jaitley to Amritsar- unlike 2004 all top leaders being asked to fight LS polls. Even Rahul Baba likely to contest from Gulbarga in Karnataka besides Amethi.

seems like the rumours of Modi/Rajnath/MM Joshi etc contesting form Lucknow were just speculation: http://www.indianexpress.com/news/rajnath-joshi-not-in-race-for-lucknow-seat-lalji-tandon/1139511/

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Congress to charge Rs. 5 per head to attend Vipasna session with star campaigner Dr. Manmohan Singh

Countering fire with fire, the Congress has announced its own series of rallies featuring Dr. Manmohan Singh, for which Rs. 5 per head will be charged. These rallies have been branded as the “Vipasna with Dr. Manmohan Singh” series, where the paying public can meditate in a tranquil environment, bereft of the usual cacophony and raucous rhetoric that accompanies a mass election rally. The first such session in Delhi’s Ram Leela grounds was a big hit with customers saying that it was absolutely worth not hearing Dr. Manmohan Singh say anything. “He started his speech by reeling off some statistics on GDP growth and the current account deficit and soon people started dozing off,” raved Ram Kalia, one of those present. “After a few minutes, Dr. Singh then got down from the podium and assumed a meditative pose. It was surreal – Dr. Singh, stony faced, statue like, doing the padmasana with over a lakh people staring right back at him, the pin drop silence occasionally punctuated by the cawing of crows or the odd barking of a stray dog.” The hour long meditation session ended with Dr. Singh whispering “theek hai” after which the crowd dispersed in an orderly manner. Buoyed by the success of Dr. Singh’s inaugural rally, the Congress plans to now project Dr. Singh as its star campaigner and beat Narendra Modi at his own game. “Who better than Dr. Singh to drive home the message that this government has achieved nothing in its second term? Indeed, he is our star campaigner,” raved Diggy, making sense for once. Another Congress veteran said that deploying Dr. Singh for campaigning could be an even bigger game-changer than direct cash transfers or the food security ordinance. “And while I am reeling off vapid clichés, let me also say that this is just what the doctor ordered,” he added, grinning sheepishly.

http://www.theunrealtimes.com/2013/07/19/congress-to-charge-rs-5-per-head-to-attend-vipasna-session-with-star-campaigner-dr-manmohan-singh/ :hysterical:

[adi B]

Buoyed by the success of Dr. Singh’s inaugural rally, the Congress plans to now project Dr. Singh as its star campaigner and beat Narendra Modi at his own game. “Who better than Dr. Singh to drive home the message that this government has achieved nothing in its second term? Indeed, he is our star campaigner,” raved Diggy, making sense for once.

:hysterical:

[someone]

One more reason to the already millions of reasons to not vote for Congress.

[Sachin=GOD]

Will Nitish's Rajdhani Express leave Patna? Kingshuk Nag 30 June 2013, 08:43 PM IST

Just as for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, in politics for every pole there is an anti-pole. In line with this, Nitish Kumar is busy these days fashioning himself as the anti-pole for Narendra Modi. This is borne out of the realization that for every fanatical supporter of Modi there has to be an anti who would not accept him by even a long shot. By implication, if anybody stood up to Modi he would get the votes of these anti forces. Using this logic, Nitish Kumar has effortlessly emerged as an alternative Prime Ministerial candidate. And this Nitish has achieved while declaring that he is not at all interested in the top post. Thus Nitish has turned out to be a consummate player of realpolitik. In fact, he has played his cards so well that even Congressmen led by Manmohan Singh are hailing his secular credentials. Not a mean achievement for a man whose politics has till now been fashioned on an anti-Congress plank. There is speculation in some circles that if the BJP does not have the numbers, the Congress will tie up with allies like Nitish's Janata Dal (United) to form the government. In that case the Prime Minister's job would be offered to Nitish. But in such a scenario, Nitish may become like Chandra Shekhar, who became PM in 1991 with the support of the Congress. But his government did not last because the grand old party pulled the rug for a flimsy reason. At the same time, in the BJP, leaders like Advani are hoping that if their party emerges as the single largest party but does not have the numbers, then somebody like Nitish can bail them out with the proviso that Modi not be the PM. In both the scenarios, Nitish emerges either the king or the kingmaker. Those who have seen Nitish closely say that it was his feeling of 'hurt' that made him build his whole political career on anti-Congressism. The story is that his father Ram Lakhan Singh, a kaviraj (ayurvedic doctor) and a freedom fighter, was twice denied the Congress ticket to the Bihar assembly in the 1950s due to the prevalent caste politics of the state. The kaviraj was a Kurmi (cultivator) but the higher caste Rajputs stymied his desires. Though Nitish was still a young boy when all this happened, this sparked an anti-Congress feeling in him which was undoubtedly further fuelled by the socialist thought of Ram Manohar Lohia and the movement led by Jayaprakash Narain in the mid-1970s. He obviously perceived that the Congress was an upper-caste party and was attracted to the JP movement because it promised empowerment to the lower castes. A graduate of the Bihar College of Engineering (which is now an NIIT), the 1951-born Nitish got a job in the Bihar State Electricity Board after passing from college. But this is a job that he took up for only one day! His preferred vocation was politics. Nitish stood for his first election in 1977 but lost. His second electoral contest in 1980 also resulted in defeat. Nitish tasted his first victory the third time around in 1985 and remained an MLA till 1989. In this post-Bofors election he contested for the Lok Sabha and won. By this time he was the secretary general of the Bihar Janata Dal. For seven months in 1990, he was the union minister of state for agriculture and cooperation in the VP Singh government, which prematurely fell after it pushed OBC reservations. Nitish was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1991 again and became the general secretary of the party in the house. He was briefly railway minster in the NDA government in 1998-99 and became the chief minister of Bihar in 2000. But that tenure last merely 10 days because Nitish was unable to prove his majority on the floor of the assembly. Subsequently he became railway minister in the NDA government and remained so from 2001 to 04. The Godhra carnage took place when he was rail minister and so did the Gujarat riots. But at that time Nitish raised no hue and cry about Modi. In fact, if Nitish and Chandrababu Naidu had threatened to walk out of the NDA government there would have been no way that Modi would have survived. But both Nitish and Naidu kept quiet perceiving that the government could be in a bit of danger given the rallying of BJP men behind Modi. Both of them thus chose the practical way out: they did not rock the boat. When Nitish became the chief minister of Bihar in November 2005 at the head of a JD(U)-BJP alliance scarcely any attention was paid to him. Bihar in the eyes of national analysts was a gone case reeling under the impact of Laloo-Rabri raj, what with the fodder scam and a flourishing kidnapping industry. The first priority of Nitish was to restore law and order in the state. According to Rajesh Chakraborty, professor at the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, who has written a book on the turnaround in Bihar, Nitish did this by effectively using the Arms Act. Sincerely using the provisions of the act, Nitish prosecuted people who were in possession of illegal weapons, arresting and putting many behind the bars. Thus to some degree the culture of bahubalis (musclemen) who influenced politics and indulged in kidnapping and other illegal activities was reduced. Nitish also had a vested interest in doing so: he had lost his first two elections because he was pitted against bahubalis. "In three years, the law and order situation was brought under control and a buzz began to be created about him. People thought that he was delivering 'su-shashan' (good administration) and controlling the bahubalis in a non-partisan manner," says Chakraborty. Simultaneously, Nitish changed the rules of giving out work for road construction. "This was a closed market controlled by a few contractors who delivered shoddy work and siphoned off money," says Chakraborty. Nitish opened the road construction market and got in new players and with them was successful in building a road network in the state. Chakraborty says that at the same time Nitish made interventions in the health sector as part of the National Rural Health Mission by activating the primary health centres (PHCs) that lay moribund, monitoring attendance of doctors, etc. Simultaneously, Nitish also made interventions in the education sector too. In the best publicized move, the Mukhyamantri Balika Cycle Yojana gifted 12 lakh cycles to school girls. This is said to have increased the attendance of girls in schools and has become the most visible sign of progress. Nitish has not only pursued the path of development but has also made political interventions that have also paid dividends. This includes reservation of 50 per cent seats in panchayats for women and wooing the most backward castes, also termed mahadalits, by targeting them for special help. This is to create a political base among the Dalits and break the solid vote bloc of Dalits. In caste-ridden Bihar, Nitish's own Kurmi vote bank is just 3 per cent - so he needs more votes to ride on. Analysts say that Nitish had forged, with the help of the BJP, a brahmin-bania and non-Yadav middle castes combine. Some think this was a backward caste and upper caste compromise. Now that Nitish has parted with the BJP he has become a Prime Ministerial candidate. But this has brought him in conflict with his friend turned foe Lalu Prasad. Nitish was Lalu's associate in student politics in the mid-seventies and the alliance went on till 1993 when forced by the former's blatantly Yadav politics he left and allied with the BJP in 1996. (Many find this strange that an avowedly 'socialist' politician tied up with the BJP just four years after the Babri Masjid demolition). With the upper caste vote bank now gone away (presumably) to the BJP, Nitish will have to make it up by Muslims. But the Muslims are in the kitty of Lalu Prasad. In fact, Lalu Prasad is going to be a difficult obstacle for Nitish to surmount and without winning this battle, the Rajdhani Express that will bring Nitish to Delhi will not move from Patna station.

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/The-wonder-that-is-indian-politics/entry/will-nitish-s-rajdhani-express-leave-patna

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Congress hopes to win 20 Lok Sabha seats in North East

New Delhi: Giving a clear indication of its increased focus on the North East ahead of next Lok Sabha polls, Congress today said it aims at winning over 20 of the total 25 parliamentary seats in the region for which the UPA government has announced a slew of developmental measures. “Coming election will bring good news for Congress in the North East,” Union Minister Paban Singh Ghatowar said while dismissing Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as “no challenge” to the party in the region. A day after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh reviewed various infrastructure projects and earmarked Rs 600 crore for railway network in the region, Ghatowar held a press conference at the AICC headquarters, reiterating Congress’ commitment to overall development of northeastern states. Top leadership of Congress has been focusing on development of the region and party president Sonia Gandhi has also taken up the issues related to infrastructure development there with the prime minister earlier. “Gandhi has been taking continuous interest in the development of the region,” Ghatowar, the Minister for Development of Northeastern Region, said. Maintaining that the GDP growth in the North East has registered an upward trend in the last nine years, Ghatowar said, “One of the most important reason for this acceleration is the sharp increase in devolution of funds by the Centre for the region which has seen a growth of around 2.5 times more in 2011-12 as compared to 2004-05 when the UPA came to power.” Ghatowar, who hails from Assam, though ruled out early Lok Sabha elections, and expressed confidence that the party will win more than 20 seats in eight states of the region, including Sikkim which together has a total of 25 seats. “Currently, we have 13 Lok Sabha seats in the region while three others are held by our supporting parties. We are confident of getting more than 20 seats in the Lok Sabha polls,” he said. He said that for the first time in the last 15 years, Congress has formed a government in Meghalaya and Manipur on its sole strength while it got more than 75 percent seats in civic body polls in Guwahati. To a question about the drive against “doubtful” voters in Assam, Ghatowar said Congress has been maintaining that minorities should not be harassed while driving out illegal Bangladeshi immigrants. Listing UPA’s achievements in the NE region, he said the Centre has brought a number of insurgent groups to the negotiating table as it believes in a policy of peace with development and not in “mere peace talks”. He said a whopping Rs 3.60 lakh crore has been earmarked for northeastern states in the 12th five year plan against Rs 1.84 lakh crore in the 11th plan. “The prime minister and the Congress leadership have been taking steps for overall development of the region,” he said, while giving details of a number of initiatives announced by the Centre. “We have taken steps to reach out to the most backward and insurgency infested areas in the region…we are improving the rail, road and air network in the region,” he said, adding the growth of the region in the 11th plan period was 9.95 percent against the national average of eight percent. Talking about the challenges facing the region, he identified poor connectivity as the main difficulty and government has initiated steps to address the problem. Ghatowar said the UPA government undertook skill development training for the youths of the region to tackle the problem of unemployment and 75-80 percent of around 59,000 boys and girls who were trained, got jobs. At a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to review infrastructure situation in the region on Thursday, it was decided to expedite work on many hydro-projects which are held up due to various reasons and build strong transmission capacities on priority basis. The prime minister directed the Planning Commission to call a meeting of all the chief ministers of the northeastern states to improve inter-state coordination for speedy completion of the infrastructure projects. Ghatowar, however, ruled out any possibility of early election, saying government under Singh is “very firm and stable” and that he does not see any reason why early elections should be held. Elections will be held on time”. PTI

http://www.firstpost.com/politics/congress-hopes-to-win-20-lok-sabha-seats-in-north-east-970693.html?utm_source=top_menu

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Centre-state leadership: how Cong and BJP stack up Rajdeep Sardesai Monday , July 15, 2013 at 11 : 19

There is a story, possibly apocryphal, on Babasaheb Bhosale being made Maharashtra chief minister in 1982 when AR Antulay had to resign in the wake of the cement scandal, which perhaps best illustrates the Congress 'culture' of power sharing. Shocked by the surprise appointment of Barrister Bhosale, a senior Congressman summoned the courage to ask Indira Gandhi why she had chosen a political non-entity with no mass base to the high profile post. "Well, the very fact that he is a political novice with no mass appeal makes him the perfect choice!" was Mrs Gandhi's sharp response. The Bhosale example is apt in the context of the growing criticism of Uttarakhand chief minister Vijay Bahuguna's handling of the aftermath of the cloudburst that left thousands dead and missing in the hills. Like Bhosale, Bahuguna too was a rank outsider suddenly catapulted into the chief minister's chair by the grace of the Congress 'high command'. He had limited administrative experience, having spent his professional life as a lawyer and judge. He became a Member of Parliament first in 2007 in a by-election but had virtually no base in Uttarakhand. What he did have was a famous political surname, a quiet, ever-smiling persona and yes, the blessings of the central leadership. Losing out in the chief ministerial battle was the Congress's Uttarakhand political strongman Harish Rawat, a five-time MP, a former state Congress president, someone who had worked his way up from village politics. In most situations, Rawat would have been the obvious choice, a true son of the soil. Not in the Congress party. Like with Bhosale all those years ago, the Congress preferred to choose a political lightweight rather than someone who could claim to have carved out an independent status for himself. Uttarakhand, in a sense, is in keeping with the Congress tradition of appointing chief ministers not on the basis of grassroots credibility or charisma, but quite simply, on their 'connections' with the power axis in Delhi. The last truly independent Congress chief minister was YS Rajasekhar Reddy who ran Andhra Pradesh with an iron fist. Perhaps shaken by the turbulent aftermath of his sudden death, the Congress central leadership has been even more conscious in exercising greater control over their chief ministers. The closest the party now has to a genuine regional satrap is Assam's three-time chief minister Tarun Gogoi who has tended to keep Guwahati at an arm's length from Delhi. A Bhupinder Singh Hooda too, might like to see himself as the 'boss' of Haryana, but even he knows his future is tied to keeping his political benefactors in Delhi in good humour. We should discount the highly successful Sheila Dikshit here since the Delhi chief minister is essentially a glorified mayor, still chained by the limits on her executive powers. Contrast the weakening of the Congress's chief ministerial authority with the manner in which the BJP-ruled states have seen the emergence of powerful chieftains. Narendra Modi is the most obvious example of the BJP model of virtually 'outsourcing' its state units to strong individuals, but there are others too. A Shivraj Singh Chauhan in Madhya Pradesh and a Raman Singh in Chhattisgarh carry the appeal of being tough and 'decisive' leaders because they have been given the autonomy in decision-making which is sadly absent in many Congress ruled states where the chief ministers have to rush to Delhi to clear even minor cabinet reshuffles. This shift in the power axis has had consequences for state and national politics. In a state like Uttarakhand, it exposes political ineptitude in a crisis wherein the chief minister looks for instructions from Delhi and issues large ads thanking the Manmohan-Sonia leadership rather than pro-actively taking decisions on his own. At a national level, it means that the Congress is still almost wholly dependent on the appeal of the First Family to win elections, a dependence which encourages sycophancy as a pre-requisite for upward mobility within the party. Rather than decentralising power in an era of political fragmentation, the Congress has largely persisted with shaping its politics through the Delhi coteries, thereby reducing their ability to compete with the increasingly assertive social and political forces in state capitals. Why is it, for example, that the Congress cannot offer a credible challenge in a UP to a Mulayam or a Mayawati, or in Bihar to a Nitish or in Bengal to a Mamata or in Orissa to a Naveen Patnaik? Quite frankly because the party has emasculated state leaders by making them little more than 'agents' of the Centre. The BJP has the problem in inverse. The rise of personality-based politics in BJP-ruled states has meant the near-decimation of traditional party hierarchies in those states. When a regional boss can talk directly to the voter by bypassing the established party apparatus, he feels virtually unaccountable to any other authority. A weakened central leadership is then powerless to rein in such a chief minister who sees himself as, at the very least, a first among equals. Gujarat provides a good example of the strengths and weaknesses of the BJP's model of "outsourcing" power to the states. The choice is then clear: a Congress-style Uttarkhand model, on the one hand, breeds a weak leadership, but also prevents the emergence of dictatorial tendencies. A BJP-style Gujarat model can aid speedy decision-making, but runs the risk of creating autocratic rule. Where the two models do converge is that voters across the country are placing a premium on good governance. As the Congress party may discover to its cost, its not just nature's wrath, voter anger could be just as unforgiving in Uttarakhand. Post-script: The recent appointments of Virbhadra Singh in Himachal and Siddaramiah in Karnataka suggest even the Congress is now finally learning to respect regional leaders. Bottomline: you cant rule India from Lutyens Delhi any more.

http://ibnlive.in.com/blogs/rajdeepsardesai/1/64710/centrestate-leadership-how-cong-and-bjp-stack-up.html

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UPA Renames State Bank of India to Secular Bank of India

It what is perceived to be a blow to Modi and his “Hindu Nationalist” comment, the UPA government has announced that the State Bank of India would be renamed to Secular Bank of India. At a press conference held to make this announcement, Finance Minister Mr. P Chidambaram said, “The economy is in a bad shape. Inflation is high. Investor confidence is low and so is the value of the rupee. Under these circumstances, we wanted to do what any government would do - rename stuff.” Clarifying the circumstances and reasoning behind the re-branding, Mr. Chidambaram said, “It would be prudent to not speculate over the re-branding. We could have named it after Rajiv Gandhi or Indira Gandhi, but we wanted to send a strong message to the communal forces while examining the possibility of implementing some much needed reforms in the banking sector as well.” When asked to explain the nature of these reforms, Mr. Chidambaram said, “Well, we are in the process of implementing multiple interest rates for different sections of society. The details will be in the public domain shortly after it is approved by the UPA Chairperson. The gist of the whole thing is that we have always wanted inclusive growth. Now that it does not seem possible, we want to give pain to all sections of society in equal measure.” He also added, “We made sure we gave the people a holistic banking system,” with a wink. RBI Governor, Mr. D Subbarao, who was also present at the press conference, stated that the State Bank and its five Associate Banks will be renamed according to the new directive. He also announced the formation of a parallel credit rating agency, which would rate your secularism based on which loans would be granted. Explaining this further, Mr. Subbarao “We have something called the Secular Quotient, let’s call it SQ. Now, SQ is an index of all your activities online and offline. Your posts on Twitter, Facebook and other social media would be analysed for secularity by an algorithm provided by our Joint Chief Secular Officers, Ms. Barkha Dutt and Ms. Sagarika Ghose.” :cantstop: “Of course, for minorities, SC/STs, OBCs and holders of secularism certificate personally signed by either Ms. Barkha Dutt or Ms. Sagarika Ghose will automatically have the highest SQ”, the FM added. Bank officials seemed quite enthusiastic about the move. “I am very happy about this. It will help us get more deposits that would in turn help us make sound financial decisions like rescuing a certain airline,” said a highly-placed source from the new Secular Bank of Mysore’s Head Office (curiously located in Bangalore). He also added, “Now, if they only changed the logo from something that looks like a part of the female anatomy, it would be very nice only.”

http://wabbster.blogspot.in/2013/07/upa-renames-state-bank-of-india-to.html

[Sachin=GOD]

BJP slams Shakeel Ahmed for his tweet

BJP on Sunday attacked Congress general secretary Shakeel Ahmed for his tweet that it was the 2002 Gujarat riots that led to creation of terror outfit Indian Mujahideen, saying none should justify the "murders" or "help the enemies of the nation". "It is a stupid argument. Pakistan had been funding these outfits so please desist from helping enemies of the country.... too much of tweeting will lead to quitting," BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu told reporters here. "Indian Mujahideen was formed after Gujarat riots, says NIA in its chargesheet. Even now BJP and RSS will not desist from their communal politics?. This (2002 riots) was the reason behind creation of Indian Mujahideen. If they foresake their communal politics, outfits like IM will cease to exist," Ahmed said on microblogging site Twitter. "So the communal politics of BJP has led to a chain reaction. They should give up such politics," Ahmed said. To a query on China's alleged attempts to encroach on Inidan territory, Naidu said "After the talks, the Chinese agreed to go back and so did the Indian side. India has agreed to withdraw from India?," he asked. Asked to state BJP's stand on FDI in the defence sector, he said government should first announce the cap in the sector and that nothing could be said now. "With regard to FDI in pension and insurance sectors, we will support the Standing Committee of the Finance Ministry and not the government," he said. He also charged Congress with using CBI for "political gains" and said the probe agency has lost its credibility. "CBI is notoriously known for pursuing the line taken by government. It is being used against the political opponents," he said. Despite "direct evidence" in the case of former Railway Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal in the railway bribery case, CBI had not been able to arrest the Congress leader, he said.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/Chennai/BJP-slams-Shakeel-Ahmed-for-his-tweet/Article1-1096033.aspx here's the tweet from Shakeel Ahmad:

[adi B]

jaahil guy,chewtiya no1 this b*****d ahmed

[The Outsider]

jaahil guy' date='chewtiya no1 this b*****d ahmed[/quote'] Seems to have gone to the same action-reaction university to learn about Newton's law where Modi is a professor.

[adi B]

Seems to have gone to the same action-reaction university to learn about Newton's law where Modi is a professor.

shakeel ahmed,in IMO,is the dean of that university with diggy raja at a high post as well,modi`s just a professor :winky:

[Sachin=GOD]

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@those who believe in surveys/exit polls - the survey I quoted in the post above says BJP will win 8-12 seats, JDU 15-19, RJD 8-12 & Con 0-4 in Bihar Lok Sabha. So basically according to this survey the only one to gain from BJP-JDU split will be Lalu. BJP on the other hand may not even get as many as last time.... and the worst part for the BJP is that in this survey its vote share goes up by 8% (more than any other party) yet it may not gain even a single seat because of votes being split. @Modi fans - any comments? :--D

[Sachin=GOD]

CNN-IBN News ‏@ibnlive RT @IBNLiveRealtime CNN-IBN Election Tracker: TMC projected to win 23-27 seats in West Bengal CNN-IBN News ‏@ibnlive RT @IBNLiveRealtime CNN-IBN Election Tracker: Left Front projected to win 7-11 seats in WB, Congress 5-9

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http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/it-really-is-the-economy-stupid/article4941378.ece?homepage=true

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http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/it-really-is-the-economy-stupid/article4941378.ece?homepage=true

In guess the "English language" issue comes in the "others" in Pie chart... Stupid Rajnath...