bulbul Posted December 7, 2013 Posted December 7, 2013 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi did pose a challenge to the Congress and “there is no room for complacency.” Dr. Singh was responding to a query if Mr. Modi is indeed a challenge the Congress should take very seriously, during the “Hindustan Times Leadership Summit here. “As an organised political party, we cannot underestimate the power of opposition to unsettle the ship of the State. Therefore I am one of those who take very seriously our opposition, there is no room for complacency,” he said. The Congress, he said, “is going into elections with a spirit of self-confidence and that should not be mistaken whatever may be the outcome of the Assembly elections.” http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/modi-a-challenge-says-pm/article5429256.ece :giggle:
bulbul Posted December 8, 2013 Posted December 8, 2013 Mr. Modi did credited “team†work for the winning streak and thanked the people for reposing faith in the BJP. “Congrats to @ChouhanShivraj @VasundharaBJP @drramansingh & @drharshvardhan & their teams for efforts that ensured BJP's great performance,†he tweeted. :hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff:
bulbul Posted December 8, 2013 Posted December 8, 2013 When the Congress party sits down to introspect what led to its crushing defeat in Rajasthan assembly elections, it can ill afford to ignore the fact that the BJP won in 16 of the 20 seats where Narendra Modi addressed pre-poll meetings :hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff:
bulbul Posted December 8, 2013 Posted December 8, 2013 There are visible signs of a tide. The slow but certain surge of water, the scampering of crabs, the new lines in the sand. But the more profound effects are in the invisible: In the soil, in marine life, in transferring oceanic heat, and in playing, possibly, with the mind. The Narendra Modi tide may have visibly worked only in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, but it has invisibly and decisively helped the BJP in the two states where his influence is the least apparent in today’s results: Delhi and Chhattisgarh. If in two states Modi helped the BJP soar, in two he saved the day. The two states the BJP has done modestly, Delhi and Chhattisgarh, have seen historic local events in the last two years. Delhi witnessed Anna Hazare’s massive anti-corruption movement of 2011, whose child is Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). And when citizens’ anger inundated Delhi’s streets after the Delhi gang rape last December, Kejriwal was again in the frontline. While all this happened in Delhi, the BJP was an emaciated, fractious local force. When I met Nitin Gadkari — former BJP president and person overseeing the party’s electoral effort in Delhi — in October, the local party unit resembled a street market. At Gadkari’s office, at least two leaders claimed to me that they are going to be the chief ministerial candidate. In short, before Modi started campaigning in Delhi and Harsh Vardhan was named the chief ministerial candidate (in which Modi is believed to have a hand), BJP was nowhere in the contest. In Chhattisgarh, the Congress had a sitter. In Ajit Jogi’s own words, the Darbha Ghat massacre, in which Maoists wiped off almost the entire top rung of local Congress leaders, should have been enough to sweep the election. The BJP was fighting a huge sympathy wave and a perception that it was hand-in-glove with the Maoists. Modi may have saved Raman Singh. Singh openly thanks him for tapping into youth anger, acknowledges his growing popularity even among Chhattisgarh’s tribals. The Chouhan government had another dilemma. Seen as a softer face of the BJP, he enjoyed the kind of Muslim support many in the party don’t. Modi’s campaign in the state could have meant losing that support and inviting minority vote consolidation. It also meant youth vote consolidation for the BJP. Chouhan gambled for the latter. He has emerged with a stronger verdict despite the anti-incumbency of two terms and the Muslim factor. The charm of Chouhan’s simplicity and hard work is undeniable. But even by its own calculations, the BJP would not have got such a resounding mandate this time in MP without Modi looming in the backdrop. In Rajasthan, the Modi effect is a lot more in-the-face. The BJP won 16 of the 20 constituencies that Modi visited. The Congress won none of the eight seats Rahul visited. The Congress can no longer be in denial of the Modi tide. Visibly, invisibly it is here. If anybody is left with a doubt, just imagine a BJP without Modi going to the polls in each of these states. You will get the answer] http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/coverage/myindia-myvote/chunk-ht-ui-myindiamyvote-leadingstories/the-modi-factor-shines-in-two-states-saves-two/sp-article10-1160551.aspx :hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff:
bulbul Posted December 9, 2013 Posted December 9, 2013 Success, they say, has many fathers, so let's get the easy stuff out of the way first and identify the losers of today's elections: Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ashok Gehlot, Ajit Jogi, Sheila Dikshit and Rahul Gandhi. The Congress, which of course is the biggest loser being the party of all losers, will, by force of sycophantic habit, underplay the role of the last named on the list just as the rest of us will be tempted to dismiss him prematurely as an electoral dud. :giggle: The debate touched off by today's results will centre around the winners, or to be more precise, denying one winner: Narendra Modi. Nobody will have a problem picking Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Vasundhara Raje Scindia, Raman Singh, Harsh Vardhan, Arvind Kejriwal, the BJP and Aam Aadmi Party as the winners. :winky: But any number of facts and factoids will be thrown in our direction to tell us why Modi was no big deal. "Look at Delhi," they will tell you, "Modi campaigned hard but could not even ensure a simple majority for BJP." That is a fact but what a fact reveals often depends on which side you are looking at it from. Seen from the other end, isn't it possible that Modi may have actually cost the AAP a clear shot at government formation in its maiden election? How the BJP, which was nowhere .. reatins its vote share :agree: Tell me about it! The MP victory will be attributed wholly to Shivraj just to deny the Modi impact, quite forgetting the fact that Shivraj had opposed Modi's anointment because he feared that he would lose about 30 seats where the minority votes matter. He has ended up bettering his tally and the party's vote share In Chhattisgarh where Raman Singh just about hung on to power, even as his ministers fell to antiincumbency, should we say the Modi factor failed or saved the day? And in Rajasthan, Vasundhara Raje herself has given credit to Modi for her mammoth victory When it becomes difficult to deny Modi, the next trick to try is to find bigger winners to discuss. So, some commentators will tell us that the biggest winner of the day is AAP. Yes, in the context of Delhi, AAP is a phenomenon that is stellar. It opens up the possibility of a million mutinies across the country to challenge the established political parties in small states and city-governments, which could force the traditional parties to change. http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/narendra-modi-vs-rahul-gandhi-is-an-unequal-fight-in-2014/articleshow/27100399.cms Best summary of yesterdays event,
Ghost Buster Posted December 9, 2013 Posted December 9, 2013 This is just an appetizer the main course will be after 6 months. :yess: http://businesstoday.intoday.in/story/assembly-election-result-narendra-modi-marches-on-2014-polls/1/201286.html
coffee_rules Posted December 9, 2013 Posted December 9, 2013 Where is the Advani brigade who wanted to name the PM candidate after the elections? Now that Modi has been attributed as the reason for success in these states!
bulbul Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 or perennial Modi baiters, the Aam Aadmi’s performance is being interpreted as a snub to Modi’s Prime Ministerial aspirations. This is a false interpretation for several reasons. Sure, the BJP did not win a clear majority in Delhi despite Modi’s active campaign. But there is an alternative interpretation to Modi’s influence in Delhi. Could it be that it was the Gujarat Chief Minister who denied the AAP a fairytale ending on political debut? Remember that it was Modi who forced his party to drop Vijay Goel as the face of the Delhi campaign. If the tainted and unappealing Goel had led the BJP, AAP would almost certainly have won a majority; even Congress may have done better. Remember also that the voters of Delhi knew only too well that Modi was not a candidate for Chief Minister. The genial Harsh Vardhan -- Modi’s chosen alternative -- just didn’t have the charisma or appeal of Arvind Kejriwal. He also had very little time to establish his leadership. In the circumstances, Modi’s intervention in the leadership stakes and on the ground (he certainly fired up the rank and file), may have actually contributed greatly to the BJP emerging as the single largest party ahead of AAP. It saved an otherwise moribund and infighting Delhi unit from political suicide. So while it is plausible to argue that Kejriwal halted Modi, it is equally plausible to argue that Modi halted Kejriwal and his own party from self-destructing. http://www.firstpost.com/politics/why-narendra-modi-need-not-fear-the-rise-of-arvind-kejriwal-1278173.html :hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff:
ganeshran Posted December 10, 2013 Posted December 10, 2013 Could it be that it was the Gujarat Chief Minister who denied the AAP a fairytale ending on political debut? It was the other way round. AAP denied BJP a huge majority in Delhi.
Sachin=GOD Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 Where is the Advani brigade who wanted to name the PM candidate after the elections? Now that Modi has been attributed as the reason for success in these states! http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showpost.php?p=2624563&postcount=56
coffee_rules Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 http://www.indiancricketfans.com/showpost.php?p=2624563&postcount=56 OTOH, if BJP had lost in the 4 states, NaMo would be blamed for it till the cows came home, so it cuts both ways. Atleast in Delhi and Chahtissgarh, Namo did some damage control and got the BhaJaPa ahead.
bulbul Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 Ashok gehlot said BJP state President Vasundhara Raje got votes in the name of Narendra Modi, BJP's prime minister candidate. "She (Raje) sought votes in the name of NaMo (Modi) and I consider that it was not her victory in Rajasthan polls," he said. :--D
Sachin=GOD Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 :--D yeah....obviously the BJP won a 3/4ths majority in Rajasthan because of Modi. The fact that Gehlot himself screwed up the state in the last 5 years didn't matter at all :dontmentionit:
bulbul Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 ^ read Gehlot's comment and Vasundara raje's praise for Modi as well.. Oh wait, only haterz are always right :winky:
Sachin=GOD Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 ^ read Gehlot's comment and Vasundara raje's praise for Modi as well.. Oh wait, only haterz are always right :winky: so when the reporters asked Raje if she thought that it was Modi who had made the difference in Raj then she was supposed to say that no, Modi didn't have any impact. Right?? :phehehe: He's the PM candidate so the party has to give him credit for any victory even if it was the state leaders who actually deserve the credit.
Sachin=GOD Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 OTOH' date=' i[b']f BJP had lost in the 4 states, NaMo would be blamed for it till the cows came home, so it cuts both ways. Atleast in Delhi and Chahtissgarh, Namo did some damage control and got the BhaJaPa ahead. Shivrah Chauhan has done very good work in MP whereas in Raj, the Gehlot Govt. had done really badly and Vsundhara Raje had presented herself as a credible alternative so yes, if BJP had lost these states then it would have been because of some other factors - maybe Modi, maybe something else. As for C'garh - I'd say it was Dr. Raman Singh's clean image and development that worked for the BJP while in Delhi it was Dr Harshvardhan being made the CM candidate in the last month that made the difference.
bulbul Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 Why Harshvardhan made CM candidate of Delhi in last month? :winky: in MP 1/3rd of Shivaraj's ministers lost.... Whatever Gehlot done , there is no way BJP won by 3/4th without Modi factor , however you want to spin it.
ganeshran Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 There was a huge anti incumbency against the Congress in Rajasthan and Delhi. Behti ganga mein feku ne haath dho liye. In Delhi, AAP grabbed a big chunk of anti incumbency otherwise BJP would have got absolute majority there too.
Khalpat Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 There was a huge anti incumbency against the Congress in Rajasthan and Delhi. Behti ganga mein feku ne haath dho liye. In Delhi, AAP grabbed a big chunk of anti incumbency otherwise BJP would have got absolute majority there too. Is it your own analysis or some data you have collected by talking to people of these states. If it is your own analysis then beleive me you cannot be more wrong, first time I have seen many hard core Congress supporters voting for BJP and when I asked them the reason, "It is only due to Modi". This is the first time in electoral history I am seeing the people at village level talking about this man. Anti Incumbency for Rajashthan , man Gehlot is a thousand times better CM then Vasundhra Raje can ever be, most of my Rajasthani friends tell me but the only reason Congress has been literally vanished from the state is due to Modi effect. Was their no Anti inciumbency before in Rajasthan, tell me a single time when oppostion has been wiped off. Whenever you next time visit Noida let me know, I will take you to the rural areas of Rajasthan and Western UP. We will have cup of tea with the village people and then you will realize the affect.
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