sandtest Posted December 23, 2007 Posted December 23, 2007 rediff. At the Cong HQ: Hope turns to despair Syed Firdaus Ashraf in Ahmedabad December 23, 2007 12:37 IST 8.30 am. BJP: 12; Congress: 12 At 8.30 am on Sunday morning, Gujarat Pradesh Congress Committee President Bharat Solanki walked into the Congress headquarters in Ahmedabad. Solanki greeted the assembled reporters and said, "We are winning and forming the government. We are neck and neck with the Bharatiya Janata Party. They are leading in 12 seats and we too are leading in 12." Around 100 Congress workers and supporters were glued to the television sets and hooked on to the Election Commission Web site. All were confident and felt the Congress would form the government. The Congress has been out of power in Gujarat for the past 17 years. With the Electronic Voting Machines having made things easier, the results were pouring in non-stop. Raju Chauhan, a Congress worker commented, "This is a 20-20 cricket match. The results are coming so soon that in two hours we will win the match." Brave words. The truth was to hit Chauhan and others very soon. Complete Coverage: The Gujarat Elections 9 am. BJP: 64; Congress: 45 Asked what he felt the outcome would be, Jayesh Prajapati, another Congress leader, said, "We are winning. This is just the initial counting. There are 14 rounds and the trends will be reversed." Tea and samosas were being served to hungry workers who had been campaigning since November. Kalpesh Desai, a Congress worker, said, "Modi is a liar. He has spread venom in society. He has polarised Gujarati society and this election will be his Waterloo." "He has repeatedly told Gujarati Hindus that they will be safe only if he is ruling the state. Many believe that and it is unfortunate that some of them believe the Congress is a pro-Muslim party," he added. Asked about the development work done by Modi, Desai said, "It is only on paper. Modi has fooled the people and you will see that when he loses this time." The television screen caught his attention. "You see Jamalpur constituency of Ahmedabad, we are leading by 10,000 votes," he said. Soon there was much cheer in the room. It was short lived as the overall leads flashed, showing the BJP pulling away. 9.21 am. BJP: 95; Congress: 51 Are you still confident the Congress can form the government, I asked Bharat Patel, a worker sitting next to me. "This is an election. A reversal is always possible. You wait. things will change," he said sans any optimism in his voice. Suddenly, a party worker following the Election Commission Web site said, "You see this site. They are saying the BJP is 64 and the Congress is 49. We are behind just by 15 seats." "You see... the Election Commission Web site is authentic and is more reliable than television channels," Bharat Patel told me. Another worker said in jest: "If we fall short by 15 seats, our leader Shankarsinh Vaghela will break the BJP and form the government." The ensuing laughter captured the mood in the Congress. However, soon the Election Web site too began reflecting the BJP lead. 10 am. BJP 100; Congress 50 For the first time reality began to hit the Congress workers. The television showed the BJP to be way ahead of Congress as it crossed the simple majority mark of 92. Said Manish Doshi, "We will not lose hope and wait till the last vote is counted." Again brave words, but the Congress workers knew they had missed the boat. It was becoming clear that the BJP and Narendra Modi [images] would form the next government. Bharat Solanki disappeared and so did all the leaders of the party.:giggle: Suresh Vaghela, a Congress worker, said, "It is difficult to defeat Modi in Gujarat. He is a one man show. He attended 150 meetings and campaigned tirelessly by holding eight meetings a day." "We thought we would benefit from the Keshubhai Patel factor in Saurashtra," he added, "but that proved to be wrong. BJP rebels did not make a dent in Modi's prospects." 11 am. BJP 120; Congress 58 The Congress workers started moving out of the party office and the crowd thinned. There were no firecrackers as television journalists looked around in vain for Congress leaders who could comment on the debacle. :haha::hysterical:
sandtest Posted December 23, 2007 Author Posted December 23, 2007 Marxist NDTV did it again..before going for a break it put-up the Advani puppet. The media thinks BJP is a fairgame to ridicule. I will not mind if they did some joke on Manio family -- Sonia, Rahul or their true puppet Manmohan and that "unknown" slave of Sonia who is unfortunately now our nations President -- Pratibha Patil. This repeated attack on BJP is nauseating. No news channel in the world will do such kind of dirty psy-ops......shame on Dhimmi Indian media.
sandtest Posted December 23, 2007 Author Posted December 23, 2007 Worst comments from another joker and sore looser speaker of Congress - kapil Sibbal -- calling BJP win as "sometimes fascists win". He needs a big danda up his arse:cantstop:
kabira Posted December 23, 2007 Posted December 23, 2007 wow, this is unbelievable..They actually did well in Saurashtra....
sandtest Posted December 23, 2007 Author Posted December 23, 2007 And Teesta Setalvad was whining and wailing about Modi's win.... a desparate plea for (psychiatric) help seems more like it...to bonafide Hindu haters like Soredesai's credit, even he seemed putoff by the airs she threw around:hysterical:
Guest dada_rocks Posted December 23, 2007 Posted December 23, 2007 Rvishankar prasad gave media teesta and that idiot javed akhtar piece of his mind in press conference
Guest dada_rocks Posted December 23, 2007 Posted December 23, 2007 Marxist NDTV did it again..before going for a break it put-up the Advani puppet. The media thinks BJP is a fairgame to ridicule. I will not mind if they did some joke on Manio family -- Sonia, Rahul or their true puppet Manmohan and that "unknown" slave of Sonia who is unfortunately now our nations President -- Pratibha Patil. This repeated attack on BJP is nauseating. No news channel in the world will do such kind of dirty psy-ops......shame on Dhimmi Indian media. Now lurker wud come and point out in the morning once they showed congress caricature too and it's equal to them running BJP caricature whole day 24/7..:hysterical:
sandtest Posted December 23, 2007 Author Posted December 23, 2007 wow' date=' this is unbelievable..They actually did well in Saurashtra....[/quote'] Congratulations to all Gujaratis for making India proud. After Sardar Patel, Gujarat has given India a true Leader in Modi. Narendra Modi is a PM material:two_thumbs_up:
sandtest Posted December 23, 2007 Author Posted December 23, 2007 from marxist NDTV trying to psy-ops Indian people (after the break clip):(( http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/videopod/default.aspx
sandtest Posted December 23, 2007 Author Posted December 23, 2007 one of the straws the shamefaced "egg-spurts" are clutching at now is that it was Modi victory and not BJP and that Modi boy is getting too big for his boots and will rule the BJP now! "I would be worried if I were the BJP now" one gent was heard saying. and meantime, Sonia and Rahul lead the congress to one major defeat after another... :cantstop: wherever the congress rules it is because of local leaders, local issues and anti-incumbency. the central leadership is non-existent and they do not have even one national level leader who can inspire the people ... if you dont count Rahul baba:giggle: the Maino family is a parasite that has nothing to show but white skin and the "gandhi mystique"...perhaps that is the glue keeping the 200 elements of the congress together , that and the slavish pavlovian obedience to High Command ingrained in decades of being a congress member.
sandtest Posted December 23, 2007 Author Posted December 23, 2007 'secularism' in indian context is a code word for minority pandering and setting up the debate such that if you dont subscribe to pandering you are at fault and anti-national. to the majority why should it matter if this narrow definition is not followed and true equality is enforced at point of a gun ? Hindus could enjoy better benefits under "Hindu rashtra" wont they ? whoever delivers better growth should be the definining factor not this ugly false narrow congress-defined secularism. congress does not work and sits in leftist conclaves thinking secularism (muslim vote banking) will win the day for the them. in last elec also NDA lost because Naidu and some allies got trounced badly in South and could not deliver the seats while Cong & DMK swept it.
Guest dada_rocks Posted December 23, 2007 Posted December 23, 2007 Keshubhai sends congratulations to MOdi So does Jayalalitha
sandtest Posted December 23, 2007 Author Posted December 23, 2007 loved these comments of Ravi Shankar Prasad:giggle:. he is hitting commies where it hurts most. ----------------------------------------------------- rediff Karat may become a good boy now: BJP :hysterical: "Prakash Karat may become a good boy now," was how BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad spoke about Communist Party of India-Marxist general secretary in the wake of the saffron party's resounding victory in the Gujarat assembly elections. The basis for the argument is that the 'ragtag' alliance of United Progressive Alliance and Left was formed because of the 'hatred' for the BJP and the saffron party's performance would make them close ranks. "The hatred for the BJP is reinforced now," after the polls, BJP spokesperson Ravi Shankar Prasad told media persons. A beaming Prasad was of the view that the Left parties, particularly Karat, will now stop issuing threats to the government and even allow the nuclear deal to pass under 'some pretext or other.'
Lurker Posted December 24, 2007 Posted December 24, 2007 The Congress workers started moving out of the party office and the crowd thinned. There were no firecrackers as television journalists looked around in vain for Congress leaders who could comment on the debacle. Thats not surprising. Congress has no half-decent leader in its ranks. The very act of going to Sonia Gandhi to lead Congress ensured Congress would suck for years. So I am quite happy that Congress lost the elections, maybe this will help them to do their homework and see whats going wrong? They have no footing in major states - UP/Bihar/West Bengal/Gujrat etc etc and how can they claim to be a National Party by winning small states?? Good for BJP that Modi won. Now lets see how this pans out for the two leading parties. xxx
kabira Posted December 24, 2007 Posted December 24, 2007 If Congress has to do any better in LokSabha election in Gujarat, leave Sonia out of Gujarat. She does not appeal to gujaratis here.
Lurker Posted December 24, 2007 Posted December 24, 2007 If Congress has to do any better in LokSabha election in Gujarat' date=' leave Sonia out of Gujarat. [b']She does not appeal to gujaratis here. She doesnt appeal anywhere :hysterical: I doubt anyone goes to hear a Sonia Gandhi speech. There may still be some resonance to the Gandhi name but I am sure the moment Sonia opens her mouth people start leaving.
Guest dada_rocks Posted December 24, 2007 Posted December 24, 2007 people come to hear a white womna with weird hindi accent .. it;s like watching circus like crature.. congressi contrue it as her popularity.. impact of a leader can be gauged by how their partymen do in adjoinign contitunecies .. just look around even in UP beyond raibareli and amethi congress founds no takers..... Someone as able as PV narsimha Rao.. million sonia wil have to toil still they won;t be able to come close to the intellect of NArsimha RAo even today there are leaders in congress whose resume dwarfs million sonia but for some reason nehru family tag must prevail over competence of the rest..
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