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‘Cash for votes a way of political life in South India’
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Politicians and their aides in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh admitted to violating election law to influence voters in the 2009 Lok Sabha polls through payments in the form of cash, goods, or services, according to a revealing cable sent to the State Department by Frederick J. Kaplan, Acting Principal Officer of the U.S. Consulate-General in Chennai. In conversations with a visiting consulate team, Karti Chidambaram of the Congress, M. Patturajan, confidant of Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers M.K. Alagiri and former Mayor of Madurai, and Member of Parliament Assaduddin Owaisi of the Majlis-e-Ittenhadul Muslimeen spoke without inhibition about how they, their principals, or their parties made payments to voters during the election campaign.
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For example, during visits to slums in Chennai and Hyderabad, they “learned that poor urban voters expect political parties to pay come election time.” They were told by a DMK political strategist that “slums are critical to a campaign because their population density and poverty allows them to be more ‘easily mobilized' by bribes.” Representatives of a non-governmental organisation working in a Chennai slum said that “the two main political parties in Tamil Nadu – the DMK and the AIADMK – regularly bribe voters.” They described a “sophisticated operation” to distribute cash: “Weeks before the elections agents of the parties come to the neighborhood with cash carried in rice sacks. They have copies of the voter lists and they distribute the money based on who is on the list.” The agents come in the middle of the night, “between two and four in the morning, when the Election Commission is asleep.”
‘Can I get another morning paper?’

In Madurai, “virtually every conversation centred on the parliamentary candidacy of Mr. M.K. Azhagiri,” who according to Mr. Kaplan had “added money” to his “political muscle” and was “using it to a degree previously unseen in Tamil Nadu.” His “confidant” Mr. Patturajan confirmed that cash payments were paid to voters by the DMK to secure the Assembly seat in the January 2009 by-election at Thirumangalam. “It is no secret at all, Azhagiri paid 5,000 rupees per voter in Thirumangalam,” he is quoted as saying in the cable.
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S. Kannan, a mid-level Congress party official in Madurai, told consulate staff that “the 5,000 rupees per voter in Thirumangalam changed everything,” noting that previous bribes to voters had topped out at 500 rupees.
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Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram's 2009 Lok Sabha election campaign in Sivaganga was managed by his son. According to the cable, Karti Chidambaram specifically denied paying cash for votes, “but not because of any moral objection to doing so. He does not pay cash for votes in his rural constituency because it is impossible to distribute the money effectively when the villages are spread so far apart.” But “the President of the Tamil Nadu Youth Congress,” who is not named in the cable, told the Chennai Consulate-General team: “Karti is doing a good job in Sivaganga. He is distributing some money to the people, which his father won't do.”
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“Worthy requests” by constituents were worth considering, mused MIM's Mr. Owaisi in a separate conversation with consulate staff over a late dinner in Hyderabad after a long day campaigning. According to Mr. Kaplan's cable, Mr. Owaisi tried to make a distinction between cash bribes given by rivals and payments to voters by his own party: “One community's leaders asked Owaisi that day to dig them a well. ‘So I sent one of my party men back later in the day,' he explained, ‘to give them 25,000 rupees (approximately 500 USD).' Owaisi emphasized that he does not give cash directly to voters, but rather funds worthy requests: ‘If they want a well, I give them the money, but make sure they use it for the well.' On the same day, he also told us that he had paid 35,000 rupees (700 USD) to pay for the marriage of an orphaned girl. Owaisi contrasted his practice of funding projects for the community's benefit with the Congress and Telugu Desam parties, which Owaisi said pay money to individual voters.”
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putnanja wrote:Frankly, Yediyurappa cannot be compared to either N Modi or Nitish Kumar. The article gives a flattering account of Yeddy, but the reality is in between what MSM comes up with and this article.
thats fair. yedi is not a visionary, but he is a diligent foot soldier and will do the right thing and is smart enough to pick examples to emulate. his entire political capital is built on being a foot soldier, right from the days of fighting for farmer rights in malnaad. + yedi is instinctively a pragmatist and wants to do what is possible - numerous examples of this within his short stint. he is not blinded by ideology. he is your joe - bisi bele eating 'diga. if he hits a chord it should not come as a surprise.
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Muppalla wrote:^^^
I got a email from a friend of mine. As per Tamil daily Dinamlar, Jaya is seriously planning to put 64 candidates per seat.
Whoa! Then this whole eeveeyum thingie moves out of the realm of CT and goes mainstream only. 'Bout time too. Perhaps.
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From twitter, hence TIFWIW. Still, disturbing....
ADMK alliance breaks into bits. Vaiko and Vijayakant to meet on Saturday to strategise for third front? Vaiko to speak to CPM leaders today?
So sri goggles will win AGAIN? WOw. Jaya madam sure knows how to sink a contest that was hers alone to lose. Why deny poor vaiko a ticket at all, tell me?! Jaya ho, indeed.
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BTW, in the socialist republic, news is out that the one-man-army of Com. VS Achuthanandan would not be contesting in the elections this time. Upto last week Com. Achu said that he has no problems in contesting again, if the party wishes it that way. The head-honchos decides to skip Achu this time. Our man now says he is aged, and is not in very good health so would not be contesting :P. He also added that he would not be involved in campaigning as well.
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http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/ker ... 550057.ece
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Friday announced that Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan seek re-election from Malampuzha in Palakkad in elections scheduled for April 13.

Mr. Achuthanandan was overlooked till the last stage of candidate selection, triggering widespread protest in the State. On Friday, the party's Polit Bureau made a decisive intervention, culminating in the announcement.
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^^^^ This is the second time the CPI(M) is making the same mistake and correcting it. Even during the last elections, Com. Achu's name was moved out. That was when this man was there as the opposition leader walking across all hills and valleys, listening to people's problem and highlighting it. All when he was 75+ of age.

This time also they played the same trick. And the people were out in the streets. It was quite visible that many people felt that VS is taken for a ride. At some places there was a fight between the VS Action and the Kannur (or official) faction. Very rarely do we see commies fighting with each other :D.

* In some places people came out with T-Shirts having Com.Achu's smiling face. Tried getting one through friends, but I was too late.
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http://www.rediff.com/news/report/wb-ri ... 110322.htm
WB: Rift in Cong over seat-sharing deal with Trinamool
Earlier Gandhi had made it clear to senior leaders that there would be no alliance if Banerjee did not give seats to MLas like Ram Pyare Ram. However, she later softened a stand and decided to let Trinamool have its way. Insiders say the Congress president did not even call up Banerjee and try to persuade her for more seats.

It is learnt that Congress blinked owing to pressure from Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh [ Images ], who wanted a change from the Left Front rule in West Bengal. Moreover, the United States is taking a keen interest in the state, as it too wants the end of the 34-year-old rule of the Left. Gandhi is also said to have turned a deaf ear to her son Rahul's views, who was against the alliance in the current form.
This guy MMS and this CON woman have become servants of the amrikhans..
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Isn't it obvious that Mamta is on more strong footing than MuKa hence she is not willing to play the ball. Kangress would be lucky to get some crumbs if TMC bags WB.
It is learnt that Congress blinked owing to pressure from Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh [ Images ], who wanted a change from the Left Front rule in West Bengal.Moreover, the United States is taking a keen interest in the state, as it too wants the end of the 34-year-old rule of the Left
How does author know this piece of information. Seriously anyone who puts "pressure from MMS" in a sentence must be smoking the best from Afghanistan.
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Eenadu URL

AP's local body MLC results are out. Out of 9, INC got 3, TDP got 3 and Jagan got 3. It seems like Jagan has gaining grass root support, and this is the worst nightmare for INC and to some extent TDP.
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http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... 7#p1051697
http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... 7#p1051637
http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewto ... 1#p1051741
Posting from wikileaks thread-
NaMo has been relatively unharmed, infact has been received rather well for his incorruptible image.(always gets brickbats from his known baiters)
His prominent baiters have paid compliments to him.
wonder what will be the effect on masses and opposition party rank and file. The jholawallahs will react- most likely ignore and become silent in the hope it will pass and continue to rake in other issues.
will it galvanise the party to push a larger profile for NaMo or continue to push him out of national role due to other reasons.
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blasphemy in god's own country
BJP set to enter Kerala assembly for first time
is it for real or another wish :rotfl:
keralite watchers can give some gyaan
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krisna wrote:is it for real or another wish :rotfl:
keralite watchers can give some gyaan
I feel there is truth in the fact that the votes which BJP get are on the increase in Kerala. This time they have also fielded good candidates like O.Rajagopal etc. in some good constitutencies (Nemom? Tvm Dt.?). There are some places in Kerala, where BJP only lost due to a very small margin of votes. BJP had also one seat in Thrissur Municipal Corporation elections last time. And I feel that was the first time BJP managed to get elected into any legislative body in Kerala. Then Palakkad town etc. followed.
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NaMo speaking on Gujarat achievements:

http://conclave.intoday.in/videos/india ... /60/0.html

The third part is very interesting
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I hope the AIDMK utlises the Rationalist Artiste's latest provocation to good use.

KMK leader criticises film based on CM's novel
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South Indian states among top 10 contributors to GDP

With politics taking centre-stage in four south Indian states — Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala — their combined gross domestic product (GDP) over the last five years has fallen below the national average, according to a McKinsey survey report, commissioned by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in Bangalore on Saturday.

While the national GDP grew at 8.7% between 2005 and 2010, the combined growth rate of the four southern states was merely 7.85%, with Karnataka leading at 8.7%, Kerala 8.1%, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu at 7.4% each.

North Indian states like Bihar and Uttarakhand, which had for long borne the tag of backward states, have also overtaken the southern states.

The last three years have seen the two states grow at a furious pace of 16% and 14% respectively, albeit on a lower base. Other states ahead of the southern states are Gujarat at 11.3% and Haryana at 11%. Bihar’s GDP growth rate for the last five years at 9.6% is also higher.

Dissecting the dismal performance of southern states at the CII-southern region annual conference on ‘The Next Wave of Growth—South India,’ Ananth Narayanan, partner, McKinsey said: “Industry leaders attribute several factors to the recent slump in south India’s growth. These are the rising land prices, labour shortage, infrastructural bottlenecks, including port capacity and growing urban congestion in Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad and concerted efforts of other states in attracting investments in recent years.”

But all is not lost just yet. Despite the slackening pace of growth rate, South India can still bounce back with a vengeance, as it has done in the past. The fact that South India continues to be among the top 10 contributors to the GDP nationally would help.

As per the report, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu contribute 22% of the national GDP and generate 28% of the national employment.

The region’s current GDP at $300 billion, places it just outside of the top 30 economies of the world, but the report predicts South India could spearhead the country’s growth over the next few years with its GDP projected to hit $500 billion by 2016 and close to $650 billion by 2020.
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‘Lost sheep’ Sindhu finds joy in church

http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels ... church-186


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^^^ Sindhu Joy now says that she was always a closet Christian and carried a bible and a cross when he travelled. Off course she had to hide it, because the other commies would make a fuss :D. Atheism seems to be landing the commies in trouble very many times these days. Sooner or later the commie top brass would have to clarify this stand. The commies even came up with a theory that all commie cadre need not be atheists. It is only for the higher party leadership. Now what constitutes the higher party leadership? That is not defined. Guess, if one top brass says he/she/it believes in God, the commie leadership says that atheism is only required for the next higher level :D.

Karaat Uvacha....
“As far as the leading cadres are concerned, the Party expects them to behave like Marxists both in their public and private life,” he said.
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Ex-IAS officer K J Alphons joins BJP
told reporters that he had is joining BJP as he was "most impressed" with the party's development agenda.
The former bureaucrat resigned from his assembly seat a couple of hours before he joined BJP. Interestingly, he had won the Assembly seat with Left support. "I have great faith in the ability of India... I see BJP on the path of development," Alphons said.
Just a matter of time before he spouts something like xxxx bad communal hindutva anti minority etc.
Hope this does not turn out like Mr Sangliana(former police chief) in karnataka who joined bjp for a seat but scr*w&d it internally.

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Orissa gets a new name: Parliament nod to Odisha
Orissa will hereafter be called 'Odisha' and the Oriya language will be known as 'Odia' with Parliament giving approval to amendment of the Constitution and also passing the related bill.
The bills were piloted by Home Minister P Chidambaram. However, the electronic voting system witnessed glitches during the division so much so that even Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's vote was also cast wrongly.
No respite for MMS even from the EVM forget about the scams. :rotfl:
There have been many cities and states that have been renamed after independence. These include Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Mumbai (Bombay), Chennai (Madras), Kolkata (Calcutta), Pune (Poona), Kochi (Cochin) and Bangaluru (Banglore).
hope many more places get Indian names which reflect their culture and past origins.
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Hope they rename Bhagyanagaram!
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^^
No way.. PSec's will commit mass sooo-saaaiii

(btw can the telengana folks be motivated to rename it to restore Telengana pride )
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krisna wrote:Just a matter of time before he spouts something like xxxx bad communal hindutva anti minority etc.
Hope this does not turn out like Mr Saldhana(former police chief) in karnataka who joined bjp for a seat but scr*w&d it internally.
Oh, no doubt, no doubt. These cute lateral entries are untested, hence a tad suspect, IMO. BTW, who's Saldhana? I think you mean HT Sangliana....
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Hari Seldon wrote:
krisna wrote:Just a matter of time before he spouts something like xxxx bad communal hindutva anti minority etc.
Hope this does not turn out like Mr Saldhana(former police chief) in karnataka who joined bjp for a seat but scr*w&d it internally.
Oh, no doubt, no doubt. These cute lateral entries are untested, hence a tad suspect, IMO. BTW, who's Saldhana? I think you mean HT Sangliana....
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yes, thanks
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krisna wrote:Hope this does not turn out like Mr Sangliana(former police chief) in karnataka who joined bjp for a seat but scr*w&d it internally.
Amen!. Many in the socialist republic feels that Alphonse Kannamthanam may have his own agenda in joining the BJP at this juncture. Yes. Sangliana was a disaster for BJP in Karnataka, but I guess now he has been totally side lined. He is clearly an evangelist with outright communal mentality.

PS: My frank opinion about Sangliana was that he was a master show man, who was more like a "dog which barks, but which never bites". I am yet to find out one major operation, or action plan executed by Karnataka Police (or Bangalore City Police) when he was at the top. There are much more smart officers, who never went behind the hype and media glare, but did their work smoothly.
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I thought BJP in Kerala was next to non-existent, but i am pleasantly surprised that they have a 12% voteshare. Had either one of the principal formations(ldf/udf) been not so virulently anti-bjp, BJP could have been in power in this state.
Why the minorities must help the BJP in Kerala

Btw guys everyone goes ga-ga over Naveen Patnaik's administration in Odisha, but i dont see any great developments can someone highlight his achievements please
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suryag wrote:I thought BJP in Kerala was next to non-existent, but i am pleasantly surprised that they have a 12% voteshare. Had either one of the principal formations(ldf/udf) been not so virulently anti-bjp, BJP could have been in power in this state.
Why the minorities must help the BJP in Kerala

Btw guys everyone goes ga-ga over Naveen Patnaik's administration in Odisha, but i dont see any great developments can someone highlight his achievements please
One of the most visible acheivements is roads. His administration has improved the condition of roads both in the capital (bhubaneswar ) as well as in the interiors. In my last couple of trips back home, i have seen significant improvments .

In general his administration or at least Naveen Patnaik him self is seen as honest and way less corrupt than the previous Congress governments. He has built upon the goodwill that people have for his father Biju Patnaik.
And any one who has lived through the Congress misrule during the 80's will think twice before voting them back to power.

Also the actions of Central Govt. like creating problems for big projects like Posco etc. are not helping Congress. On top of it Congress or BJP for that matter does not have a leader in the State who can pose challenge to Naveen .
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Thanks DebaDutta Ji. Are there any improvements in the service delivery to common man under Patnaik ?
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http://www.politicsparty.com/5_STATES_E ... S_2011.php

This guy is predicting tough time for UPA MAFIA and CON party in all states. WB, Kerala seem to be close. Assam seems to be tough too for CON gang. TN seems to be a washout. Is this possible?

Muppallaji - Your expert opinion?
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Based on the opinion polls so far -
TN - ADMK+ will win. Even INC is trying to stab the DMK folks. INC wants ADMK in future dealing. It is safe to expect ADMK victory.
WB - Mamta may edge out Left. Will she need INC post poll is not decided. However, left is not going to be swept away. The seats margin may not be that high even if Mamta wins.
Kerala - INC will win. I don't think Left has a chance.
Assam - INC will scrape through. A lot is being written about anti-incumbancy. At the end of the day demographics+vested interests will decide.
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Gujarat added 1570 MW power capacities during 2010-11

http://gujaratmoney.com/2011/04/06/guja ... g-2010-11/
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Sri Satya Sai Baba is ill.

Govt. of AP is thinking of taking over Satya Sai trust (~$10B worth) management.

Secularism Zindabad :P
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^^ Lot of money. The Vatican lady @ 10 Janpath can use it very effectively for conversions
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RamaY wrote:Sri Satya Sai Baba is ill.

Govt. of AP is thinking of taking over Satya Sai trust (~$10B worth) management.

Secularism Zindabad :P

^^^ they will not touch it. Troubles that CON has is enough.. Satya Sai has largest following.. he is not Sankaracharya to push around.
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^ You are underestimating AP congress (and even TDP) leadership. They literally kabjaed Tirumal Devasthanam.
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^^ what you say is true for every temple in India. Except for chilkur which has fought back. Generally people do not care about the temple trust till the temple is taken care and god fulfills their wishes. But with Baba's you need to be careful.

With Regards to TTD , AP Con messed with balaji and see YSR or for that matter naidu's fate. Life is a circle .. you pay in this janama only
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http://newsinsight.net/archivedebates/n ... recno=2125
Exhausted Union
Coalition politics and growing regionalism are threatening the Congress and BJP, says N.V.Subramanian.
Because, if the present situation continues, the Congress and BJP will shrink their national base.

This will put governance at the Centre hostage to regional coalition partners, whose growing demands eventually will exhaust the Union.

Till the Congress commanded its own parliamentary majority, this was not a problem. This period also coincided with powerful mass leadership residing in a single person from the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty.

State satraps were there in Jawaharlal Nehru's time. But they were weak when Nehru was strong and vice-versa.
That history was repeated with the Congress, and although it inexplicably increased its seats in the 2009 elections, the disastrous performance of the UPA-2 government has destroyed that gain.

Indeed, UPA-2 may become a prime example of the worst excesses of a coalition government, and it is this writer's analysis that the situation will worsen.

On the other hand, regionalism is growing from strength to strength, and threatening the Congress and BJP, but perhaps more the Congress.

If any chief minister has caught the public imagination, it is Nitish Kumar. People blur the detail that he is running a successful coalition government in Bihar with the BJP.

But ask to choose a PM for tomorrow, and pat comes the reply: Nitish Kumar.

To be sure, Narendra Modi comes second, or perhaps, he is running neck-and-neck with Nitish Kumar. Very likely, Modi and Nitish Kumar are equally rooted by the middle class, whose former hero, Manmohan Singh, is now (to use a tired phrase) zero.

There is no one in the Congress who compares with Nitish Kumar or Modi, both of who, directly or indirectly, bring advantages to the BJP.
And the best Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh can do to divert attention from insurmountable internal troubles is to nest an Indo-Pak summit within an India/ Pakistan semi-final match in Mohali.

Worse, Sonia Gandhi thinks that a photo-op with revellers in Delhi's ITO area post India's World Cup victory will bring everlasting political mileage.

It is pathetic.
:rotfl:

Within the Congress party, strategists despair. They see a sinking ship and are making their respective plans to secure themselves.
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PP guy thinks about the demographics of the voting public. He says voters between 18-40 constitute 50% of voting public. And they are quite agitated about the corruption issue. Kind of explains the INC hijacking the Anna Hazare satygraha in order to divert the anger away.
Also PP thinks Kerala and WB are a toss up as this group might give a pass to the incumbent CMs.

In a Bay Area BRF meet last year I had suggested the surprise will be WB govt retaining power.
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More confirmation on Bengal polls

WB Poll survey
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Probablle Assam prediction after the last round - Assam predictions: AGP: 38-40, Cong: 30-32, BJP: 18-20, AUDF:12-13, BPF: 8-10

This is a Tweet by a resident amatuer Assam journalist. If this happens another INC state gone from its clutches. However, it will be another kichiri.
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