Indian Elections Thread

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Moving a thread of Election from GDF to this Forum.

Gujarat Elections:
http://www.timesnownews.com/gujarat-ass ... tel/145790

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It appears the Congress is making a spectacular come back in the Heart of the BJP heartland Gujarat, in the early hustings.

Aaj Tak Reports counts where parties are ahead in vote count
BJP, Congress, Others
85,83,2

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BJP,INC,OTH
96,82,04

reports claim that the initial readings are mainly from postal ballots. Source Pranoy Roy NDTV / Neilson .
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/gujarat ... is-1789005

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102,79,01

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GJ: 106,73,3
HP: 39,23,5

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GJ: 103,78,1
HP: 41,21,5

Confirmed
INC Imran: Ahmedabad
BJP Rakesh Shah: Ahmedabad

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GJ: 101,79,2
HP: 43,21,4

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GJ: 102,78,2
HP: 45,19,4

[manjgu]

if hardik etc had not been for congis, the margins could have been much higher... anyway a good result...not much difference from last times 115 ..with all the anti incumbency, GST etc...

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GJ: 102,77,3
HP: 45,20,3

[A Deshmukh]

http://eciresults.nic.in/
GJ: 104, 72
HP: 42, 22

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A large proportion of Gujarati public has voted for INC/MGB patented Caste / Religion based politics + Wealth redistribution economics. BJP's Developmental / Secular politics and Wealth Generation Economics is not able to deliver comprehensive wins. Whats more surprising is that the INC still has a credible political foothold inGujarat despite being out of power for 15+ years and was a cohesive unit in this battle.

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GJ: 108,72,2
HP: 43,22,3

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A large proportion of Gujarati public has voted for INC/MGB patented Caste / Religion based politics + Wealth redistribution economics. BJP's Developmental / Secular politics and Wealth Generation Economics is not able to deliver comprehensive wins. Whats more surprising is that the INC still has a credible political foothold inGujarat despite being out of power for 15+ years and was a cohesive unit in this battle.

INC has been out of power for 22 years in Gujarat (from 1995). There is lot of low level inefficiency and corruption in Gujarat and after Modi, there were no capable CMs in the state level. They totally mishandled the Patitar agitation, which a people's leader like Modi would not have messed up. All these have bred anti-incumbency factor. Add resentment in some sections of Gujarat for GST and the hardening of Patidar agitation and you have a sizeable block of people willing to switch alliance even though they will prefer Modi as PM rather than Pappu.

Many were even saying that they will vote for Modi (in election for central govt) but not the local BJP MLA to send a message. Modi's super smart campaigning and tactful switching of the discourse from GST and patidar to anti-India and anti-Hindu conspiracy to defame him ("neech gate) and defeat him. If not for Modi's campaign, BJP might not have sailed through.

BJP needs to do the following to make a clearn sweep in Gujarat in 2019:

- Rejig the admin with a very dynamic leader who can deliver an efficient and corruption free state government. Gujarat is stagnating for past few years without any bold new vision after Modi moved to center. They need someone like Chandrabapu Naidu to sell a captivating vision to the powerful business communities of Gujarat.
- Mend relationships with the Patidars. Youth of India are restless and want change for sake of change. Dont indulge in cheap tricks like sex CDs, but embrace new generation leaders, even if they behave like immature teenagers. Right or not, they represent aspirations of youth.
- Demonstrate benefits from GST to the general public within next 1 year. Now that the real pain is over, people will embrace BJP if they can see tangible benefits due to GST.
- It is very obvious that Pappu has got a new, very capable handler / poll manager and is getting a great image makeover. Do not under-estimate him. He is less likely to make a fool of himself as he used to do in the past. Though slow, he seems to have learnt his lessons, improved his Hindi, is able to connect with audience now. His halo will be fully broken only if Congress loses Karnataka.

[chandrasekaran]

Did you see the interview of RaGa that was aired in Gujarat ? He made a complete fool of himself and hasn't learnt any lessons. Just that his media managers have now become a little smart not to expose him to everyone. That's all. The biggest issue that congress faces is, it doesn't offer any alternative, just keep repeating the same secularism, caste equations blah. This is very clearly evident from the results from Surat. People may or may not like how GST has been rolled out, some or many of the policies of the government etc, but they didn't see a credible alternative from Congress at all. That's why Gabbar Singh Tax jibe failed to swing voters.

[Suraj]

Thread locked . No politics here .