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Yash

Yash — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Abhishek

People voted for Congress because they couldn’t find any appropriate alternate to it.

Abhishek Pandey

Abhishek Pandey — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Yes, results speak the same loud and clear.

Nitesh

Nitesh — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

@ Abhishaek

It’s really a big question that why people again and again are accepting the dynastic rule of Gandhi- Nehru family?

Abhishek Pandey

Abhishek Pandey — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

@Nitesh

Your question is valid. Congress chairperson should give the chance to other politicians also to lead the party. Inner democracy with in the party is needed.

Andy

Andy — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We can’t say that people have voted in favor of economic policy of Congress. In fact it’s a mandate in favor of stability and against the ineffectiveness of BJP.

Abhishek Pandey

Abhishek Pandey — Tue, 19 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Stability and Gandhi wave made them win in the election. I am happy that we did not get hung parliament.

Ayushi

Ayushi — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Two factors worked really well for Congress:

1. Negative campaigning by BJP, which turned off the voters

2. Rahul Gandhi is seen as a hope for the youth and good future of nation

Rachna Thakur

Rachna Thakur — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Ayushi, I am toatlly agree with your statement.. and If Congress really won the elections using money and media power even they have started a news channel Shakti It’s a news channel.

Abhishek Pandey

Abhishek Pandey — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Ayushi, youth factor worked for the congress. And i think BJP’s budgiya-Gudiya compaign was a failure.

Shivangi Singh

Shivangi Singh — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

I think making terrorism and Ram mandir election issues has costed BJP heavily.It is high time that national parties have a sensitive approach towards such issues, mudslinging is not what we want our parties to engage in.People of india want development even if along with it comes dynasty politics.

Abhishek Pandey

Abhishek Pandey — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

@Shivani

You are right. It is the need of the hour in the time of crisis.

Rachna Thakur

Rachna Thakur — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

It’s not a election, It’s like a product campaigning. They invest money in marketing and advertisment......

But who’s money is this?

How much they will earn?

If they are not earning any thing then why they are investing?

Chintan

Chintan — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

You raised a genuine issue. The elections now are not the battle of ideas. It’s just like a product campaign in which major political parties hire the PR companies to promote their symbols and make positive impression of leaders.

ARVIND K.PANDEY

ARVIND K.PANDEY — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

@Rachna

Recently someone disclosed that there are 138 crorepati Congress MPs ! What can we expect from these millionaires?

..Congress ka haath garib ke saath...

Namaskar Bharath

Namaskar Bharath — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The elections to Parliament and State Legislatures are very expensive and it is a widely accepted fact that huge election expenditure is the root cause for corruption in India. A candidate has to spend lakhs of rupees to get elected and even if he gets elected, the total salary he gets during his tenure as an MP/MLA will be meagre compared to his election expenses. How can he bridge the gap between the income and expenses? - publicly through donations and secretly through corruption. Donations by Corporates and liquor barons to parties / candidates are often to get policies favourable for their business.

Corruption occurs as a chain reaction here. Representatives and party men collect bribes from people for allotting govt. or semi govt. posts and for transfers in various departments. These officials will in turn collect bribes from the public to get their things done. The situation is not beyond imagination, if police and judicial officers get their posting through back door. We don’t have to find more reasons why criminals are not just supporting elected representatives and instead becoming ‘representatives’ themselves. The very essence of democracy is defeated when money power rules and the equation becomes – of the Deprived, by the Bigwigs, for the Privileged. Criminalisation of politics can be uprooted only if this situation is avoided.

Can we reduce the election expenses for candidates?

We can achieve a significant reduction in election expenses for candidates by adopting a two-tier approach. For the parliament or state legislatures, each constituency may be divided into around 500 to 1000 sub-constituencies depending on the size of the constituency. The voters of each sub-constituency may elect a rep (primary rep / people’s rep or PR) for their sub-constituency. These PRs (who form an electoral college) shall elect from themselves (or otherwise) the rep for the constituency. Here a candidate will have to convince only the PRs what he can do for the constituency and the country. The PRs can consult their voters thereafter and elect a rep accordingly for their constituency. The duty of a PR doesn’t end with this election, instead can double as Public Relations personnel for the elected rep.

For more details,

A two-tier representation can reduce election expenses and corruption

Prasad

Prasad — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Arvind

The MPs of BJP and congress is merely a conglomeration of feudal and industrialists. Where are the representatives of common men in these parties?

ARVIND K.PANDEY

ARVIND K.PANDEY — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

It’s not Rahul factor but money factor that worked wonder apart from positive results from states like WB,Kerala ,Tamilnadu ,Andhra and Mahrastra with the help of fruitful alliances.In nearly all these states BJP has always been in weak position.

One thing more:More than half a dozen ministers in UPA government lost the elections.

Mumbai-city hit by the worst terrorist attack-still did not find enough reasons to vote. As a result nearly 37 percent of the voters out of 74 percent educated electorates went to vote.I am presenting Maumbai as example to highlight that this time the voting percentage fell to all time low in almost all the places.So to say Indian people are comfortable with the rule of

Congress is nothing but bullshit.

Well, the election results should force the parties to reshape their priorities.If BJP learns to anticipate the moods of electorates which now more ”Daal-roti” oriented and yet retain it’s distinctiveness, it can easily gain its lost charishma.

This well know Hindi saying discloses the actual reason why Congress emerged as winner:

ALLAH MEHRBAAN TO GADHA PEHLWAAN !!

ARVIND K.PANDEY

ARVIND K.PANDEY — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Correction:

Well, the election results should force the parties to reshape their priorities.If BJP learns to anticipate the moods of electorates who are now more ”Daal-roti” oriented and yet retain it’s distinctiveness, it can easily gain its lost charishma.

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http://indowaves.instablogs.com/entry/in-depth-analysis-of-verdict-2009-from-eyes-of-a-critic/

Brij Lal Gupta

Brij Lal Gupta — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Right Arvind

ARVIND K.PANDEY

ARVIND K.PANDEY — Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0000

@Brijlal

The political analysts are misleading with their half-baked findings.They are viewing the victory from wrong angles.One expects a better analysis from media persons but they are simply fooling the people by highlighting stupid things that have to do nothing with the victory of Congress.

Those who are highlighting Rahul’s ”coming of age” or for that matter the analysts who are trying to project Congress as people friendly party are simply distorting the truth.

Itihas jyadatar vijetaoen ka hi itihas hota hai.Kyonki Congress jeet gayi hai hai isliye ab mediawale Congress ka gungaan kar rahe hai.Media ab sach nahi dikhata bus wohi dikhata aur batata hai jis sein uskein swarth ko kuch phayada pahuchein.Baat bas itni hai Rahul Baba ka hungaan karne ke pichein !!