Result 2009

Stuka,

Who is Golam Azam?

Kedar,

Yup, the BJP is needed because the Congress, when it gets too much power, can cause more harm than most to the country. Unfortunately, the BJP will have to go for a full-on overhaul for it to positively check the Cong.

Ext-a-see,

Thanks and can't agree with you more on Mamatadi.

BJP is a spent force in the short term. Advani Uncle, the 81 year old should have taken sanyas along with Vajpayee. Khair, it will be a mistake to project Modi. Arun Jaitley is a better person as PM candidate.

Thanks for the article. WRT Bengal, you are right. But you have to remember, the Bengali makes the Bihari look smart. The only time the Bengali would not vote for the worst political partty in the Indian Union would be when a worse party comes along. Not to worry, Mamta Bannerjee will lose when enough Bangladeshis have citizenship and they will vote for Golam Azam.

It was a quite a shock for BJP and they have a bit of reconciliation ahead. I would like to see BJP as a formidable opponent, if not the future governing party itself. As someone said earlier, BJP failed to uphold it's election promises of uniform civil code and article 370 last time and on the economic front it's not that different than congress. I hope that they reinvent themselves as a modern and pragmatic party and induce young blood by, either retiring the old cadre or engaging educated, middle class youth.

Shoaib,

good piece of writing! Political articles have a dangerous tendency to get boring after two paragraphs, but this one is definitely not one among them.

Personally, being from Bengal, I don't quite know what to make out this result..I am glad at the decline of the left front, as it had become a huge stalemate in every sense of the word, but, having said so, Mamata Banerjee isn't exactly a sane person, let alone an astute politician. Till now her and her party's only agenda was opposing the Left Front, and so they have done with success, but now what? saying no to everything is easier than taking the next step, I guess. Furthermore, take away Mamata, and what does the Trinamool congress have left? How does one envision a one-woman government, that too as hot-headed and stubborn like her?


overall, I am really happy that the Indian public didn't choose BJP, which would only have resulted in a more polarised India.