BJP mopped up postal votes, mostly cast by military personnel, as Congress promise to review AFSPA in aftermath of Pulwama & Balakot appears to have backfired.
The 19-member Congress team that drafted the party manifesto, released earlier this week, was supported by a group of 25 people with different callings.
Rahul Gandhi said the Congress manifesto, which promises the minimum income support for poor, was prepared after taking inputs from all sections of society.
After all, towns and cities in states like Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand have directly elected mayors with fixed terms, but few would argue that they are better administered.
If there is any country trusted by both sides in Gaza, it is India. While some Arab and Muslim countries are mistrusted by Israel, any Western influence is doubted by Palestinians.
In 2024-25, India exported $387.54 bn worth of services, against imports of $198.14 bn, earning all-time high surplus of $189.40 bn. This offset 2/3rd of goods trade deficit.
This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.
Does any voter read manifestos of political parties before deciding on his/ her vote? But the effort of Congress friendly journalists to to deflect the blame for the defeat from the dynasty is commendable.
The last gamble of Congress sympathisers seem to propagate the narrative that BJP won because of mistakes of Congress and not due to BJP’s own strengths and efforts. Macaulay education system has created so many dumb slave thinkers, profoundly called intellectuals who can’t even cite Indian references to give weight to their arguments. They have to depend of English authors and English idioms to confuse Indian readers. There can’t be any thing worst than celebrating disconnect from one’s own people’s culture and traditions. Congress leaders have lost in the jungle of western ideas that most Indians do not align with.
The author is trying to blow-up a non-existent issue here. The 3 cases highlighted here have BJP share of postal votes as Rohtak -69.8 %, Khunti-55.8 % and Chamarajnagar-51.9 % each. These are not abnormal by any standard. Also, even with postal ballots divided 50:50 each among BJP & Congress (or Opposition), the winning candidate would still have won.
I hope the author will come up with better analysis next time. (!)
the Congress party was under the impression that national security is not high on the list of voters and by amending AFSPA they could gain votes in the regions where it was applied but the voters gave them a befitting reply
Defense, national security, are among the topics that must bring together the majority and the opposition. We can only regret the politicization of such a fundamental subject
Chidambaram says the manifesto was discussed at length and approved by the CWC. Meaning clearly that ‘No blame can be attached to him on anything in the manifesto, even if it had hurt the Congress’. But, the question is “Did he realise that this issue ‘could’ hurt the Congress and point it out, protesting AGAINST its inclusion?” Else, WHY have such a great leader heading the manifesto drafting committee, if he was there ONLY to watch the proceedings?
It’s not a perception in my opinion and experience (as with many others). It’s the truth.
Same feelings from me too.
It’s less a perception and more a truth.
They bend over backwards, to appease Muslim hardliners even when such behaviour is a threat to national integrity.
Does any voter read manifestos of political parties before deciding on his/ her vote? But the effort of Congress friendly journalists to to deflect the blame for the defeat from the dynasty is commendable.
The last gamble of Congress sympathisers seem to propagate the narrative that BJP won because of mistakes of Congress and not due to BJP’s own strengths and efforts. Macaulay education system has created so many dumb slave thinkers, profoundly called intellectuals who can’t even cite Indian references to give weight to their arguments. They have to depend of English authors and English idioms to confuse Indian readers. There can’t be any thing worst than celebrating disconnect from one’s own people’s culture and traditions. Congress leaders have lost in the jungle of western ideas that most Indians do not align with.
The author is trying to blow-up a non-existent issue here. The 3 cases highlighted here have BJP share of postal votes as Rohtak -69.8 %, Khunti-55.8 % and Chamarajnagar-51.9 % each. These are not abnormal by any standard. Also, even with postal ballots divided 50:50 each among BJP & Congress (or Opposition), the winning candidate would still have won.
I hope the author will come up with better analysis next time. (!)
the Congress party was under the impression that national security is not high on the list of voters and by amending AFSPA they could gain votes in the regions where it was applied but the voters gave them a befitting reply
Defense, national security, are among the topics that must bring together the majority and the opposition. We can only regret the politicization of such a fundamental subject
Chidambaram says the manifesto was discussed at length and approved by the CWC. Meaning clearly that ‘No blame can be attached to him on anything in the manifesto, even if it had hurt the Congress’. But, the question is “Did he realise that this issue ‘could’ hurt the Congress and point it out, protesting AGAINST its inclusion?” Else, WHY have such a great leader heading the manifesto drafting committee, if he was there ONLY to watch the proceedings?
This is not the only issue. There is increasing perception that Congress party is anti national traitors. More importantly enemies of Hindus.
It’s not a perception in my opinion and experience (as with many others). It’s the truth.
Same feelings from me too.
It’s less a perception and more a truth.
They bend over backwards, to appease Muslim hardliners even when such behaviour is a threat to national integrity.