Indian General Elections - 2014

[Rangila]

Views: Nitish's Modi-phobia driven by fear of Lalu-Paswan - Indian Express

 

[Kaniska]

Poll notification issued, battlelines being drawn in Karnataka - The Economic Times

How much can BJP win in Karnataka? Can they cross 25 this time? Although they are in back foot, but if they can win 25-50 then at least they can encourage themselves for next year general election.

 

[Guynextdoor2]

Doesn't matter why he is doing this, he is a politician. He has his own interests & as I already pointed out, there are plenty in the BJP using Nitesh Kumar's shoulder to fire at Modi. The point is that Modi's road to Delhi is full of pot holes & you can expect more murmuring to happen. Nitesh Kumar upped the ante & from here, he can't go back without a serious loss of face. The internal murmurs within the BJP will be next if Nitesh Kumar sticks to his guns.

It is more than just political grandstanding. I think he senses real political danger in associating with Modi. Despite having accomplished the herculean task of dislodging the RJD, Nitish has a relatively taint free image. He doesn't want that blemished.

How much can BJP win in Karnataka? Can they cross 25 this time? Although they are in back foot, but if they can win 25-50 then at least they can encourage themselves for next year general election.

I live in Karnataka...DON'T YOU DARE WISH THEM WELL. You don't have to put up with them, we have to; so no thank you.

 

[anant_s]

BJP plans to quit Nitish govt after Karnataka polls

NEW DELHI: Smarting under Nitish Kumar's frontal assault on Narendra Modi, BJP on Monday fired back at the Bihar chief minister amid mounting indications that it was preparing to pull out of the Bihar coalition.

Sources said the BJP was readying itself to disengage from the Kumar-led government after next month's Karnataka polls in retaliation against what the party called the humiliation the JD(U) leader had inflicted on the party on Sunday when he viciously attacked the Gujarat CM.

"This is unacceptable, and reminds us of the way the JD(U) leader's socialist seniors raised the bogey of communalism to topple the Janata government in 1979. He has pushed us to a point of no return," said a BJP office-bearer, reflecting the anger that has built up in the party since Kumar lit into Modi.

BJP's withdrawal will not threaten the Kumar government's survival. The CM enjoys the support of 120 MLAs in the 243-strong House and, with the formation of no alternative government possible, can attract the indirect support of many others who will not like to face an early election.

In 1979, socialist members of the Janata Party had broken away by protesting against the RSS affiliation of leaders of the Jana Sangh, the BJP's earlier incarnation.

A preview of a formal divorce came through BJP spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi's aggressive reminder to the Bihar CM that he had remained with NDA all these years after the 2002 communal violence, cited by JD(U) and other detractors as the chief evidence of Modi's alleged communalism.

"In 2002 also, Nitish Kumar was a part of our (NDA) government. During the Sabarmati Express incident (Godhra, 2002), he was the rail minister," Lekhi said.

The putdown mimicked the taunt that Kumar's "secular" rivals have always hurled at him, saying that he had no qualm in partnering "communal" BJP, and that his conversion to the anti-Modi camp was an opportunistic political ploy: a true reflection of the rising hostilities over the past 24 hours.

Lekhi threw more barbs at Kumar, calling his attack on Modi on Sunday abhorrent. "So far as any allegation, accusation against our CM is concerned, we completely abhor that and Kumar is nobody whose certificate is required so far as that particular aspect is concerned," she told reporters.

In a TV interview, party chief Rajnath Singh termed Kumar's attack on Modi as "unfortunate". "What has happened should not have happened," he said. Although he refused to confirm that the party has decided to get out of the Kumar-led government, party sources said the core group and the party's parliamentary board may take the call soon after Karnataka polls on May 5.

BJP was not impressed by Kumar seeking to balance his attack on Modi by saying that the BJP and JD(U) were old allies, and that his problem was only with Modi's "communal" credentials, rather than the entire BJP leadership. Lekhi said Kumar "does not have to speak" on Modi's credentials.

She also dismissed the distinction drawn between Modi and his colleagues. "We have specified that there is nobody in BJP who is not secular," the spokesperson said, asserting that the BJP would not compromise on its ideology.

Earlier in the day, a group of BJP leaders from Bihar, all known critics of Kumar, met Rajnath Singh here and conveyed to him their anger towards the Bihar CM.

These leaders, who have openly supported Modi, told Singh that it was time the alliance with JD(U) was snapped as it was only harming the BJP.

The group comprised former Bihar unit chief C P Thakur, Bihar health minister Ashwini Choubey, Giriraj Singh and Chandramohan Rai, among others.

BJP plans to quit Nitish govt after Karnataka polls - The Times of India

 

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[Bang Galore]

How much can BJP win in Karnataka? Can they cross 25 this time? Although they are in back foot, but if they can win 25-50 then at least they can encourage themselves for next year general election.

A few surveys are out including one commissioned by the BJP

This is what they say:

Cong , BJP , JD(S), KJP


Headlines Today/C-Voter 118 , 52 , 38 , 12


Suvarna News/ C-4 105-122, 55-70, 30-45, 10-25


Probodhan Survey 95, 81, 27, 8
(BJP commissioned)

 

[Kaniska]

A few surveys are out including one commissioned by the BJP

This is what they say:

Cong , BJP , JD(S), KJP


Headlines Today/C-Voter 118 , 52 , 38 , 12


Suvarna News/ C-4 105-122, 55-70, 30-45, 10-25


Probodhan Survey 95, 81, 27, 8
(BJP commissioned)

If BJP can be the 2nd largest party and KJP got wiped out..there is a good chance that BJP may do well in general election in 2014.

 

[MST]

A few surveys are out including one commissioned by the BJP

This is what they say:

Cong , BJP , JD(S), KJP


Headlines Today/C-Voter 118 , 52 , 38 , 12


Suvarna News/ C-4 105-122, 55-70, 30-45, 10-25


Probodhan Survey 95, 81, 27, 8
(BJP commissioned)

BJP will loose and will loose big in Karnataka. They deserve it for the kind of misrule they have done there. Hopefully they will learn a lesson for the next time. No one has the right to take the Indian Public for granted weather BJP or Congress.

I live in Karnataka...DON'T YOU DARE WISH THEM WELL. You don't have to put up with them, we have to; so no thank you.

Hopefully you apply the same standards for the Congi Government in Center since everyone has to bear them weather we want or not.

 

[Rangila]

Under Karnatak BJP not a single riot.
So in Gujarat.

 

[Guynextdoor2]

BJP will loose and will loose big in Karnataka. They deserve it for the kind of misrule they have done there. Hopefully they will learn a lesson for the next time. No one has the right to take the Indian Public for granted weather BJP or Congress.

Hopefully you apply the same standards for the Congi Government in Center since everyone has to bear them weather we want or not.

So you want BJP to win in state so that at national level they get a morale boost while we suffer here? PS- if a govt is so cporrupt in state, I have no doubts they'll be much worse on national level. Diffcult to imagine but true- their track record here means they'll be even worse than congress at centre.

 

[agamdilawari]

So you want BJP to win in state so that at national level they get a morale boost while we suffer here? PS- if a govt is so cporrupt in state, I have no doubts they'll be much worse on national level. Diffcult to imagine but true- their track record here means they'll be even worse than congress at centre.

Why not apply same logic on basis of BJP's track record in Gujrat, MP & Chhattisgarh ?

 

[Bang Galore]

If BJP can be the 2nd largest party and KJP got wiped out..there is a good chance that BJP may do well in general election in 2014.

Not clear, if the BJP loses badly in the assembly & the Congress forms a single part government, it is likely that Congress will benefit massively from that in the LS elections. The BJP won 19 out of 28 last time, they may win less than a 3rd of that in that case.


Btw, if you noticed the survey quoted in the earlier post which was done by the BJP itself & released to the press , even the BJP didn't dare put itself in 1st place. Shows pretty much where they believe they stand.

 

[Marxist]

Wikileaks: Why Pranab was Replaced by Anthony

2006 October 26, 13:07 (Thursday)

Classified By: PolCouns Ted Osius for reasons 1.4 (B,D) 1. (U)

In an October 23 cabinet reshuffle, President of India A.P.J. Abdul Kalam named Former Chief Minister of Kerala A.K. Antony Minister of Defense.

Our sources tell us that Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi and PM Singh needed to get Pranab Mukherjee out of his post as Minister of Defense because he was not sufficiently zealous in raising funds for the party. Mukherjee finally accepted the move after receiving reassurances that he would remain in charge of the many Ministerial Committees that help him maintain his domestic power base. The shift of Mukherjee to External Affairs left open the post of Minister of Defense, which A.K. Antony accepted.

https://www.wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/06NEWDELHI7358_a.html

So job of defense ministry is to raise fund for congress party

 

[Bang Galore]

Why not apply same logic on basis of BJP's track record in Gujrat, MP & Chhattisgarh ?

That would be correct for the people of those states to apply. Asking people in Karnataka to apply the logic of other states is meaningless. The BJP got it's first shot in the south here & what did they do with it? Whilst it is not a scientific poll, most people I know are disgusted with the BJP. That list includes many who supported the BJP in the last elections (including me, I must add shamefully). Disgusted is a very soft word to use for what many in Karnataka feel towards the BJP.

So job of defense ministry is to raise fund for congress party

Unlikely, since Antony was named as replacement. If they expected a fund collector, he was a terrible choice.

 

[Guynextdoor2]

Not clear, if the BJP loses badly in the assembly & the Congress forms a single part government, it is likely that Congress will benefit massively from that in the LS elections. The BJP won 19 out of 28 last time, they may win less than a 3rd of that in that case.


Btw, if you noticed the survey quoted in the earlier post which was done by the BJP itself & released to the press , even the BJP didn't dare put itself in 1st place. Shows pretty much where they believe they stand.

I don't think congress will benifit massively unless some good leader is brought in. If it's another Dharam Singh, god save us.