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Congress hits the panic button: Rattled by first three phases of election, Rahul calls emergency strategy meeting


It's taken three phases of elections voting in 100 constituencies for the Congress to see the writing on the wall.

Alarmed by an internal assessment that shows the Congress has fared far worse than expected and is in danger of being pushed out of the game in the Lok Sabha polls by a resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has stepped in to stem the tide in the 350-odd seats that the party is contesting.

According to top party sources, Rahul has asked Congress managers to deploy central observers in each of the 350-plus seats that will go to polls in the remaining six phases of the elections to galvanise party workers and give a final push to the campaign.

Congress sources said the move to deploy the observers came after a strategy session chaired on Thursday by Rahul following feedback from the 91 Lok Sabha constituencies that voted in the third phase, including seven in Delhi.

The feedback included the worst-case scenario of the polls becoming a contest between the BJP and other parties like the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and regional players, moving the Congress to the third position.

In Delhi, the Congress is hoping that Ajay Maken would win in the New Delhi seat, thus providing the Grand Old Party with some sort of a face-saver.

The sources said internal reports and assessments had indicated a majority of Congress candidates in the 91 seats that witnessed voting on Thursday may lose out to the BJP, which is apparently gaining more from the pro-Modi sentiment among voters and not as much because of the persons it has fielded.

"We need to pull out all stops now," said a Congress strategist familiar with the meeting chaired by Rahul.

"The party's observers will visit each of the constituencies to sense which way the political wind is blowing and will play a role in trying to change it in our favour," another Congress source told Mail Today.

A helping hand According to sources, the central observers will also help candidates in their campaign, and ensure there is cohesiveness among local leaders and workers.

The sources acknowledged that infighting in many states could limit the Congress's electoral prospects.

"The observers will ensure that differences are ironed out," the Congress strategist said. Sources said in a tough election where each seat counts, feedback from the central observers will be monitored by Rahul's key aides and woven into a more aggressive campaign in the days to come.

The Congress had recently been buoyed by opinion polls that showed the party and its allies would bag around 120 seats, but internal reports of the poor performance of party's candidates has the top leadership worried again.

The scenario is especially depressing in the national capital, where Congress managers expected that votes of Muslims and weaker sections would return to the party as they were fed up with the AAP experiment.

But Congress managers said the party was still unable to address the widespread public anger in Delhi, where the party was wiped out in the Assembly polls of last December.


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If BJP can win Chhindwara , then I have hopes for BJP winning from Guna too . Jyotiraditya Scindhia was anyway reluctant to contest this time.


Yes these royal Scions are not the servant of people but ruler of country. I hope Scindhia will loose. A massage need to be sent. This idiot has not done anything in his constituency nor anything in Parliament.

Congress hits the panic button: Rattled by first three phases of election, Rahul calls emergency strategy meeting


It's taken three phases of elections voting in 100 constituencies for the Congress to see the writing on the wall.

Alarmed by an internal assessment that shows the Congress has fared far worse than expected and is in danger of being pushed out of the game in the Lok Sabha polls by a resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has stepped in to stem the tide in the 350-odd seats that the party is contesting.

According to top party sources, Rahul has asked Congress managers to deploy central observers in each of the 350-plus seats that will go to polls in the remaining six phases of the elections to galvanise party workers and give a final push to the campaign.

Congress sources said the move to deploy the observers came after a strategy session chaired on Thursday by Rahul following feedback from the 91 Lok Sabha constituencies that voted in the third phase, including seven in Delhi.

The feedback included the worst-case scenario of the polls becoming a contest between the BJP and other parties like the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and regional players, moving the Congress to the third position.

In Delhi, the Congress is hoping that Ajay Maken would win in the New Delhi seat, thus providing the Grand Old Party with some sort of a face-saver.

The sources said internal reports and assessments had indicated a majority of Congress candidates in the 91 seats that witnessed voting on Thursday may lose out to the BJP, which is apparently gaining more from the pro-Modi sentiment among voters and not as much because of the persons it has fielded.

"We need to pull out all stops now," said a Congress strategist familiar with the meeting chaired by Rahul.

"The party's observers will visit each of the constituencies to sense which way the political wind is blowing and will play a role in trying to change it in our favour," another Congress source told Mail Today.

A helping hand According to sources, the central observers will also help candidates in their campaign, and ensure there is cohesiveness among local leaders and workers.

The sources acknowledged that infighting in many states could limit the Congress's electoral prospects.

"The observers will ensure that differences are ironed out," the Congress strategist said. Sources said in a tough election where each seat counts, feedback from the central observers will be monitored by Rahul's key aides and woven into a more aggressive campaign in the days to come.

The Congress had recently been buoyed by opinion polls that showed the party and its allies would bag around 120 seats, but internal reports of the poor performance of party's candidates has the top leadership worried again.

The scenario is especially depressing in the national capital, where Congress managers expected that votes of Muslims and weaker sections would return to the party as they were fed up with the AAP experiment.

But Congress managers said the party was still unable to address the widespread public anger in Delhi, where the party was wiped out in the Assembly polls of last December.


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they have fallen in the trap of modi. No escape route now.

Yesterday i was listening to a discussion. It was on the topic that Modi forced opponents campaingn in the way he liked them to campaign. He made them deviated from the path of their campaign whenever he liked.
 
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After years of silence, NaMo declared he was a married man & his wife is Jasodaben. Marriage was forced on a teenaged Narendra, however he left home in response to an inner call to work for the nation inspired by the teachings of Swami Vivekananda and martyrs like Bhagat Singh.

Though he was silent on the issue, he never lied about it. Jasodaben also has no grievances against him, Modi helped in her education and she is nowa teacher. She is on pilgrimage to pray for Modi.

Hats off to Narendra Modi.....History will remember that there was a man who loved his Motherland more than himself,his family and his life. The silent selfless sacrifice of this Holy Couple cannot be understood by cheap minded communists and paid media which has no patriotism within them.
Understand his sacrifice, the way he gave up his worldly pleasures & life in service of the motherland.

Young Shahid Bhagat Singh also chose Love for Motherland over love for any lady or family and he made history.

All Cannot be so courageous, Brave & Patriotic, but we can support those who are.:tup::tup::tup:

#AbkiBaarModiSarkar
Jashoda ben predicted Modi being PM in 2001.

he is standing against Veerappa Moily in chikkaballapur. Glad that one of these two will be losing! :D


How much are the chances that both may loose to BJP candidate.
 
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HAHA ashutosh after loosing saying there was also other ashutosh in candidate list HAHAH

PAAPTards completely demoralized ........Ak yugpurursh sir making predictions so that kuch din to aur mehnat karlen ye mere sath HAHAHA


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Huge Turnout increase in Orrisa ,Very good chances of BJP




My odishi friend was saying that it is Modi and only Modi among youngsters.
 
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This guy (below one) is highly credible
@Indianempire massive margins. If the trend continues, BJP to touch 240 on its own.
— Laissez-faire (@FCBtheChamps) April 11, 2014


It will be a tsunami for Modi as election progresses as predicted by Swami ramdev and Modi himself.

1998 BJP won 57 in UP. Uttarakhand was still a part of UP at that time though.


This figures will be crossed this time.
 
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Just saw the CNN IBN debate with all the ladies - Madhu Kishwar, Anna Vetticad, Rana Ayyub, Meenakshi Lekhi and some congress female spokeperson.
The debate was around Modi's marriage. Congress and journalists on congress's payrolls are clutching at straws to stop the Namo train. I hope BJP supporters dig up some very unconvienient questions on congressi netas..
 
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Pakistan should strengthen Dalits in india to facilitate disintegration of india. Dalits will be the best proxy against hindus because most of the dalits do not consider themselves as Hindus and they are much larger in population than hard-core hindus.


rather than strengthening Dalits, Strengthen your country man. In poevrty and frustration, they kill each other.

What will modi do if there is a mumbai like attack ? he has to do something nahi 10-12 saal ki banayi image ki lag jaegi :|


This question was asked to Modi. He repplied " Main Pakistan ko unki hi bhasha main zavab deta"
 
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Last time, Dinsha patel from Kheda had won by a thin margin. This time he may loose.

you can not write shankarsinh off.




Actually BJP should have posted this photo.
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Yeh hai Naheru Khandan ke Lukhkhey.




Initiallly Modi Remained soft with Mamta but this lady show her colours. Time for tit for tat.


Dinsha is not contesting this time khan is helping congress there..
 
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Please elaborate. i think dinsh ia contesting. Who is khan?


dinsha was not keen on contesting this time because helth problem. but the reasone i think is that his main vote bank is patel but in this election patels are not firmly behind him atleast thats what i heard. khan is local goonda .

dinsha ko jabardasti utara he medan me sayad ijjat bach jaye gujrat me ;)
 
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