The congress leaders must be thinking as to what went wrong for them.Karnataka was the most recent battleground lost.This is in contrast to the BJP leaders who must be extremely upbeat after their victory in Karnataka and are now looking forward to the Battle of Delhi.BJP's victory in Karnataka marks the first time that a BJP led govt. will be formed in the southern states.
BJP now has control of 11 states in India while the congress has only 2 states in which it has formed a govt. on its own.Later this year,elections will be held in Madhya Pradesh.It will interesting to see,who takes Madhya Pradesh.In the coming general elections,the BJP can now play a lot of cards to its advantage,namely the Price Rise issue,delay in the Afzal excecution case,increase in crime and terrorist activities(also making a point that POTA should not have been scrapped) and also the fact that a BJP-led coalition is a leftless one (which will defenitely appeal to the private sector) .However,congress to0 can actually win these elections but to do so it needs to sort out its leadership issues.One of the main reasons why congress has lost in the recent state elections is that it hadn't managed to project any leader whereas BJP had projected B S Yeduriappa in Karnataka and Narendra Modi in Gujarat.It is now high time that congress projected a prime ministerial candidate.I would personally vouch for Dr. Manmohan Singh from the congress' perspective but he just doesn't appeal to the lower sections of the society who dont care whether the prime minister is from harward or oxford.Another card that the congress can play is the IIT issue.Over a fortnight,the number of IITs has increased from 7 to 13 and with IT BHU also going to be converted into IIT,the total number will be 14.Furthermore ,the govt has also started a lot of other institutes as well.This will defenitely go well with the young voters.Congress can and will defenitely play the reservation card .The left is defenitely on their way out and are not expected to capture as many seats as they did in 2004.
BJP now has control of 11 states in India while the congress has only 2 states in which it has formed a govt. on its own.Later this year,elections will be held in Madhya Pradesh.It will interesting to see,who takes Madhya Pradesh.In the coming general elections,the BJP can now play a lot of cards to its advantage,namely the Price Rise issue,delay in the Afzal excecution case,increase in crime and terrorist activities(also making a point that POTA should not have been scrapped) and also the fact that a BJP-led coalition is a leftless one (which will defenitely appeal to the private sector) .However,congress to0 can actually win these elections but to do so it needs to sort out its leadership issues.One of the main reasons why congress has lost in the recent state elections is that it hadn't managed to project any leader whereas BJP had projected B S Yeduriappa in Karnataka and Narendra Modi in Gujarat.It is now high time that congress projected a prime ministerial candidate.I would personally vouch for Dr. Manmohan Singh from the congress' perspective but he just doesn't appeal to the lower sections of the society who dont care whether the prime minister is from harward or oxford.Another card that the congress can play is the IIT issue.Over a fortnight,the number of IITs has increased from 7 to 13 and with IT BHU also going to be converted into IIT,the total number will be 14.Furthermore ,the govt has also started a lot of other institutes as well.This will defenitely go well with the young voters.Congress can and will defenitely play the reservation card .The left is defenitely on their way out and are not expected to capture as many seats as they did in 2004.
No. of seats from the left's perspective:
2004 66
2008 35(based on a few exit polls conducted by various agencies)
Quite frankly,I am happy to see the back of the left and hope that in the eventuality of the congress forming the govt,it should be a leftless govt.The left has always tried to sacrifice national economic growth for their vested interests.The Indo-US nuke deal was probably the best thing that happened to India and in the current circumstances of high crude prices,it is now all the more important for India to pass the Indo-US deal for India to safeguard its energy security.
Anyways,it is interesting to see what happens in the general elections and we will defenitely find out this time next year.One thing is for sure,BJP does have the upper hand at the moment and congress seriously needs to get its acts right othwerwise they can start preparing to sit in the opposition for the next 5 years.
Anyways,it is interesting to see what happens in the general elections and we will defenitely find out this time next year.One thing is for sure,BJP does have the upper hand at the moment and congress seriously needs to get its acts right othwerwise they can start preparing to sit in the opposition for the next 5 years.
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