Waves of Promise,
Belief and Sentiments:
India:
To put this win into statistical perspective, since 1984
General Elections, Bharatiya Janata Party is the only party to win the majority
number of Lok Sabha seats on its own i.e obtaining the “magic number” without
taking any alliance into picture.
This election result is as satisfying and as comprehensive
as it can get for a National Party in a country which is spread across varied
languages, beliefs, cultures and sentiments. To sweep away so many with the
sheer promise of a model state previously developed, speaks volumes about what
we, as a nation, are expecting from today’s leaders: Development. It is also a
lesson, for few self-proclaimed leaders (You-Know-Who), that actions do speak
louder than any number of sound systems installed at election rallies.
It is the wave of promise that has now, officially, got our
undivided attention, and it is up to this BJP led NDA to deliver and show its
critics that past discrepancies of a bygone age belonged to a different older
version of its party.
Andhra Pradesh:
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| Time to work together |
To put the result here in simple terms, CBN is for Andhra,
what NaMo is for India. But the win for TDP has not been as comprehensive as
one would have hoped for, as YSRCP have notched up, disturbingly and
surprisingly, high number of assembly seats. And yet, by the sanity of the
larger section, gladly, TDP sails enough to get over the majority mark.
Andhra Pradesh is truly fortunate enough to find itself at
the hands of one of the most pro-development and sensible leaders of our time,
CBN, at this critical time. More than anything, the state needs a stable government
and a capable leader to pull it through post-division blues and the Modi-Naidu
factor is a blessing indeed.
Telangana:
The first government in youngest state of the largest
democracy would be formed by a party which is riding on the wave of sentiment
of people, and it deserves so. It has given itself to the cause of the state
from the time of its inception, and it would be interesting to see how much of
an impact it can create, now that their cause, after a long struggle, has been
finally met. TRS party now bears the expectations and demands of a young state
on its shoulders, and we can only wish and hope that the State and Centre work
in tandem, and walk the state through it first few steps. All the very best, TRS!
Wrath of the Indians
Now, now, now, ‘defeat’ never tasted so sweet. To a party
which has
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| We had it coming! |
concentrated more on political moves and less on administration pre
and post General Election 2009, this result is nothing but a slap on its face
for showing indifference towards larger sections of people by not addressing
bulk of the critical issues. It has inadvertently put the nation back at least
by a good half a decade in terms of economical growth. From appointing a ‘robotic’
Prime Minister to handling sensitive issues, it has done everything wrong in
the last five years, and it deserved a complete route out from the country. And
any hopes of forming a government in the new state of Telangana too were
completely shattered by the men in Pink. It would be interesting to watch them
uncomfortably hop around in the opponent’s seat for the next five (well even
ten if NDA does well) years.
Blunders
Even a 10-year-old
following IPL caught onto the “Ab ki baar Modi sarkar” line,
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| Fall from grace |
except of course
Arvind Kejriwal, not that he had to catch onto it, but a wise acknowledgment of
its presence, would certainly have done a world of good for Kejriwal, for he defied
sense and logic and took on NaMo in Varnasi, ignorantly hoping to repeat his
battle glory against Sheila Dikshit. Rather than concentrating on a few MP
seats, AAP has flapped its wings far and wide, without scrutinizing the merits of
his party members contesting in over 400 seats, and the result must certainly
have ruffled him. It has somewhere, in the last six months, lost its basic ideology
of a common man contesting and has paved way for its own embarrassing defeat. Even
with the consideration of ‘first-time’ tag associated to it, AAP would most
probably have done a touch better had there been a better leader with strategy
at its helm. From the highs of January to the lows of May, AK might find this
to be a bitter pill to swallow. The best that AAP supporters and members can
hope for is that, this general election has served as enough of a lesson for
its party chief to plan and prioritize his future course of actions better.
All in all, for a common man sitting in Hyderabad, this
election result is nothing out of the blue, and has fallen in line with the ‘obvious’.
All that is left is congratulating the parties that have won, and wishing the
best for them and their supporters, voters and members.
Now, it’s over to the
Assembly and Parliament, where our real expectations and hopes ought to take a
shape. For a better India! #JaiHindi
Bryan Singer finally returns to directing a ‘X-Men’ film
with Days of Future Past. And with duds like ‘Superman Returns’ in his kitty
since X2, fans would have been a bit little skeptic with this one. But with ‘First Class’ and ‘Wolverine’
reviving the X-Men franchise, huge expectations hardly left any room for further skepticism. And to be fair, the film
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