Vision 2020

Has this been the most intelligent mandate ever by the Indian electorate? Not a particularly big fan of any party, I feel happy at the apparent logic that seems to have governed most voting patterns. Open to debate, most of the under are surmises from my limited understanding of Indian politics

1. People voted for non divisive, forward looking, development based agendas. Recrimination, slander and personality based campaigning was given the boot
2. The BJP suffered from not having a convincing clear positioning of what it stood for. A negative fallout of this defeat could be the re-emergence of Mandir based politics. India could well do without that era again
3. Every state took a hard look at who's standing and voted. There was no blinding imagery or larger than life persona effects which overtook the psyche of people. Rational voting at its best
4. It worries me that the MNS got a fair mandate in Mumbai though they never won any seat. Doesn't augur too well for the fabric of Mumbai city. Similarly in Karnataka, the no of seats that the BJP has won is worrying, given all the Sri Ram Sene moral policing
5. Hats off to Nitish Kumar, Naveen Patnaik, and YSR. Each has run a development based agenda in their states and its worked beautifully
6. Narendra Modi won only 15 out of 26 in Gujarat. Similar to last time, though his vote share seems to have gone up. The demon has been contained?
7. Fantastic to see leeches who suck the blood off any Govt being marginalised. BSP, AIADMK, SP, LJP, RLD,SAD have all been sidelined
8. The need for a constructive opposition is looming large. With the Congress getting as many seats as it has, we need a strong opp bench to have meaningful debate in Parliament. Can the BJP provide this? have my doubts
9. Independents like Meera Sanyal,Mallika Sarabhai have had their moment in the sun. Now please go back to where you come from. Enough of the flirtation with the electoral politics
10. Look forward to seeing Shashi Tharoor and Milind Deora in action in the parliament
Jai Ho!

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