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Shes leading now.

Did she go back to trailing again?
She is now ahead by 2700 votes. In a way its good if she only scrapes through in Nandigram. She'll then probably get down from her high horse and not ignore her constituents.
 
Hold your horses there buddy.

Our Pseudo Sicular Hindus from Kerala are 3 levels above you Bengalis. Our pseudo's will die for their Abrahamic minority brothers and sisters even if it meant having Sharia planted on their heads or have every right taken away from them and treated like dirt on the ground :angel:

The minorities of Kerala knows this and take full advantage of our patriot Pseudos of Kerala who will lay down their lives for the full benefit of the minorities at their own heavy costs. :)

I feel bad for you that BJP didn’t get even a single seat out of the total 140.

This must be really painful for all the Kerala Sanghis lol
 
Between i love Bengalis. They saved the confidence of whole India.

Saved the confidence by electing them?

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I feel bad for you that BJP didn’t get even a single seat out of the total 140.

This must be really painful for all the Kerala Sanghis lol
Sreedharan lost too? Feel really sorry for such a thorough gentleman. It was an error of judgement of Himalayan proportions from him to have joined sanghis at this stage of his life.
 
She is now ahead by 2700 votes. In a way its good if she only scrapes through in Nandigram. She'll then probably get down from her high horse and not ignore her constituents.
She has won, just by 1200 votes.
 
Sreedharan lost too? Feel really sorry for such a thorough gentleman. It was an error of judgement of Himalayan proportions from him to have joined sanghis at this stage of his life.

He is horrible, that recent interview of him where he was rude with a young female reporter sealed my opinion of him.
 
He is horrible, that recent interview of him where he was rude with a young female reporter sealed my opinion of him.
Really? Didn't know anything about that. My impression about him was mostly of him as DMRC chief while he was in Delhi.
 
Sreedharan lost too? Feel really sorry for such a thorough gentleman. It was an error of judgement of Himalayan proportions from him to have joined sanghis at this stage of his life.

Well he was leading until the last few booth counting. Finally got defeated by a young popular Congress leader for 3000 something votes.

He is a good technocrat but joining Politics was the biggest mistake he did. That too in a divided party whose aim was to polarise the Malayalis for vote bank . People used to admire him a lot but it went downhill with his foolishness statements regarding non vegetarians, voters washing his foot etc. His upper caste mentality and self appreciation was a bit too much to tolerate tbh maybe all this was because he has gone Senile. He was soo sure about his winning that he has already built a MLA office in his assembly constituency.:facepalm:
 
So TMC betters their show of last two assembly elections in 2011 and 2016.

This after so many high profile defections till so late in the day, money and muscle power used by their principal opposition, a totally partisan EC, blatant misuse of ED, CBI by sanghis, in short whatever could go wrong, went wrong for her and she still bettered her tally of last 2 elections!
 
Well he was leading until the last few booth counting. Finally got defeated by a young popular Congress leader for 3000 something votes.

He is a good technocrat but joining Politics was the biggest mistake he did. That too in a divided party whose aim was to polarise the Malayalis for vote bank . People used to admire him a lot but it went downhill with his foolishness statements regarding non vegetarians, voters washing his foot etc. His upper caste mentality and self appreciation was a bit too much to tolerate tbh maybe all this was because he has gone Senile. He was soo sure about his winning that he has already built a MLA office in his assembly constituency.:facepalm:
Yeah, he was already talking about becoming Kerala CM when he joined politics. In short, as you said he has gone senile which is difficult to grasp for someone who has done so much for us.
 
As for Assam, it'll be interesting to see whether Sarma will finally upstage Sonowal for CM chair.
 
So TMC betters their show of last two assembly elections in 2011 and 2016.

This after so many high profile defections till so late in the day, money and muscle power used by their principal opposition, a totally partisan EC, blatant misuse of ED, CBI by sanghis, in short whatever could go wrong, went wrong for her and she still bettered her tally of last 2 elections!

All the central agencies are no match for the people on the ground. EC, or central forces will not save the people when the elections are over. You may not believe it, but keep your eye open for political murders you will see reported from WB.
 
I am happy with the results and i thank every Bengalis for that irrespective of their political alienation.

So you would have blamed every bengali if they had chosen BJP? Remember that around 38% bengalis are bigots who voted for BJP.
 
I feel bad for you that BJP didn’t get even a single seat out of the total 140.

This must be really painful for all the Kerala Sanghis lol

LOL :))

Don't feel sorry for me, I always stated BJP wont be coming to Kerala anytime in the near future... This was an expected result in Kerala so no disappointment for me.

However was surprised how much BJP gained in Bengal...

P.S. Those hindus of Kerala are a dream for any Abhrahamic minority, I honestly hope Kerala turns into how Malapuram is...
 
LOL :))

Don't feel sorry for me, I always stated BJP wont be coming to Kerala anytime in the near future... This was an expected result in Kerala so no disappointment for me.

However was surprised how much BJP gained in Bengal...

P.S. Those hindus of Kerala are a dream for any Abhrahamic minority, I honestly hope Kerala turns into how Malapuram is...

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Rough Monday coming up huh?
 
Don't worry about Nandigram, I struggled for Nandigram because I fought a movement. It's ok. Let the Nandigram people give whatever verdict they want, I accept that. I don't mind. We won more than 221 seats & BJP has lost the election: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
https://t.co/jmp098PF2A
 
On paper, its a great election for BJP.

If only real life works like it works in paper.

Yes everyone is aware of BJP gaining with Congress and Left decimated.

Its natural.

The point is their expectation was winning this time after an amazing show in 2019 and with massive anti-Mamta sentiments.

Still couldn't prevail or even get close after trying every trick in the book .

It was foolish to expect to win Bengal from 3 seats in 2016. Even in 2019 Bjp won 18 seats and trailed TMC. Thats when the election was about national politics and Modi as PM face.

Bjp is now the principal opposition in the state and that gives them a minimum of 10 seats in LS.

Suvendu Adhikari defeated Mamata, he is now the face of the opposition and will be the bjp face for 2024 and 2026. With Bjp in the center backing him, life wont be easy for Mamata.

I expect massive polarization in Bengal now. Something that was Missing in this election. TMC win will embolden the extremists in the minority community, and Bjp being the principal opposition will give massive support to the hindus. In last 10 years there has been quite a few small riots targetting hindus in bengal, they were largely unreported as TMC made sure hindus didn't retaliate. This will change now.
 
Now BJP is ruling in Karnataka and making inroads in Hyderabad.
BJP was ruling in Karnataka before noob fans of theirs could spell Vajpayee. And it's down to one man, Yediyurappa who single handedly built the party here and has consolidated the Lingayat vote. When he left the BJP, they got thrashed here. He's the only CM who has questioned Modi to his face in a public rally and still retained his position and power :cobra

Yeddy goes, BJP will be relegated to coastal belt and a few seats in North Karnataka.

Only Tamil Nadu aur Kerala left. Rok sako to rok lo :)

I don't know if this is a Northie saying, but Muslims in my city say the following which is quite appropriate right now

Khel khattam, dukaan bandh :)


By the way, I still appreciate you turning up here. Well done for that.
 
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Even though BJP has finally made in roads in Bengal, I just found out last election they only had a mere 3 or 4 seats, I thought they had 10. To reach 70 seats from 3 is a big achievement, however this is a wake up call for Amit Shah and all the nonsense he was saying of a guaranteed win in Bengal..
 
I accept the verdict. But I will move the Court because I have information that after the declaration of results there were some manipulations done and I will reveal those: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee

:))
 
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PM congratulates Mamata Banerjee for win: "Centre will continue to extend all possible support to Bengal government"

lol and pigs will fly!
 
"Voted For Cruel Lady": BJP's Babul Supriyo On Trinamool's Big Bengal Win

Kolkata: BJP MP Babul Supriyo broke with tradition on Sunday evening as he refused to congratulate the ruling Trinamool Congress on an emphatic win in the 2021 Bengal Assembly election.
In a short but angry Facebook post Mr Supriyo said the Bengali voters had made a "historic mistake" and lashed out at party chief Mamata Banerjee, whom he labelled a "cruel lady".

"Neither will I congratulate Mamata Banerjee... nor do I wish to say I 'respect' the people's verdict... sincerely think people of Bengal made a historic mistake by not giving BJP a chance... by electing this corrupt, incapable, dishonest government and a cruel lady back to power," he ranted.

"Yes, as a law-abiding citizen, I shall 'obey' the decision taken by the people in a democratic country... That's it !! Nothing more - Nothing less !!" Mr Supriyo declared.

The post was later deleted.

https://www.ndtv.com/assembly-west-...n-2426545?pfrom=home-ndtvelex_bigstories_live
 
PM congratulates Mamata Banerjee for win: "Centre will continue to extend all possible support to Bengal government"

lol and pigs will fly!

For once your post makes sense and AGREED...

Also RIP to Kerala, Federal budget funding release to the Pseudo state will be pennies and with most NRI's no longer in the GULF, with tourism decimated, its not hard to imagine what's ahead for Kerala...
 
With the elections over, hopefully the Modi- Shah duo can now please try some governance.

And Kerala is too special a place to RIP. As someone who has travelled extensively in India barring the north- east ,the two states that have the most natural beauty are Kashmir and Kerala.
 
For once your post makes sense and AGREED...

Also RIP to Kerala, Federal budget funding release to the Pseudo state will be pennies and with most NRI's no longer in the GULF, with tourism decimated, its not hard to imagine what's ahead for Kerala...

It takes time to awaken commies. But as more and more religious extremism is imported into kerala from outside India, more people will start siding with the alternative.

Both Kerala and WB will be like Assam.
 
So how will the general election work in 2024? Will Mamta, Kejriwal, Pinnari Vijayan, Tejaswi etc form a super alliance to fight united against BJP? Lets be honest, Congress is virtually non existent now and will never be able to defeat BJP. So a 3rd front alliance is the best bet.
 
It takes time to awaken commies. But as more and more religious extremism is imported into kerala from outside India, more people will start siding with the alternative.

Both Kerala and WB will be like Assam.

Well they find Kunal Kamra funny and share his videos a lot here. That gives you a clue about the mental state of commies :91:
 
And Kerala is too special a place to RIP. As someone who has travelled extensively in India barring the north- east ,the two states that have the most natural beauty are Kashmir and Kerala.

Kerala has nothing, practically no factories, no manufacturing, they were heavily dependent on tourism and the NRI's from the gulf sending money back.

Now both are gone, PM Modi will bring Kerala to its knees, I cant wait to see how much money allotment will be left for Kerala, will be pennies.. GOOD LUCK Kerala is screwed..

There is a reason why Kerala doesn't have much economy, the people there are hopeless, the minute someone invests in any major projects, they will protest and close the business down..
 
Well they find Kunal Kamra funny and share his videos a lot here. That gives you a clue about the mental state of commies :91:

Seeking Pleasure :))

The irony :))

You'll feel better in a week. Don't worry. Healing takes time.

There is a reason why Kerala doesn't have much economy, the people there are hopeless, the minute someone invests in any major projects, they will protest and close the business down..

Is that what prevents you from returning to your beloved Kerala and India. Or are you scared of getting thrashed by some leftist loonies? Any past experience? :runaway:
 
Kerala has nothing, practically no factories, no manufacturing, they were heavily dependent on tourism and the NRI's from the gulf sending money back.

Now both are gone, PM Modi will bring Kerala to its knees, I cant wait to see how much money allotment will be left for Kerala, will be pennies.. GOOD LUCK Kerala is screwed..

There is a reason why Kerala doesn't have much economy, the people there are hopeless, the minute someone invests in any major projects, they will protest and close the business down..

You are making Modi sound like a feudal king rather than the PM of a democratic country.

The pandemic hopefully will not be there forever and tourism will pick up again and I don't know about the Gulf situation but Mallu's like us Punjabi's are everywhere- nurses from Kerala are ubiquitous.

Kerala is a much better state in many ways than many other states in India.
 
Kerala is a much better state in many ways than many other states in India.

Kerala tops in ISIS recruits.

Recently a man from Kasaragod in Kerala who stormed a gurdwara in Afghanistan, Kabul on March 25 and killed around 25 Sikh people.
 
BJP was ruling in Karnataka before noob fans of theirs could spell Vajpayee. And it's down to one man, Yediyurappa who single handedly built the party here and has consolidated the Lingayat vote. When he left the BJP, they got thrashed here. He's the only CM who has questioned Modi to his face in a public rally and still retained his position and power :cobra

Yeddy goes, BJP will be relegated to coastal belt and a few seats in North Karnataka.



I don't know if this is a Northie saying, but Muslims in my city say the following which is quite appropriate right now

Khel khattam, dukaan bandh :)


By the way, I still appreciate you turning up here. Well done for that.

Not sure what do you mean. Every party needs a face to win election. For example, people have mostly voted in Kerala for Pinayari Vijayan. Remove him and left will lose there. Similarly Yeddurappa is the face of BJP in Karnataka. But its wrong to say people in Karnataka only votes for BJP bcoz of Yeddyurappa. If thats the case why did BJP sweep Karnataka in Lok Sabha polls? Was Yeddyurappa fighting to become prime minister? I know it hurts for you to accept that the state you reside supports BJP but it is as it is.

As far as me turning up here after results, thanks for the appreciation but I am not a snowflake. I believe in a certain ideology, elections will come and go. And I am not an opportunist like congress whose ideology changes with states - ties up with Shiv Sena in MH, ally with left in Bengal but fight against the same left in Kerala..lol.

Ideology is most important for everyone that supports BJP. If they lose all elections tomorrow and I am the last man standing, I would still support Modi.
 
BJP was ruling in Karnataka before noob fans of theirs could spell Vajpayee. And it's down to one man, Yediyurappa who single handedly built the party here and has consolidated the Lingayat vote. When he left the BJP, they got thrashed here. He's the only CM who has questioned Modi to his face in a public rally and still retained his position and power :cobra

Yeddy goes, BJP will be relegated to coastal belt and a few seats in North Karnataka.

Yediyurappa is only installed as CM for caste reasons. He's a nobody in the BJP, and even if he wins 3 elections in a row he won't become PM of the country like Modi. He's just a stooge.

In TN and Kerala, the BJP were even happy to get Bimaru Bisht to campaign with his Hindi and Yeddy isn't preferred to campaign anywhere.

Only Tamil Nadu aur Kerala left. Rok sako to rok lo :)

The ghaas-phoos party never will stand a chance in TN and Kerala. As E Sreedharan (who lost today) said, the literacy rate in Kerala is too high for people to vote for the BJP. So blab in Hindi and stay away.
 
Not sure what do you mean. Every party needs a face to win election. For example, people have mostly voted in Kerala for Pinayari Vijayan. Remove him and left will lose there. Similarly Yeddurappa is the face of BJP in Karnataka. But its wrong to say people in Karnataka only votes for BJP bcoz of Yeddyurappa. If thats the case why did BJP sweep Karnataka in Lok Sabha polls? Was Yeddyurappa fighting to become prime minister? I know it hurts for you to accept that the state you reside supports BJP but it is as it is.

You don't know anything about the things you confidently spout. The Left in Kerala has had a succession of strong leaders over the decades. When one goes, the next emerges. Vijayan is probably the least popular (historically) of all of them despite his party doing the unthinkable and winning consecutive elections.

I'm no Yeddy fan by any stretch. But the reality is when he left the BJP briefly and formed his own party, your beloved party got thrashed in the state. He's a one-man show here. The party barely tolerates him and that's why he's limited to state politics. [MENTION=132715]Varun[/MENTION] He's not a national face and will never be. Maybe because he isn't hardcore enough.
 
Kerala tops in ISIS recruits.

Recently a man from Kasaragod in Kerala who stormed a gurdwara in Afghanistan, Kabul on March 25 and killed around 25 Sikh people.

One of the proudest achievements for Kerala. No. 1 recruiter for ISIS in all of India :).
 
Foremost intellectual kamal haasan losing to bjp in tamil nadu, nothing can be more shameful than that. Does not even have the auqaat to be an mla. and these people were going to change tamil nadu.
 
Foremost intellectual kamal haasan losing to bjp in tamil nadu, nothing can be more shameful than that. Does not even have the auqaat to be an mla. and these people were going to change tamil nadu.

A wannabe intellectual.

Complete dakkan.

As someone wisely said, he is an intellectual among actors and an actor among intellectuals.

Heard the BJP candidate (Vanathi) who won in Coimbatore is well accomplished and has done a lot for people. Deserves the win.
 
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party has failed to win a key state in elections held amid record Covid-19 deaths and cases.

The BJP targeted West Bengal heavily during campaigning but it was comfortably held by the incumbent, Mamata Banerjee, a fierce Modi critic.

Mr Modi has been accused of focusing on polls rather than the pandemic.

Elections also went ahead in Assam, Tamil Nadu and Kerala states as well as the territory of Puducherry.

The party held power in the north-eastern state of Assam but failed to make major gains elsewhere.

For 10 straight days, daily cases in the country have topped 300,000. It recorded more than 360,000 new cases and 3,417 deaths on Monday. On Sunday, India set a new record for daily deaths, with 3,689 recorded. Hospitals are facing dire shortages of beds and medical oxygen, with many Indians resorting to desperate pleas on social media to secure help.

Campaign rallies and voting have been blamed for the surge in cases.

Mr Modi and his home minister made dozens of speeches in West Bengal and were accused of focusing on the polls rather than the pandemic.

What happened in West Bengal?
With almost all the results counted, the Trinamool Congress party (TMC) led by the state's Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has won more than 200 seats in the 294-seat assembly.

The results are set to make Ms Banerjee the leader of West Bengal for a third time. She is also India's only woman chief minister.

Celebrating the win, she said West Bengal had "saved" India with the result and tackling Covid-19 would be her first priority.

Victory was soured by the loss of her seat in Nandigram to a former aide turned BJP defector. She has said she will challenge the result in court but may have to run again to remain chief minister.

West Bengal, home to 90 million people and the city of Kolkata, is of particular interest to election watchers. It is one of the few states that have never been ruled by Mr Modi's Hindu nationalist BJP.

Despite the defeat, this vote saw the BJP win nearly 80 seats to become the main opposition party. In the 2016 vote, the party had won just three seats there.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56964703
 
A wannabe intellectual.

Complete dakkan.

As someone wisely said, he is an intellectual among actors and an actor among intellectuals.

Heard the BJP candidate (Vanathi) who won in Coimbatore is well accomplished and has done a lot for people. Deserves the win.

yes, she won despite the stigma of bjp, because of her own personal merit.
 
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BJP lobbyists were in Kerala for election campaign,they could have used amount of money spend for this circus for relief works in their strongholds.
 
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TMC also treated hindus like vermins and second class citizens in bengal, starting from stopping durga puja possessions to Dhulagarh riots etc. Who is talking about that? The left rule prior to that was even worse. The issue is, when minorities get treated like vermins...entire minority community stand together in arms. But when hindus get mistreated, it gets brushed under the carpet due to a certain section of hindus who want to showcase themselves as secular. And if someone raise their voice against injustice, they get termed as right winger. How about that old lady whose face got damaged by TMC goons and she died just bcoz her son supports BJP? Who will give her justice?

The thing that Indian liberals fail to realize is there are no secular/centrist party in India, never was and never will be. Nehru/Indira's Congress was no secular. You think Indian Secular Front whose party leader was wishing all hindus to die in Corona is secular? But Rahul Gandhi did alliance with him in Bengal. All congress did over the years was minority appeasement to garner votes and remain in power. The same thing that likes of TMC is doing now. Similarly BJP/Modi does majority appeasement. The difference is minorities always block votes for party that supports them, irrespective of ground issues like jobs, economy etc. But majority votes get divided thanks to so called liberal hindus.

As I have said many times before, India's hindu seculars are biggest curse to India and most of them unfortunately belong from my bengali community. Gulaam the...aur rahenge :P

TMC also treated hindus like vermins and second class citizens in bengal, starting from stopping durga puja possessions to Dhulagarh riots etc. Who is talking about that? The left rule prior to that was even worse. The issue is, when minorities get treated like vermins...entire minority community stand together in arms. But when hindus get mistreated, it gets brushed under the carpet due to a certain section of hindus who want to showcase themselves as secular. And if someone raise their voice against injustice, they get termed as right winger. How about that old lady whose face got damaged by TMC goons and she died just bcoz her son supports BJP? Who will give her justice?

The thing that Indian liberals fail to realize is there are no secular/centrist party in India, never was and never will be. Nehru/Indira's Congress was no secular. You think Indian Secular Front whose party leader was wishing all hindus to die in Corona is secular? But Rahul Gandhi did alliance with him in Bengal. All congress did over the years was minority appeasement to garner votes and remain in power. The same thing that likes of TMC is doing now. Similarly BJP/Modi does majority appeasement. The difference is minorities always block votes for party that supports them, irrespective of ground issues like jobs, economy etc. But majority votes get divided thanks to so called liberal hindus.

As I have said many times before, India's hindu seculars are biggest curse to India and most of them unfortunately belong from my bengali community. Gulaam the...aur rahenge :P

A lot of effort must have gone into writing this post.

Just that it ain't relevant to me.

Or a lot of of libbies you seem to interact daily.

I don't think Mamta is secular.

And it's because of that, BJP has been able to get such a big opening.

Without Prashant Kishore, this game would have been super close.

Mamta will face the consequences of her approach down the road just like BJP has (and will too).

What you guys don't realize is this:

You can't beat minority appeasement by going in the opposite direction and hope it ends well.

You may have some glorious years before it all comes crashing down.

Maybe if the performance is TOP NOTCH, you can get away with it but then if you have performance, you don't even need majority appeasement as even minorities will vote for you.

You remember what I said to you months back....

Any strength overused becomes a weakness.

No shtick no matter how useful it is, lasts forever.

Opposition learnt it the hard way.

BJP is learning it and will do in the future too.

They hoped to polarize the crap out of Bengal and consolidate Hindu votes. But guess what, they got lucky in Bihar once (with Muslim votes being cut) but Bengal was different as the Muslims banded together to prevent the exact same thing from happening.

They voted as a block as the consequences of wrong choices were HUGE.

They may not get a kudos from the likes of you but atleast they won't have to deal with a govt that HATES them lol.

I believe BJP is making the SAME damn mistakes as Congress did back in the day.

And sooner or later, they will end up paying for it.

What many BJP fans don't realize is that jsut like Congress made the word "secularism" meaningless, BJP has made the Hindu khatre mein hain shtick meaningless (just that it will take its time to run its course).

Back in the day, people used to get conscious when you called them as anti-Hindu, pseudo secular, anti-national, Hindu hater...

Now its a comedy fest :))

Sure, the electoral results won't yet show it but its happening out there.

The reason why BJP gets away with it is because Congress is totally useless.

The moment an opposition brings a reliable leader and has a solid strategy to appeal to all sections of the society, BJP will be sent packing.

The nation is moving towards the equilibirium.

May or may not happen in 2024 but its getting there.
 
I am not gonna deny the effects of demographic change but going to either ends of appeasement will never end well.

But a lot of profits there for the taking in the short term and hence its being used.
 
What a sorry state India is in, blimey. The British should never have left
 
A lot of effort must have gone into writing this post.

Just that it ain't relevant to me.

Or a lot of of libbies you seem to interact daily.

I don't think Mamta is secular.

And it's because of that, BJP has been able to get such a big opening.

Without Prashant Kishore, this game would have been super close.

Mamta will face the consequences of her approach down the road just like BJP has (and will too).

What you guys don't realize is this:

You can't beat minority appeasement by going in the opposite direction and hope it ends well.

You may have some glorious years before it all comes crashing down.


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I would have agreed with your points, however Congress is now NIL and VOID, so essentially there is no opposition for BJP, which is why Modi will comfortably win the next election as well.

This is what happens when you have an Italian waitress calling the shots and wanting her son with the brain of a 2 year old to run for PM...
 
A wannabe intellectual.

Complete dakkan.

As someone wisely said, he is an intellectual among actors and an actor among intellectuals.

Heard the BJP candidate (Vanathi) who won in Coimbatore is well accomplished and has done a lot for people. Deserves the win.
Kamal Hassan lost too? Looks like TN has turned a corner away from actors!
 
A lot of effort must have gone into writing this post.

Just that it ain't relevant to me.

Or a lot of of libbies you seem to interact daily.

I don't think Mamta is secular.

And it's because of that, BJP has been able to get such a big opening.

Without Prashant Kishore, this game would have been super close.

Mamta will face the consequences of her approach down the road just like BJP has (and will too).

What you guys don't realize is this:

You can't beat minority appeasement by going in the opposite direction and hope it ends well.

You may have some glorious years before it all comes crashing down.

Maybe if the performance is TOP NOTCH, you can get away with it but then if you have performance, you don't even need majority appeasement as even minorities will vote for you.

You remember what I said to you months back....

Any strength overused becomes a weakness.

No shtick no matter how useful it is, lasts forever.

Opposition learnt it the hard way.

BJP is learning it and will do in the future too.

They hoped to polarize the crap out of Bengal and consolidate Hindu votes. But guess what, they got lucky in Bihar once (with Muslim votes being cut) but Bengal was different as the Muslims banded together to prevent the exact same thing from happening.

They voted as a block as the consequences of wrong choices were HUGE.

They may not get a kudos from the likes of you but atleast they won't have to deal with a govt that HATES them lol.

I believe BJP is making the SAME damn mistakes as Congress did back in the day.

And sooner or later, they will end up paying for it.

What many BJP fans don't realize is that jsut like Congress made the word "secularism" meaningless, BJP has made the Hindu khatre mein hain shtick meaningless (just that it will take its time to run its course).

Back in the day, people used to get conscious when you called them as anti-Hindu, pseudo secular, anti-national, Hindu hater...

Now its a comedy fest :))

Sure, the electoral results won't yet show it but its happening out there.

The reason why BJP gets away with it is because Congress is totally useless.

The moment an opposition brings a reliable leader and has a solid strategy to appeal to all sections of the society, BJP will be sent packing.

The nation is moving towards the equilibirium.

May or may not happen in 2024 but its getting there.

But that dosen't answer the larger point I was raising though. You said muslims dont vote for BJP because they treats them like vermin (even though BJP never ruled in bengal). That means muslims vote as a block and based on identity irrespective of work done by that govt. Similarly, Mamta Banerjee and left rule prior to that also treated hindus like vermins in west bengal for years. I mean I am from bengal and is aware of the kind of appeasement goes around there. So why do some hindus, just to pretend to be secular, still vote for them even though that party mistreats them? Why cant hindus adopt the same principle that our muslim brothers are adopting i.e vote as a block. Thats all I am saying.

Believe it or not, I am the biggest supporter of secularism. But I cant tolerate the treatment of majority like gutter, appease minorities and then call it secularism. India will never move towards equilibrium unless every community think along secular lines. The problem with present India is only hindus are expected to be secular but minorities can remain in their community bubble. Its a hypocritical arrangement that will never work.
 
Example of secular TMC
[MENTION=134809]sensible-indian-fan[/MENTION]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BJP worker Abhijeet Sarkar killed by political mob today evening in WB.<br><br>Sonar Bangla??</p>— Sameet Thakkar (@thakkar_sameet) <a href="https://twitter.com/thakkar_sameet/status/1388895042585063430?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It is one thing to win an election, but it is quite another thing to wreak vengeance on the opposing side. I am yet to hear the ruling Trinamool Congress urge its supporters to refrain from violence. BJP workers all over the state are being targeted. This must stop.</p>— Swapan Dasgupta (@swapan55) <a href="https://twitter.com/swapan55/status/1388845448933220353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Example of secular TMC
[MENTION=134809]sensible-indian-fan[/MENTION]

nothing new. political killing is normal in west bengal. goons switch to the party in power. The opposite party cadres would have happened if bjp had come to power.
 
Example of secular TMC
[MENTION=134809]sensible-indian-fan[/MENTION]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BJP worker Abhijeet Sarkar killed by political mob today evening in WB.<br><br>Sonar Bangla??</p>— Sameet Thakkar (@thakkar_sameet) <a href="https://twitter.com/thakkar_sameet/status/1388895042585063430?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It is one thing to win an election, but it is quite another thing to wreak vengeance on the opposing side. I am yet to hear the ruling Trinamool Congress urge its supporters to refrain from violence. BJP workers all over the state are being targeted. This must stop.</p>— Swapan Dasgupta (@swapan55) <a href="https://twitter.com/swapan55/status/1388845448933220353?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 2, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

This is a very sad incident and to be deplored. and not to be supported by saying BJP would have done the same.
 
yes, she won despite the stigma of bjp, because of her own personal merit.

The BJP definitely carries a stigma all over Tamil Nadu regardless of the place. But if there was one place where the BJP could hope to get the highest votes among all places in Tamil Nadu, it has to be Coimbatore due to certain unique factors concerned with the history and demographics of the city.
 
"This is a war for Indian democracy," Prashant Kishore, a political strategist, had told me in March about the elections in the state of West Bengal.

We were sitting in his office in the eastern city of Kolkata while a noisy nightclub next door throbbed with revellers, completely oblivious to the looming second wave of Covid-19 infections.

Mr Kishore was helping forge the campaign of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her regional Trinamool Congress (TMC) party in the battleground election against the might of Narendra Modi's BJP, which runs the federal government. A 45-day-long election staggered over eight phases and tightly secured by federal security forces would begin days later.

Rising above the din, Mr Kishore had explained why the Bengal election were the most significant polls in India in a while. A defeat for Mr Modi's BJP would not lessen its chances of winning the 2024 general elections, but defeat for the TMC would "almost eliminate" the chance of the opposition winning it, he said.

If the BJP took Bengal, seen as one of the last bastions of the opposition, Hindu "majoritarian politics would grow in dominance", and many other opposition-led governments would begin to feel shaky, he felt.

That's why the stakes were higher for Ms Banerjee, Mr Kishore explained. If she lost, the future of her party would be in peril, and the opposition would lose hope, he said.

As it happened, Ms Banerjee, a feisty street-fighting politician, bucked anti-incumbency and won a tough contest against Mr Modi and his lieutenant, Home Minister Amit Shah, and swept to power for a third consecutive term.

The odds against Ms Banerjee were enormous. Even as the campaign unfolded, federal investigative agencies raided and questioned her family and party leaders over alleged financial misdemeanours. The BJP whipped up an intensely polarising campaign, successfully creating a media perception that it was going to win.

Mr Modi expended much political capital, addressing packed meetings even as Covid cases were showing an uptick in Bengal. Ms Banerjee hurt herself on the stump and ended up canvassing votes from a wheelchair. Federal election authorities were also seen to be less than fair.

Mr Kishore says the staggered rounds of voting were intended to benefit Mr Modi's party, and ended up with three phases taking place even as infections rose. They also did little to deter the BJP's "blatant use of religion to win votes", Mr Kishore says.

Yet, Ms Banerjee, India's only female state chief minister, won a sensational landslide, picking up more than 200 seats in the 294-seat assembly.

Ms Banerjee's win gives a shot of hope to the bedraggled opposition, which has struggled to serve up a compelling narrative to take on Mr Modi's politics of majoritarianism and welfarism. As political scientist Neelanjan Sircar says, Ms Banerjee's politics of "gender and welfare" had provided an ideal counter-narrative to that of the BJP.

Ms Banerjee's welfare schemes aimed at educating girls and making sure there was no under-age marriage have been a hit with voters. Women have become an important vote bank in India - in 2019, 67% of eligible female voters turned out to cast their ballots. "The female voter is being wooed like never before," says Pradeep Gupta, a leading pollster.

Ms Banerjee's win also reveals the limitations of the BJP's reliance on Mr Modi's charisma to win elections in states without his party throwing up popular local leaders. "Ms Banerjee's personal popularity, much like Mr Modi's, is greater than her party. And she excels in situations when pushed against the wall," notes Rahul Verma, a fellow with the Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research think tank.

Ms Banerjee's resounding win is significant because a regional party fought anti-incumbency and the considerable might of Mr Modi's party and government.

But even the BJP's losing performance - winning 77 seats and nearly 40% of the popular vote - points to the party finally getting a firm foothold in Bengal. Given that Ms Banerjee's party is driven by the cult of her personality, the victory could end up looking like a "pyrrhic respite from a complete takeover by the BJP", warns political scientist Suhas Palshikar.

It is too early to say how significant this election will be in the long run. Battling allegations that India's catastrophic second Covid wave has been mishandled - not to mention looming economic meltdown, and farmer protests which have festered for months - Mr Modi, many believe, is fast losing his grip on the narrative.

Whether Ms Banerjee's stunning victory will propel her onto the national stage as a leader who can galvanise the opposition to take on the ruling BJP remains to be seen. And before that she and her colleagues have a daunting challenge at hand: to tackle a deadly surge of Covid-19 infections and deaths in Bengal, much of which has been caused by the careless campaigning of parties which fought the election.

BBC
 
"This is a war for Indian democracy," Prashant Kishore, a political strategist, had told me in March about the elections in the state of West Bengal.

We were sitting in his office in the eastern city of Kolkata while a noisy nightclub next door throbbed with revellers, completely oblivious to the looming second wave of Covid-19 infections.

Mr Kishore was helping forge the campaign of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her regional Trinamool Congress (TMC) party in the battleground election against the might of Narendra Modi's BJP, which runs the federal government. A 45-day-long election staggered over eight phases and tightly secured by federal security forces would begin days later.

Rising above the din, Mr Kishore had explained why the Bengal election were the most significant polls in India in a while. A defeat for Mr Modi's BJP would not lessen its chances of winning the 2024 general elections, but defeat for the TMC would "almost eliminate" the chance of the opposition winning it, he said.

If the BJP took Bengal, seen as one of the last bastions of the opposition, Hindu "majoritarian politics would grow in dominance", and many other opposition-led governments would begin to feel shaky, he felt.

That's why the stakes were higher for Ms Banerjee, Mr Kishore explained. If she lost, the future of her party would be in peril, and the opposition would lose hope, he said.

As it happened, Ms Banerjee, a feisty street-fighting politician, bucked anti-incumbency and won a tough contest against Mr Modi and his lieutenant, Home Minister Amit Shah, and swept to power for a third consecutive term.

The odds against Ms Banerjee were enormous. Even as the campaign unfolded, federal investigative agencies raided and questioned her family and party leaders over alleged financial misdemeanours. The BJP whipped up an intensely polarising campaign, successfully creating a media perception that it was going to win.

Mr Modi expended much political capital, addressing packed meetings even as Covid cases were showing an uptick in Bengal. Ms Banerjee hurt herself on the stump and ended up canvassing votes from a wheelchair. Federal election authorities were also seen to be less than fair.

Mr Kishore says the staggered rounds of voting were intended to benefit Mr Modi's party, and ended up with three phases taking place even as infections rose. They also did little to deter the BJP's "blatant use of religion to win votes", Mr Kishore says.

Yet, Ms Banerjee, India's only female state chief minister, won a sensational landslide, picking up more than 200 seats in the 294-seat assembly.

Ms Banerjee's win gives a shot of hope to the bedraggled opposition, which has struggled to serve up a compelling narrative to take on Mr Modi's politics of majoritarianism and welfarism. As political scientist Neelanjan Sircar says, Ms Banerjee's politics of "gender and welfare" had provided an ideal counter-narrative to that of the BJP.

Ms Banerjee's welfare schemes aimed at educating girls and making sure there was no under-age marriage have been a hit with voters. Women have become an important vote bank in India - in 2019, 67% of eligible female voters turned out to cast their ballots. "The female voter is being wooed like never before," says Pradeep Gupta, a leading pollster.

Ms Banerjee's win also reveals the limitations of the BJP's reliance on Mr Modi's charisma to win elections in states without his party throwing up popular local leaders. "Ms Banerjee's personal popularity, much like Mr Modi's, is greater than her party. And she excels in situations when pushed against the wall," notes Rahul Verma, a fellow with the Delhi-based Centre for Policy Research think tank.

Ms Banerjee's resounding win is significant because a regional party fought anti-incumbency and the considerable might of Mr Modi's party and government.

But even the BJP's losing performance - winning 77 seats and nearly 40% of the popular vote - points to the party finally getting a firm foothold in Bengal. Given that Ms Banerjee's party is driven by the cult of her personality, the victory could end up looking like a "pyrrhic respite from a complete takeover by the BJP", warns political scientist Suhas Palshikar.

It is too early to say how significant this election will be in the long run. Battling allegations that India's catastrophic second Covid wave has been mishandled - not to mention looming economic meltdown, and farmer protests which have festered for months - Mr Modi, many believe, is fast losing his grip on the narrative.

Whether Ms Banerjee's stunning victory will propel her onto the national stage as a leader who can galvanise the opposition to take on the ruling BJP remains to be seen. And before that she and her colleagues have a daunting challenge at hand: to tackle a deadly surge of Covid-19 infections and deaths in Bengal, much of which has been caused by the careless campaigning of parties which fought the election.

BBC

I don't get it, BJP had 3 seats last time in Bengal, now they have 77 and is the one and only opposition, so this means PM Modi and BJP failed ?

Is it just me or something is terribly wrong with this picture :genius
 
I don't get it, BJP had 3 seats last time in Bengal, now they have 77 and is the one and only opposition, so this means PM Modi and BJP failed ?

Is it just me or something is terribly wrong with this picture :genius

I know you are not an Indian now as you don’t know or care about what happens in this country anymore (except for Sonia Gandhi, Rahul and of course Malappuram). But still.....how can you be this ignorant being a Malayali?? :facepalm:
 
But that dosen't answer the larger point I was raising though. You said muslims dont vote for BJP because they treats them like vermin (even though BJP never ruled in bengal). That means muslims vote as a block and based on identity irrespective of work done by that govt. Similarly, Mamta Banerjee and left rule prior to that also treated hindus like vermins in west bengal for years. I mean I am from bengal and is aware of the kind of appeasement goes around there. So why do some hindus, just to pretend to be secular, still vote for them even though that party mistreats them? Why cant hindus adopt the same principle that our muslim brothers are adopting i.e vote as a block. Thats all I am saying.

Believe it or not, I am the biggest supporter of secularism. But I cant tolerate the treatment of majority like gutter, appease minorities and then call it secularism. India will never move towards equilibrium unless every community think along secular lines. The problem with present India is only hindus are expected to be secular but minorities can remain in their community bubble. Its a hypocritical arrangement that will never work.

Because BJP gives them an IDIOTIC alternative and instead of a logical alternative.

And the existing pain isn't as great as the pain of switching.

But eventually if Mamta keeps at it, people will switch over.

Similarly, if BJP continues this way and a decently intelligent party comes along, people of Bengal will ditch or skip BJP.

With all being said, another reason why change is so slow is due to the political climate in Bengal. Massive violence ensures its hard for new parties to blossom quickly. Left ruled for so long and I hear it captured booths like crazy. those days are gone but the violence is yet to go so it will take some time for newer alternatives to emerge.

Also, I am aware of the death of that BJP guy. Saw his video which he shot before the goons came and killed him. I have nothing but contempt for both parties in Bengal. For TMC (due to the Panchayat violence) and BJP (due to who they are in general - a braindead party that fools gullible Hindus).
 
I don't get it, BJP had 3 seats last time in Bengal, now they have 77 and is the one and only opposition, so this means PM Modi and BJP failed ?

Is it just me or something is terribly wrong with this picture :genius

From 44 to ZERO.
See how he is celebrating and setting bench mark for Pseudos on how to celebrate own failures.:))

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This how the goons from TMC have attacked our Nandigram Office : <a href="https://t.co/umqLm1lE3j">pic.twitter.com/umqLm1lE3j</a></p>— Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) <a href="https://twitter.com/sambitswaraj/status/1389216203546271746?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 3, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
Six party workers killed, houses, shops vandalised by TMC, alleges Bengal BJP. MHA seeks report

At least six of its workers were killed across the state since Sunday. They also alleged that a few hundred party offices and houses of BJP workers were ransacked across the state as the counting progressed, and the trends became clearer.

Late on Monday, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) asked the West Bengal Government for a report on the post-election violence targeting opposition political workers in the state.

In a video that went viral on Twitter, a gang of men armed with bamboo sticks and rods was seen entering houses in search of BJP workers. Later, a series of pictures and videos which started doing rounds on Twitter, suggested that BJP workers in Bengal were being threatened and attacked.

Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday summoned the DGP seeking a report on the uninterrupted violence across the state ever since the poll results were declared.

Who were ‘killed’ in violence
Jagaddal | Shova Rani Mondal
Ranaghat | Uttam Ghosh
Beliaghata | Abhijit Sarkar
Sonarpur Dakshin | Horom Adhikari (Name could not be verified)
Sitalkuchi | Momik Moitra (Name could not be verified)
Bolpur | Gourab Sarkar
Violence on result day
The BJP on Sunday alleged that one of its party offices in Hooghly district was set on fire and some of its leaders, including Suvendu Adhikari, were harassed by TMC activists in other parts of the state after the poll results showed that Mamata Banerjee camp was set to retain power in Bengal.

A senior police officer in Hooghly said he is looking into the matter, and the guilty would be punished.

A local BJP leader claimed that TMC activists, shortly after the defeat of their party candidate Sujata Mondal, set fire to the saffron camp's Arambagh office.

Sources in the Mamata Banerjee-led party, however, denied the allegation.

"The TMC, in a bid to avenge the defeat of its candidate, indulged in acts of arson and torched our party office," the local BJP leader said.

In Purba Medinipur district, TMC men reportedly demonstrated next to the vehicle of BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, who managed to clinch the prized Nandigram seat by defeating Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in a neck-and-neck fight.

https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/west-bengal-assembly-polls-2021/story/six-party-workers-killed-houses-shops-vandalised-by-tmc-alleges-bengal-bjp-mha-seeks-report-1798472-2021-05-03?utm_source=twshare&utm_medium=socialicons&utm_campaign=shareurltracking
 
And now she is alleging that DMK distributed money to voters. Lol, couldn't be more ironic coming from a candidate of world's most corrupt party.
 
Absolutely heartbreaking. :(

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Calls all day from BJP supporters that local BJP leaders have abandoned them. They are being subjected to a targeted pogrom “ukun baacha” (get rid of the lice) NOT ONE bjp leader is helping, turned off phones & run away. Great leadership @BJP4Bengal @KailashOnline [MENTION=140582]Naren[/MENTION]dramodi

[MENTION=152021]Rajdeep[/MENTION] - any thoughts? what ideology is this?
 
Hindu families are running way from their own land.....Great going.

Hail Secualrism.
 
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