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.Shes leading now.
Did she go back to trailing again?
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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.Shes leading now.
Did she go back to trailing again?
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
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.
Between i love Bengalis. They saved the confidence of whole India.
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.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
She has won, just by 1200 votes.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.
Yeah, truly bhadralok.Between i love Bengalis. They saved the confidence of whole India.
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.
Really? Didn't know anything about that. My impression about him was mostly of him as DMRC chief while he was in Delhi.He is horrible, that recent interview of him where he was rude with a young female reporter sealed my opinion of him.
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.
Between i love Bengalis. They saved the confidence of whole India.
He is horrible, that recent interview of him where he was rude with a young female reporter sealed my opinion of him.
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.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.
You should say that you love Bengalis except the 38% who voted for BJP.
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!
I am happy with the results and i thank every Bengalis for that irrespective of their political alienation.
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
Really? Didn't know anything about that. My impression about him was mostly of him as DMRC chief while he was in Delhi.
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...
Rough Monday coming up huh?
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 .
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 powerNow BJP is ruling in Karnataka and making inroads in Hyderabad.
Only Tamil Nadu aur Kerala left. Rok sako to rok lo
Aiyyoo Pavamm... I hope my dream of entire Kerala turning into a Malapuram comes to fruition ..
May the peace from Mecca and Vatican stay with you
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...
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
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.
Well they find Kunal Kamra funny and share his videos a lot here. That gives you a clue about the mental state of commies
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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..
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..
Kerala is a much better state in many ways than many other states in India.
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
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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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Kamal Hassan lost too? Looks like TN has turned a corner away from actors!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.
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.
Example of secular TMC
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Example of secular TMC
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<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>
yes, she won despite the stigma of bjp, because of her own personal merit.
This is a very sad incident and to be deplored. and not to be supported by saying BJP would have done the same.
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"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
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.
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