Finally, the voting process in India got over yesterday after the fifth and final phase of voting. There was not any big issue for this election. Most probably this election campaigning saw record laws in terms of political opportunism. 10 incidents which were highlight according to me in this election:

1. Hate speech and imposition of NSA ( National Security Act) on Varun Gandhi, BJP Candidate, Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh.

2. Failure of Congress and its leading partners RJD and LJP to form alliance in Bihar.

3. Failure of Congress and SP ( Samajbadi Party) to form alliance in UP.

4. Break up of BJP and BJD alliance in Orissa.
Continue reading →

Technorati Tags: bjp, Congress, cpm, election, Election India, election result, election result india, karat, left, tdp

Election campaign in India has always been exciting and eventful. This time, there is not a single poll issue which is being used by any of the major political parties.

Recently, Varun Gandhi, the BJP candidate from Pilibhit, Uttar Pradesh, has been making news for soem Hate Speech. As he has got media coverage, many leaders are taking cue from him. Either they are trying to make some hate speech like him, either by opposing him or supporting him. Mr. L P Yadav, who is a part of UPA, but contesting against his other UPA allies, has tried to give equal hate speech like Varun Gandhi, and got himself on media headlines too.
Continue reading →

Technorati Tags: akali dal, bjp. congress, Election India, hate speech, india election, lalu, lalu prasad yadav, ljp, lp yadav, rjd, shiv sena, varun gandhi