The election results surprised everyone and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh , emerged stronger than ever before . With numbers in hand , he seemed to open his second innings as PM with more confidence , less interference from bullying , blackmailing regional small parties . But life is not that easy after all ,...
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TGIPB – Part 11 : The Final Battle , the end game
May 13 The Great Indian Political Battle The Final phase of polling. 86 seats 10.8 Crore electorate 1,432 Candidates 0.12 million polling station 0.5 million polling staff 7 states & 2 UT ( Parts of Jammu & Kashmir , Punjab , UP , West Bengal , and whole of Himachal Pradesh , Tamil nadu...
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TGIPB : Part 10 – The Fourth Battle
May 7 , 2009 The Great Indian Political Battle 4th phase of Indian General Election . 7 states and National Capital Territory ( Delhi ) 85 seats 95 million voters 1,315 candidates 0.13 million polling station 0.6 million polling staffs All the seats of Delhi , Rajasthan and Haryana and one seat in J...
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TGIPB : Part 9 – The Third Battle
The Great Indian Political Battle April 30 , 2009 Third Phase of Election. 9 states and 2 Union territories ( Jammu and Kashmir , UP , MP , Maharashtra , Gujarat , Karnataka , Bihar , Sikkim Dadra & Nagar haveli , Daman & Diu ) 144 million voters 1567 candidates 0.17 million polling...
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TGIPB – Part 8 : The Second battle and my vote
The Great Indian Political Battle – The Second phase April 23 , 2009 12 states. 195 million eligible voters. 2041 candidates. 2,22,350 polling stations Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand Key Contestants : Rahul Gandhi , Sharad Pawar , Sushma Swaraj ,...
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TGIPB – Part 7 : The battle begins
17 states 124 constituencies More than 75 million votes cast out of 143.1 million strong electorate. 1,715 candidates Over 300,000 EVMs used The first phase of The Great Indian Election kick started today . Today’s battle will decide the fate of key contestants : Lalu Prasad Yadav , Murli Manohar Joshi , Yashwant Singh...
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TGIPB – Part 6 : The Sho(e)cker !
The aim was wrong but the message was loud and clear. For the calm and polite Chidambaram , it was a press meet he would not forget and would be in public memory for a long period and for senior Journalist Jarnail Singh , it was a moment of The smell of shoe was...
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TGIPB – Part 5 : Movers and Shakers
The Great Indian Political Battle – Part 4 A front within a front . SP , RJD , LJP has cuddled up to form a mini front within the UPA. The 3 musketeers have decided to forge an alliance and contest in UP and Bihar and maximize their bargaining power in the post poll...
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TGIPB – Part 4 : Cup of woes
As election nears , the cup of woes are overflowing for the two main national parties – BJP and Congress. BJP is figuring out means to damage control the Varun Gandhi episode. Meanwhile , the young Gandhi is firm on his stance that the CD containing his alleged hate speech is doctored. The issue ...
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TGIPB – Part 3 , Secularism – As in Indian Politics.
The meaning of Secularism takes a whole new meaning when it comes to the dictionary of Indian politicians. BJP ( Bharatiya Janata Party ) is labeled a right wing hindutva communal party by the oppostion parties. They are supposed to have an “agenda” representing only the majority hindu population. They are treated as divisive...
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