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The Congress victory in Rajasthan was not without ironies. Nothing has surprised the Congress more than Pradesh Congress Committee president CP Joshi’s loss by a lone vote, effectively putting him out of the chief ministerial race.
1 CommentWednesday , 10 December '08
The Congress managed to garner the support of eight Independent MLAs after a day of negotiations and presented them before Governor S K Singh.Tuesday , 9 December '08
As Shivraj Singh Chouhan in MP and Raman Singh in Chhattisgarh rode back to power, BJP president Rajnath Singh, conceding that local issues and not terror had turned out to be the clincher.
Tuesday , 9 December '08
Defying predictions of a political battering after the Mumbai terror strikes and the economic slowdown, the Congress managed to put up an impressive show in the Assembly elections and was set to form governments in Delhi, Rajasthan and Mizoram.Tuesday , 9 December '08
It is difficult to say exactly how different the Congress’s performance would have been in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh had the party broken with its tradition and managed to project chief ministerial candidates for those two states.
Tuesday , 9 December '08
When the voter returns chief ministers to power in three out of five states, she is making a political statement new to our politics.Tuesday , 9 December '08
Uma Bharti’s ordeal seems to have only begun with her humiliating defeat in Tikamgarh. She faces a bigger challenge of keeping her promise.Tuesday , 9 December '08
There is an air of genuine humility about Shivraj Singh Chouhan. Whether he is operating from the chief minister’s bungalow or campaigning in the hinterlands, his self-effacing demeanour rarely cracks.Tuesday , 9 December '08
The BJP recorded an impressive victory on Monday, becoming the first non-Congress party to retain power in Madhya Pradesh in its more than five-decade-old history.Tuesday , 9 December '08
Barring Rajasthan, smaller parties and independent candidates were not able to cut much ice in the Assembly elections to five states whose results were declared, indicating that the electoral battle this time was predominantly bipolar.Tuesday , 9 December '08
Defying anti-incumbency, the ruling BJP got an absolute majority on Monday, winning 50 constituencies in the 90-member Assembly in Chhattisgarh.Tuesday , 9 December '08
Jubilation has given way to perplexity for the Congress over the selection of the CM — more so after most Congress candidates in the fray for the CM’s post failed to succeed in their respective constituencies.Tuesday , 9 December '08
Pushing for a third alternative, both the CPI(M) and the CPI had asked its cadre to vote for the BSP in seats where their candidates were not contestingTuesday , 9 December '08
Every vote makes a difference. Nobody would understand it better today than Rajasthan Congress president C P Joshi who lost the battle in Nathdwara constituency by a single ballot.Tuesday , 9 December '08
As Delhi went to polls on November 29, the last leg of operations was still on inside Mumbai's Taj Mahal Hotel.Tuesday , 9 December '08
It's difficult to pinpoint on whether it was the "Pappu can't vote" jingles by the Election Commission of Delhi or the recent terror attacks in Mumbai that did the trick.Tuesday , 9 December '08
"Even if any other candidate had stood for the CM's post instead of V K Malhotra, the Congress would have won because the people of Delhi voted for Sheila Dikshit."Tuesday , 9 December '08
Seven days ahead of the polls, when the Congress’ star campaigner, Rahul Gandhi, addressed an election rally in Mizoram’s capital, not all young voters were amused. “We were taken there to interact with Rahul.Friday , 28 November '08
The BJP candidate from Pruthvipur constituency in Tikamgarh district, Sunil Nayak, was allegedly shot dead by supporters of his Congress rival, Brijendra Singh Rathore, as sporadic violence marred the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh.Saturday , 22 November '08
It’s difficult to imagine that a sitting chief minister is in the fray from this constituency. There are no hoardings, banners, loudspeakers or even the usual crowds of hangers-on.
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