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    • Shekhar Gupta Tags : Election Commission, lok sabha elections, winners, losers Posted: Sunday , May 17, 2009 at 0249 hrs

    A final word about L K Advani, one of the last of the great long marchers of our politics, who once again finds himself on the wrong side of history. He has shown admirable grace in defeat and can have the satisfaction that he played a key role in bringing to Indian politics something it needed so badly — a centre of gravity which, as this newspaper has argued, can only be found if the Congress and the BJP together have at least 325-350 seats so that rent-seekers can’t hold governance to ransom. That this figure has mostly been achieved, that the Centre will now hold, is another reason why Verdict 2009 deserves applause.

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    40 years of most benevolent secular ruleBy: Dinesh | 30-May-2009 Reply | Forward Dear Sir, Congress is secular? Anyway we deserve what we got. 40 years of 'golden rule' by congress after independence was not enough for the aam aadmi - congratulations for getting them back for another term
    Disappointing analysisBy: Pathik | 25-May-2009 Reply | Forward I would put Shekhar Gupta as one of the few nuetral journalists in "English" media. But this article is very disappointing. Shekhar Gupta has been with NDTV during this election and I hope he is not going on the path of Barkha Dutt and Pronoy Roy. That'll be a big loss to our already talent starved English media. To say that this is the first secular government without Left's involvement after 1991 is naive (and biased towards Congress?). I don't think any political party in India is secular - Congress cannot claim to be secular because of their past actions and their current politics. Also, I think media has lost objectivity by being emotional and making Dr. Manmohan Singh a hero only based on his clean image - if clean image was everything this country needed then we should be doing very well.
    Shame on ShekharBy: AM | 23-May-2009 Reply | Forward There is no doubt that Shekha is a chamcha of Congress and that is why he got Padam Bhushan from them. I wonder some time how late Ram Nath Goenka ji must be tossing and turning his grave on seeing the current low standard of once a great newspapers-Indian Express, due to shameless journlism of Shekhar. Shame on you Shekhar.
    Hands Up ShekharBy: Kuldeep | 22-May-2009 Reply | Forward Shekhar Gupta is making the reader of IE that do not believe that it is an un-biased paper. He always sounds like a Congress loyal. If this time voters have refused to negativism then why BJP lost in last India Shining election which was first ever election in the history of independent democratic India with a positive feel and note. He will definitely have some excuse to refuse this too. And regarding Shekhar Gupta, I don't believe this journalist. He presented Zakir Naik as a modern Muslim scholar. But what is the truth, search Zakir Naik women right human right etc and see and hear the truth yourself.
    VERDICT- RECOGNISATION OF MATURITY OF VOTERSBy: DR.P.L.NAWALKHA | 19-May-2009 Reply | Forward AT LAST MESSY POLITICS OF VARIEGATED INTERESTS GOT CHURNED WITH ANHILATION OF SMALLER REGIONAL GROUPS,AND LAYERISATION OF TWO BIG GROUPS.A VERY HEALTHY SIGN.SINCE DEFEAT OF NDA IN 2004,NDA IS UNABLE TO FUNCTION AS BALANCED AND MATURE PARTY IN ELECTIONEERING,ESPECIALLY LOKSABHA ELECTIONS.IN 2004,INSTEAD OF INDIA SERVING,THEY ADOPTED INDIA SHINING AS SLOGAN,AND WERE UNDER ILLUSION ABOUT PUBLIC MIND AND LOST THE ELECTION. IN 2009,THEY ADOPTED STANCE OF PROJECTION OF THEIR CANDIDATE FOR PRIME MINISTERSHIP AND CHOSE L.K.ADVANI AS PRIME MINISTER CANDIDATE.A VERY HARDWORKING,FULL OF STAMINA TO TRAVEL EXHAUSTIVELY,MR. ADVANI ERRED IN TAKING PATH OF NEGATIVITISM AND PASSED SLANK WORDED ASPERSIONS FOR MANMOHANSINGH AS WEAK AND TAILORED PRIMEMINISTER.VAST NUMBER OF VOTERS DISLIKED THIS REMARK.MR.ADVANI WANTED TO ENCASH SWISSBANK MONEY ISSUE.IT DID NOT WORK.ALREADY DORMANT RAM TEMPLE,AND BROADDAY LIGHT MURDERS OF HINDUS IN KANDHAMAL ,SUPPORT OF HINDUS,EN MASSE ABSENT.NEGATIVISM DID NOT WORK,
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