Shekhar Gupta answers India’s queries on impact of Assembly election results 2013

@IndianExpress What does this election convey about the larger ideals of citizenship in India? #AskShekhar

— Parag Nathaney (@PNathaney) December 8,2013

Shekhar: This election should make us citizens very proud. Totally peaceful and very high turnout and total destruction of the nonsensical NOTA concept. Decisive verdict our democracy is healthy and robust.

#namo is screwing things in gujarat. "Jisko ghar ki nai padi ,wo des ko kese sambhalega?" whats your stand? #askShekhar

— The Hatke Indian (@thehatkeindian) December 8,2013

Shekhar: Narendra Modi needs to reflect why his appeal failed in Chhatisgarh and was not fully decisive in Delhi.

#AskShekhar sir,is aap going to have impact on indian rural places?

— abhijeet kumar (@itheabhijeet) December 8,2013

Shekhar: Early days for AAP but it will make an impact on national political discourse and hit both Cong and BJP.

#AskShekhar Are we going to see more Priyanka in national stage n less Rahul?

— Gundya (@gundya_limaye) December 8,2013

Shekhar: Difficult to say. The more important question is,are we at least going to see,hear more of Rahul. Until now he only parachutes here and there and disappears.

@IndianExpress: Was NarendraModi not a factor at all,or was only in Raj & MP,but not Delhi & Chhatisgarh?Seems selective credit.#AskShekhar

— Kedar (@TedCode) December 8,2013

Shekhar: Modi a factor but not as powerful as BJP thought. It failed to override local factors in delhi and chhattisgarh.

#askShekhar Would today's results give the central government 'lame duck' status? Should it refrain from taking major decisions now?

— Sagar Tanksali (@tsagar) December 8,2013

Shekhar: This Central govt has been lame duck since 2009. Cong itself to blame for it,not any opposition.

@IndianExpress is it really modi factor or inflation factor who made the results? #askshekhar #askrajdeep

— Mendax (@DoctorsTouch) December 8,2013

Shekhar: More important is the factor that did not work,or work negatively: Rahul Gandhi

#askshekhar Riding to victory as supporter of quotas and secularism has distorted and perverted our democracy. What be done to repair it?

— vedam55 (@vedam55) December 8,2013

Shekhar: Quotas are necessarily but must be employed judiciously. And secularism is central to our constitution.

can we still overlook social media impact on election results? If not then does social media became 5th pillar or democracy ? #AskShekhar

— Mendax (@DoctorsTouch) December 8,2013

Shekhar: Social media amplifies the voice of the partisan on all sides. Its far from becoming the fifth pillar yet

#askshekhar Is NOTA is going to play a major role in Local Self Government? As we see it is failed in Assembly elections.

— Adv. B Surendranath (@surenbaabar) December 8,2013

Shekhar: NOTA is irrelevant and an elitist,anti-democratic fantasy.

@IndianExpress #askshekhar I feel congress is in a slow and steady decline since 1991. will it wind up eventually,say in 20 years?

— KT Premi (@ktpremi) December 8,2013

Shekhar: Too early to write off Congress. But if it doesn’t modernise and democratise it will decline.