Mulayam's Puttar
UP election saga was quite interesting. I was tempted to give it a second look to seek the finer aspects.
Achilles oops Akhilesh is clearly the winner. He defeated competition within and outside of his party. Now, he is ready to take the beacon of leadership from his dad. So what made him standout – Well, his choice. He chose not to abide by conventions. Instead, generation Y inside him brought closer to the voters. He was committed to clean the party image by dropping veteran goons. Tech-savvy image of him carrying laptops & iphone backed by intensity and km-driven campaigning helped his cause. He travelled more than 3000km campaigning for the party. A sitting MP, he strengthened his connect with the aam junta and emerged the strongest. SP veterans (some unwillingly, though) projected him as the CM. Well done Akhi. Law & order is your biggest challenge now.
In a victory, the winner’s virtues are equally important as losers’ vices. I will take the losers one by one. First, the BSP . You can it on the anti-incumbency factor. Although , law & order improved drastically and efforts were made to revamp the administration , but the support of the Muslims , upper castes and may be even dalits could not be sustained.Mayawati did not do anything special to let people give her a second mandate. She was never a Modi or Nitish. The resurgent SP, multi-cornered politics, infighting and disconnect with the people buried the nail into their coffin. But going by numbers, they still remain a formidable opponent.
Congress. The less said the better. Its struggle at the centre was reflected in the UP elections. Not only was it demolished badly, dynastic politics gain hit a road block. Rahul Gandhi’s prime ministerial ambitions will be finished for now. UP proved again the lad’s failures to assess politics & mood at the ground level. He could not capitalize on the mileage he gains by the virtue of being Gandhi scion. Other congress leaders were also relegated to sidelines.
BJP would never learn. Its brand of core competency no longer works. Proof? Look at the Goa elections where the party gave tickets to Roman Catholics. All of them won. Development, infrastructure and industry , finally , a refreshing leader is what BJP needs . Hope , BJP will learn from itself only. When will the winds of change blow!!!
Overall, elections in UP is arguably the toughest polls. With, four parties fighting in nearly all seats, SP did a splendid job. Kudos to them!!!
UP election saga was quite interesting. I was tempted to give it a second look to seek the finer aspects.
Achilles oops Akhilesh is clearly the winner. He defeated competition within and outside of his party. Now, he is ready to take the beacon of leadership from his dad. So what made him standout – Well, his choice. He chose not to abide by conventions. Instead, generation Y inside him brought closer to the voters. He was committed to clean the party image by dropping veteran goons. Tech-savvy image of him carrying laptops & iphone backed by intensity and km-driven campaigning helped his cause. He travelled more than 3000km campaigning for the party. A sitting MP, he strengthened his connect with the aam junta and emerged the strongest. SP veterans (some unwillingly, though) projected him as the CM. Well done Akhi. Law & order is your biggest challenge now.
In a victory, the winner’s virtues are equally important as losers’ vices. I will take the losers one by one. First, the BSP . You can it on the anti-incumbency factor. Although , law & order improved drastically and efforts were made to revamp the administration , but the support of the Muslims , upper castes and may be even dalits could not be sustained.Mayawati did not do anything special to let people give her a second mandate. She was never a Modi or Nitish. The resurgent SP, multi-cornered politics, infighting and disconnect with the people buried the nail into their coffin. But going by numbers, they still remain a formidable opponent.
Congress. The less said the better. Its struggle at the centre was reflected in the UP elections. Not only was it demolished badly, dynastic politics gain hit a road block. Rahul Gandhi’s prime ministerial ambitions will be finished for now. UP proved again the lad’s failures to assess politics & mood at the ground level. He could not capitalize on the mileage he gains by the virtue of being Gandhi scion. Other congress leaders were also relegated to sidelines.
BJP would never learn. Its brand of core competency no longer works. Proof? Look at the Goa elections where the party gave tickets to Roman Catholics. All of them won. Development, infrastructure and industry , finally , a refreshing leader is what BJP needs . Hope , BJP will learn from itself only. When will the winds of change blow!!!
Overall, elections in UP is arguably the toughest polls. With, four parties fighting in nearly all seats, SP did a splendid job. Kudos to them!!!
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