State Assembly Election News and Updates
Coverage of Assembly Elections:
In the by-polls election results declared today, Congress lost all 7 seats in pro-Telangana region while BJP lost its seats in Karnataka as well as Gujarat.
In Andhra Pradesh, YSR’s son Jagan Mohan Reddy once again proved he is a force to reckon with after he won the Kovur seat in coastal Andhra Pradesh. K Chandrasekhar Rao led TRS won 4 of the 7 seats and a fifth was won by an Independant candidate with TRS support. However, BJP managed to spring a surprise here by winning Mahbubnagar seat which is the parliamentary constituency of TRS leader Chandrasekhar Rao!
Congress had not much news to cheer about from Andhra Pradesh, but Gujarat gave them enough reasons to be happy. Preparing for the Gujarat elections 2012, Narendra Modi and BJP have been campaigning about the good governance and development Modi has brought in the state. But it seems people from Mansa assembly seat think otherwise. This town from northern part of Gujarat voted for a Congress candidate. The win can infuse a lifeline in Congress campaign build up to the upcoming state polls in Nov-Dec.
In Karnataka, BJP has been going from one problem to the next. The first BJP Govt in the state is already reeling under pressure from BS Yeddyurappa’s demand of returning the CM’s post to him. Party even kept Yeddyurappa out of its campaigns in the Udupi-Chikmagalur by-polls fearing that graft cases against Yeddyurappa may result in negative voting. But, BJP still lost from the seat, which decided to go with a Congress candidate.
The way India has voted in recent elections, it is certain that corruption is not an issue. If scams and corruption were a serious cause, Congress would have found the going tough. It’s only the local issues and problems which matter and people will keep voting for the party which they believe will bring relief to their local problems. Maybe time that BJP learns from this and brings its popular face in Karnataka back to the helm.
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on 21 March 2012 | 10:47 am
Mamata Banerjee and her party continued to bewilder not just ally Congress but entire India today with their flip-flop attitude and it now seems that the entire issue created by her on the Railway budget price increase was nothing more than a staged drama.
When the Railway Budget was presented yesterday by TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi, Mamata Banerjee went berserk against her party MP’s plan to raise passenger fares. She said that at no cost will the fares be allowed to be raised. By evening, news reports came that she had even asked PM to replace her minister with a new minister from her party. Talks started if Mamata was planning to pull the plug on UPA Govt and bring mid-term polls on the country.
By night, the development got interesting. Congress appointed Pranab Mukherjee to deal with Mamata. Mamata sent a letter to PM which apparently asked for Dinesh Trivedi to be sacked. News reports came out saying Congress has approached SP to help UPA in case Mamata takes away her support. SP has 22 members in Parliament as compared to Mamata’s 19.
By morning situation had dramatically changed again. It seems that Congress was able to compel Mamata to stay in UPA fold by threatening to go with SP. In Parliament, TMC leaders suddenly changed their tones and said that they will not take away the support from Congress at the center and that the Govt will last its full five year term. So, what really brought the sudden change in TMC attitude? Doubts are being raised that whether Mamata staged all the drama of price rise to just make sure that she is not politically affected, but in reality she knows she will not be able to extract a complete roll-back. What will actually happen is that new Railway Minister may give a partial roll-back and Mamata will then go to public saying she got them the discount, when in relaity public will still be paying a lot more than they currently are.
Do you think Indian Lok Sabha election will happen before 2014? let us know.
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on 15 March 2012 | 7:01 am
Who says Indians are poor or we make nothing in salaries. Consider Mayawati, Uttar Pradesh’s ousted CM. Mayawati has earner more than a Crore every month during her rule as CM of UP and made 59 Crore in just 58 months!
When Maywati filed her nomination in 2007, she declared a total asset of Rs. 52 Crore. By 2010 that increased to Rs 88 Crore. And now, when she has filed her nomination for Rajya Sabha, Mayawati has declared assets worth Rs 111.64 Crore.
How is that even possible but? As CM, Mayawati does not earn 1 Crore in salary each month. Neither does she own some BIG industries or International business contracts which can bring her that much revenue per month. While we hard working Indians struggle to buy a home worth 30 Lakh, Mayawati recently bought a home in Delhi and together with her Lucknow home, the total worth is 77.54 Crore.
It’s just a shame that politicians like her call themselves a dalit idol and beg for votes on the same pretext when the average dalit does not even earn 1 lakh in one year. Isn’t it quite obvious where Mayawati’s money has come from? Are we really that stupid to believe that 111 Crore is ALL that she has? But that’s the state of politics and corruption in India. As long as you keep yourself attached to the ruling party no one is going to touch you in India.
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on 13 March 2012 | 1:46 pm
Posing a serious challenge to Sonia Gandhi’s High Command, Congress leaders from Uttarakhand revolted against the party’s decision to appoint Vijay Bahuguna as CM of Uttarakhand.
Ever since Sonia Gandhi took over Congress, everyone in Congress started agreeing to all her wishes. What Sonia said became a law at once and all members of Congress party followed it blindly. But spate of recent losses in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab has shown Congress men that hold of Gandhi family in India is decreasing. People are no longer voting blindly on the name of Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi’s poor show in Uttar Pradesh was proof enough.
So, when Sonia decided to field her own choice Vijay Bahuguna as Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, senior party leader and Union Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Agriculture, Harish Rawat revolted. Rawat was the top contender for the job and had campaigned vigorously in Uttarakhand for Congress. However when he saw that his hard work was rewarded by a definite snub from Sonia, Rawat resigned from his post. This created a flutter in Congress and as many as 17 elected MLA’s were said to be supporting Rawat.
Soon news reports started filtering out of a secret meeting between Rawat and BJP President Nitin Gadkari. Speculations were raised about whether Rawat is going to break away from Congress and form Govt with BJP. However, Rawat himself has categorically denied that he will leave Congress.
Meanwhile, Sonia decided to play firm and went ahead with the swearing-in ceremony of Uttarakhand’s seventh CM. Held at Parade Grounds in Dehra Dun, Vijay Bahuguna was the only one to take the oath as his cabinet is not yet decided. Just 10 MLA’s from supporting 36 were present at the swearing-in ceremony. One of the Congress leaders from state, Harak Singh Rawat went on to suggest that Bahuguna Govt may not last very long!
Vijay Bahuguna is an MP from Tehri and he will soon have to fight a by-poll for election to the state assembly. As things stand now, it seems members within the Congress will put all force to make him lose. So even if Sonia has managed to get her candidate sworn-in today, and even if she manages to prove majority on the Floor of the House, it will be difficult for her to get him elected the Uttarakhand Assembly.
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on 13 March 2012 | 1:24 pm
Congress has decided on Vijay Bahuguna as its Uttarakhand CM. He will become the 7th Chief Minister for the state.
Congress won 1 seat more than BJP in Uttarakhand elections 2012. BJP CM Khanduri’s loss meant that BJP will end one seat less and it will also not have a CM candidate in the state. Many say Khanduri was made to lose by his own party men especially his rival in the party Nishankh. However, after Khanduri lost his seat, it was evident that Congress will be forming the Govt.
Congress 32 MLA’s have been supported by 4 Ind and 3 MLA’s from BSP as well. After all the anti-Congress talks and poll promises, BSP decided to support Congress in Uttarakhand with hopes of receiving some plum posts at the state level.
Vijay Bahuguna, the Congress CM designate for Uttarakhand, is son of former UP Chief Minister Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna and brother of UP Cong chief Rita Bahuguna. He also happens to be the first cousins of BJP leader BC Khanduri.
I have personally been to Uttarakhand for several trips and there’s no doubt in the fact that in last five years roads infrastructure was made a lot better than ever before. Let’s just hope Congress continues on the good work of BJP in the state.
Meanwhile, on the national level, news reports suggest that there is a high probability of mid-term polls. The third front has become stronger after good shows by Akali Dal and SP in Punjab and UP and Mamata Banerjee may soon be able to unite all non-Congress and non-BJP parties to form a joint force. This will spell doom for UPA and end in early Lok Sabha elections.
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on 12 March 2012 | 1:14 pm
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