‘We have to unfortunately say that the Modi magic did not work and the BJP could not win in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu’.
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When asked what method or law he meant to apply to stop infiltration from Bangladesh as he was against the now repealed Illegal Migrants (Determination by Tribunals) Act, 1983, Sonowal said that citizens and infiltrators would be identified once the final draft of the updated National Register of Citizens in Assam is published. At the same time, the number of seats held by smaller parties – with which the BJP can forge alliances – will rise, the investment bank said. But the credit for making Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal Congress-mukt can’t be appropriated by the BJP. But for now even as the losses pile up, both the trolls who attack Rahul with a vindictiveness reserved for a central figure and the Congress Party, which seeks to insulate Rahul from the results (It was state-level leaders who took decisions, not Rahul, said Mukul Wasnik), keep the mythology around the Gandhis flourishing. In Kerala, the BJP has become a party that will attract the 5% swing vote affecting the incumbent in future assembly elections. But finally anti-incumbency caught up with Tarun Gogoi in 2016 assembly elections.
He further appealed to the voters of the seven Assembly segments covered by the IMC to wake up and crush Congress party as done by the people of Assam.
“In Kerala, the Congress and the Left keep winning by turns”. In Assam it will depend entirely on the Congress ability to change the leadership, bring in a more dynamic set of young leaders, work towards a strong campaign to counter the BJP in the state from today, not tomorrow; and play the role of a vibrant and responsible opposition. “We are already a part of the two coalition governments in the North East and have made a sizeable seat and vote presence in West Bengal”, he said. The Congress, which had bagged 78 seats in the last elections, was struggling by leading only in 27 seats.
There is a need to build on this success and not derail it by high-handed statements in or outside Parliament as the government still has to cross the Parliamentary hurdles in the case of critical labour and land reforms, besides the GST.
Modi, 65, stormed to power in 2014 with a promise of jobs and growth for India’s 1.3 billion people. It is setback to Congress and euphoria for BJP.
While Rahul Gandhi emerged as a more articulate leader over the a year ago following his over 50-day sabbatical, he has not brought about any major organizational change in the party’s central set up since the defeat in Lok Sabha polls. In the last Lok Sabha elections, the people defeated the Congress and in the current assembly elections also they have rejected the policies of the Congress.
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The death blows she has inflicted on the Congress and the Left are expected to neutralise their carping exercise in nay-saying on the pro-market initiatives.
