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     Blazewada Mudiripoyina Bewarse Username: Blazewada Post Number: 24832 Registered: 08-2008 Posted From: 183.90.116.212 Rating: N/A |
Bihar polls: Why BJP's self-goals might yet give Nitish Kumar the last laugh If the BJP-led coalition does not fare well in the next two phases of the Bihar polls, with the next one barely a week away on 28 October, it will be because of the self-goals it has been scoring. The murmur is that it has not exactly excelled in the first two phases, when everything seemed to be going its way before the elections were announced. Eight of the 10 prepoll surveys gave the BJP-led coalition the edge, but it is not possible for it to count its chickens before they hatch. This is going to be a "wave election" where minor shifts in the undecided vote will give one side an overwhelming seat sweep. A three percent vote margin can give either side a majority. Nitish Kumar is making the most of his understated and humble image and the fact that there is a significant stop-Modi mood in the electorate, especially among minorities and some caste groups that fear marginalisation (the Yadavs, in particular). That's a solid 32 percent block vote that Nitish can harvest in his combo's favour - not to speak of the fact voters have a by and large positive opinion of his performance over the past 10 years. http://www.firstpost.com/politics/bihar-polls-why-the-bjps-self-goals-may-yet-gi ve-nitish-kumar-the-last-laugh-2477084.html |