Some opine that the capsizing of
Congress is due to the campaign of
Modi and manifesto of BJP. But it is
However, the victory of BJP in other
states in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh
and Chhattisgarh is primarily because
of BJP Prime Ministerial candidate
Narendra Modi's good work in
Gujarat. Gujarat‘s economy has
nearly tripled in size during his time
in office; its GDP has grown by 10%
a year, faster than India as a whole.
Modi, a 63-year-old brilliant orator,
attracts massive crowds around the
country. Whereas Indian parties
including Congress usually pay
people to attend their rallies, Mr
Modi charges an entrance fee, which
is both a sign of the passion he
arouses and a way of making
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In the three years before the 2004
election, India‘s GDP growth rate
under BJP government was 4.4 per
cent (2000-01), 6 per cent (2001-02)
and 3.8 per cent (2002-03). It had a
huge success of Congress after 2004
election when India grew 9.5 per cent
(2005-06), 9.6 per cent (2006-07),
9.3 per cent (2007-08) and 6.7 per
cent (2008-09). Again it got a huge
success after 2009 election but with a
slowdown turn 9.4 per cent in 2009,
6.1 per cent in 2010 and 4.7 per cent
in this year. In this situation people
are fed up with congress. Moreover
corruption, infighting etc. are
responsible for decreasing popularity
of Congress recently. Recent
crushing defeat in four state election
results resembles the people‘s
motivation and a strong omen for the
2014 election result.
true that humiliating defeat of threetime Delhi Chief Minister Sheila
Dikshit, who led Congress to three
successive victory since 1998,
implicates and huge success of newly
formed Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and
convenor Arvind Kejriwal. It indicate
the anti-corruption movement by
Anna Hazare and Ramdev is highly
supported by the mass people of
India and the decisive answer came
out by their right of franchise. By this
movement a new form has emerged
in politics and people are now started
thinking beyond the box. Only
recently Supreme Court has ushered
in a key electoral reform by
introducing
‗none-of-the-above‘
(NOTA) option to reject all
candidates in the fray which may turn
the situation in another direction, but
less likely.
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violence, proved as a morale booster
for himself as well as the BJP.
Although he is free of charge now,
most of the Indian believe that he is
responsible the massacre. On the
other hand, in spite of being a secular
party it has a similar criticism of
1984 ‗Operation Bluestar‘ often
called anti-Sikh riot by Indira
Government. On October 31, 1984
she had to pay price of this by her
life. She was killed at her residence
in Delhi by her two Sikh bodyguards.