Congress ecosystem kept saying that while Mayawati will take Muslim and Dalit votes, Akhilesh will take Yadav votes, and Congress will help defeat BJP by stealing away 'upper caste' votes.
In Western UP, 21 of the 22 Congress candidates have lost deposits, meaning they could not even get 1/6th of the total votes polled. Congress stalwarts like Salman Khurshid and Raj Babbar have lost their deposits.
There are no laws against the son or daughter of a politician joining politics and seeking election. But the nepotism and feudal power play, the repugnant elitism and entitlement that makes the same son and daughter assume that they are above scrutiny and accountability has to go.
When India gives a thumping, unprecedented, overwhelming victory to a man who has made every single Indian feel proud of their nation and heritage, the NYT's heartburn is expected.
Throughout its election campaign in the state, BJD had maintained that it will retain its 2014 clean sweep of Lok Sabha seats in the state and will play a decisive role in forming the next government at the centre.
The editorial article The Telegraph sheds all veils of neutrality, insinuates the Indian society cannot hope to redeem itself if it chooses Modi again.
Shekhar Gupta has shown in his video how an ideal Durbari should work and defend Rajiv Gandhi for his vacation using INS Viraat like even Congress leaders can not.
Ahmed Patel is blatantly lying. At the time of Rajiv Gandhi's assassination, Chandrasekhar, not VP Singh was the PM of India, a government that was in power due to Congress' support. India was facing another general election because Rajiv's Congress had decided to withdraw that support.
Since PM Modi brought up Rajiv Gandhi's name into play, a pandora's box has been opened, and many skeletons that were buried deep in Congress' closet are out in the open to haunt the party.