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2004 elections

Opinions

23 May 2019 – more than just a counting day – when one won over innermost fears

Rahul Roushan - 23 May, 2020

It was not just Modi returning to power with a bigger mandate, it was a day when the ghosts of 2004 were buried.

Economy and Finance

Sensex surges over 900 points as exit polls predict a second term for Modi

OpIndia Staff - 20 May, 2019

In 2004, after the BJP had conceded defeat, the markets had crashed by almost 850 points

Opinions

Narendra Modi is no Vajpayee: Here is why Sonia Gandhi is wrong and why BJP’s defeat in 2019 is extremely unlikely

K Bhattacharjee - 11 April, 2019

Sonia Gandhi, former Congress President and mother to the current one, in response to a question on the invincibility of PM Narendra Modi, has remarked that people assumed the Atal Bihari Vajpayee was invincible in 2004 as well but the UPA managed to secure a win.

News Reports

Comparing manifestos, 2004, 2009, 2014 and 2019: Some promises that Congress made for decades but never fulfilled

OpIndia Staff - 2 April, 2019

Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha, the Congress party on Tuesday has revealed their election manifesto titled "Congress Will Deliver" to fight the incumbent NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Opinions