Trends reveal heavy losses for Vajpayee's BJP in Indian polls
New Delhi (dpa) - Initial trends indicate heavy losses for Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayees Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies as counting continues Thursday in India's parliamentary elections.Trends available for 471 of 539 parliamentary seats reveal the main opposition Congress Party and its allies to be leading in 201 seats, the BJP in 171 seats, the leftist parties in 49 seats and a mix of other regional parties in 50 seats.Counting of votes started at 8...
Indian Polls: Bangladesh editorial welcomes victory of "secular forces" in India
In the general election of India, the largest democracy of the world, the ruling Hindu nationalist alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party [BJP] suffered a humiliating defeat. The National Democratic Alliance [NDA] government of India, headed by Atal Behari Vajpayee, has been voted out of power. Belying all speculations and predictions, the Indian National Congress [INC] of Sonia Gandhi was victorious.The Congress [party] proved the exit polls, media projections, observations of poll...
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M.J. Akbar: With the winding up of Indian polls, who will be wiped out?
The real answers will come next week; this week we must console ourselves with real questions. Top of the list: Has the BJP bitten off more than it can chew?Every election is an opportunity for a political party to increase its political space. The BJP targeted three states where its partners were unreliable, weak or non-existent: Karnataka, Assam, Jharkhand and Haryana. The BJP once paid a heavy price in Karnataka for its equation with the JD(U); this time it positioned itself as the...
Indian polls to be held September-October
New Delhi, 4th May: The election to the lower house of Indian parliament (Lok Sabha) will be held in September-October, Election Commission announced on Tuesday [4th May.After deep deliberations, the Election Commission has come to the unanimous view that in the given circumstances, the best possible time for the elections, considering all factors, is the month of September and first week of October, chief election commissioner (CEC) M. S. Gill told reporters.Gill said the commission...