Post-election analysis of India’s 2009 Lok Sabha elections is on big time. All over the media, amongst the people and behind closed doors in secret meetings. Two parties. The BJP and the Left. Opposite ends of the spectrum. Both falling flat on their face. WHY? BJP’s loss is being blamed on everyone from Varun Gandhi and Modi to Rajnath Singh and L.K. Advani. In Sunday’s Indian Express Tavleen Singh also blamed the Hindutva ideology which she feels had gotten stale. Issues such as BJP going against the nuclear deal upset people too, and I was one of them. And some say that tickets were given to the wrong people…

But as some wise people said, each state had its own reasons. Regional parties like the MNS did the BJP and the Shiv Sena mischief in Maharashtra. In Rajasthan they say it was the reservation (Gujjars) issue…

Read more on Nita's interesting analysis of elections 2009 at her blog link above
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