04-08-2007, 09:03 AM
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Durgesh Nandan Jha | New Delhi
Even the pretty faces fielded by the Congress in the MCD elections could not come to the rescue of the party, facing rout on issues of inflation, corruption and demolition. Most of the young faces that were given tickets lost their seat. While the candidates blame it on the lack of support from the local MLAs, the loss has raised questions on the party's decision to give tickets to the student leaders, who hold a bad record in terms of performance in the civic polls.
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Political experts believe that its not a wise decision to give tickets to student leaders straight from the campus.
<b>"They boast of being the past leaders of Delhi University but the reality is that they have done nothing else arranging star nights and making money through admissions. Most of them don't even know how many colleges does the University have,"</b> said an expert.
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Take for instance the Ballimaran ward of the walled city. BJP candidate Renuka Gupta has given a husky defeat to Congress despite it being one of their stronghold areas.
"In the last 25 years, when I voted for the first time, I have never voted for any party other than Congress. <b>But this time I am voting for BJP," said Mohammad Jahangir, a resident of Ballimaran</b>, a part of the Capital's walled city.
He further added, "We have been the loyal supporters of Congress. The growing rates of all basic things including cereals and vegetables have led to this change. In the Congress rule, the common masses are suffering the most."
<b>Of the 12 wards in the Muslim-dominated walled city, the BJP this has managed an unprecedented tally of four <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> , Congress has a tally of six </b> and two has gone to Matia Mahal MLA Shoeb Iqbal, who for the time-being has embraced LJP.
The Pioneer survey had indicated that <b>53 per cent of the sample believed that the BJP was not a communal part. Similarly, 54 per cent had rejected the proposition that the Congress was true secular party. The BJP surprised all by winning the Welcome Colony seat, a Muslim majority ward</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lesson for Congress, just can't believe Ballimaran area gone to BJP. It mean all Muslim appeasement did nothing for Delhi Muslim. Lets see UP election.
It means only Indian Parties are doing good, Italian run party full of Elite" is heading for doom.
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Durgesh Nandan Jha | New Delhi
Even the pretty faces fielded by the Congress in the MCD elections could not come to the rescue of the party, facing rout on issues of inflation, corruption and demolition. Most of the young faces that were given tickets lost their seat. While the candidates blame it on the lack of support from the local MLAs, the loss has raised questions on the party's decision to give tickets to the student leaders, who hold a bad record in terms of performance in the civic polls.
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Political experts believe that its not a wise decision to give tickets to student leaders straight from the campus.
<b>"They boast of being the past leaders of Delhi University but the reality is that they have done nothing else arranging star nights and making money through admissions. Most of them don't even know how many colleges does the University have,"</b> said an expert.
<b>"These people were given tickets either because of their sound economic background or good and attractive faces</b>. Â <!--emo&
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Take for instance the Ballimaran ward of the walled city. BJP candidate Renuka Gupta has given a husky defeat to Congress despite it being one of their stronghold areas.
"In the last 25 years, when I voted for the first time, I have never voted for any party other than Congress. <b>But this time I am voting for BJP," said Mohammad Jahangir, a resident of Ballimaran</b>, a part of the Capital's walled city.
He further added, "We have been the loyal supporters of Congress. The growing rates of all basic things including cereals and vegetables have led to this change. In the Congress rule, the common masses are suffering the most."
<b>Of the 12 wards in the Muslim-dominated walled city, the BJP this has managed an unprecedented tally of four <!--emo&:o--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/ohmy.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='ohmy.gif' /><!--endemo--> , Congress has a tally of six </b> and two has gone to Matia Mahal MLA Shoeb Iqbal, who for the time-being has embraced LJP.
The Pioneer survey had indicated that <b>53 per cent of the sample believed that the BJP was not a communal part. Similarly, 54 per cent had rejected the proposition that the Congress was true secular party. The BJP surprised all by winning the Welcome Colony seat, a Muslim majority ward</b>. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Lesson for Congress, just can't believe Ballimaran area gone to BJP. It mean all Muslim appeasement did nothing for Delhi Muslim. Lets see UP election.
It means only Indian Parties are doing good, Italian run party full of Elite" is heading for doom.