12-09-2008, 02:16 AM
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Second, the BJP gave tickets to all the sitting MLAs and that worked against the party</b>.
It is not a surprise that before the list of candidates of the BJP was announced party's internal surveys were showing that it's having an edge in New Delhi.
But the downslide started after the candidates were announced.
The BJP top brass still claims that Vijay Malhotra, party's chief ministerial candidate was not at all responsible for the defeat. <b>It's the weak selection of candidates that has cost dearly.</b>
Since the last few weeks, after every two days, the party was conducting internal surveys to assess the mood.
After the Mumbai attack, the BJP's prospects did improve but, the party now believes that if it had done more scientific and caste-friendly selection of candidates, Dixit would have had a tough time. While giving his assessment of the election results, Arun Jaitely told rediff.com that, 'The election results are a mixed bag. Each state is a separate election."
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Second, the BJP gave tickets to all the sitting MLAs and that worked against the party</b>.
It is not a surprise that before the list of candidates of the BJP was announced party's internal surveys were showing that it's having an edge in New Delhi.
But the downslide started after the candidates were announced.
The BJP top brass still claims that Vijay Malhotra, party's chief ministerial candidate was not at all responsible for the defeat. <b>It's the weak selection of candidates that has cost dearly.</b>
Since the last few weeks, after every two days, the party was conducting internal surveys to assess the mood.
After the Mumbai attack, the BJP's prospects did improve but, the party now believes that if it had done more scientific and caste-friendly selection of candidates, Dixit would have had a tough time. While giving his assessment of the election results, Arun Jaitely told rediff.com that, 'The election results are a mixed bag. Each state is a separate election."
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