April-May 2009 had an overdose of entertainment. The IPL is good but the elections were better. Watching the likes of eccentric politicians like Sudheendra Kulkarni, Navin Patnaik, Jayanti Natarajan, etc can also be loads of fun. But on a serious note I'm glad that UPA has emerged with a thumping majority and BJP has been outclassed and outplayed.
First and foremost, my vote counted. Sanjay Dina Patil of the NCP who I barely know had the privilege of my vote simply because NCP was a part of UPA. I'm glad the uptight Modi-worshippers of Ghatkopar and Mulund couldn't have their way. Their candidate Kirit Somaiya was defeated by a small margin but was defeated nevertheless. I could see the glum faces on Ghatkopar's streets on Saturday evening. They just could not stomach Patil's victory.
BJP - the party I love to hate. Why would any sane intellectual vote for such pig-heads? They are bigoted, opportunistic, noisy, raise petty issues, hail moral policing, openly support hooliganism and worst of all continue to spread false propaganda from questionable sources. They are smug and overconfident too. Their overconfidence cost them 2 elections now.
Worst of all people get brainwashed by unfortunately good orators like Narendra Modi. I despise him but must admit that he can make the most liberal educated person feel like a victim and brainwash him. This time he did not succeed and credit goes to the young voter who saw through the nonsense.
Advani is no better. His crass politics of humiliating Dr. Manmohan Singh hit back at him hard. His only claim to fame is the Ram Janmabhoomi agitation which the youth in India simply do not care about. He is not statesman and he deserves to retire on a losing note.
Varun Gandhi is another 'young' politician who has ironically put off the youth in this country. We want peace in this country which I do not think goons like him can provide.
Worst of all, BJP raised issues which were way past their sell-by date. Bofors-gate 1989, 1984 riots, 1976 Emergency are thing the youth cannot connect with because they have not felt it.
What the youth sees is here and now. It sees Rahul Gandhi doing grassroots work (paid of handsomely). It sees the youth wing of Congress devoid of goons. It sees India growing at 8-9% before recession. It sees rural empowerment. It sees India's measured but effective response to Pakistan post 26/11. The best part is, both the rural as well as the urban electorate has voted for the Congress. It also sees BJP bigots rave and rant about religion, it also sees how BJP wanted to come to power by opposing the nuclear deal - the seeds of which the party itself had sown.
I know I don't have the proof of demographics as to which age group voted for whom. However, I do have an idea of how my generation thinks. They refuse to be thought of as victims of Congress which BJP makes them out to be.
Indian National Congress however is far from a perfect party. It is on the right track however and I hope it remains on that. It should stay away from introducing more unnecessary reservations, show more accountability and stop fielding candidates like Antulay. It should also dump its coalition with corrupt, divisive parties like SP and RJD.
BJP on the other hand should now at least come out of its mode of denial, act as a responsible opposition and give more preference to moderate politicians like Arun Jaitley instead of smug, overconfident jerks like Rajnath Singh. It should also realize that people will remember Modi more for human rights violations than the development of Gujarat.
First and foremost, my vote counted. Sanjay Dina Patil of the NCP who I barely know had the privilege of my vote simply because NCP was a part of UPA. I'm glad the uptight Modi-worshippers of Ghatkopar and Mulund couldn't have their way. Their candidate Kirit Somaiya was defeated by a small margin but was defeated nevertheless. I could see the glum faces on Ghatkopar's streets on Saturday evening. They just could not stomach Patil's victory.
BJP - the party I love to hate. Why would any sane intellectual vote for such pig-heads? They are bigoted, opportunistic, noisy, raise petty issues, hail moral policing, openly support hooliganism and worst of all continue to spread false propaganda from questionable sources. They are smug and overconfident too. Their overconfidence cost them 2 elections now.
Worst of all people get brainwashed by unfortunately good orators like Narendra Modi. I despise him but must admit that he can make the most liberal educated person feel like a victim and brainwash him. This time he did not succeed and credit goes to the young voter who saw through the nonsense.
Advani is no better. His crass politics of humiliating Dr. Manmohan Singh hit back at him hard. His only claim to fame is the Ram Janmabhoomi agitation which the youth in India simply do not care about. He is not statesman and he deserves to retire on a losing note.
Varun Gandhi is another 'young' politician who has ironically put off the youth in this country. We want peace in this country which I do not think goons like him can provide.
Worst of all, BJP raised issues which were way past their sell-by date. Bofors-gate 1989, 1984 riots, 1976 Emergency are thing the youth cannot connect with because they have not felt it.
What the youth sees is here and now. It sees Rahul Gandhi doing grassroots work (paid of handsomely). It sees the youth wing of Congress devoid of goons. It sees India growing at 8-9% before recession. It sees rural empowerment. It sees India's measured but effective response to Pakistan post 26/11. The best part is, both the rural as well as the urban electorate has voted for the Congress. It also sees BJP bigots rave and rant about religion, it also sees how BJP wanted to come to power by opposing the nuclear deal - the seeds of which the party itself had sown.
I know I don't have the proof of demographics as to which age group voted for whom. However, I do have an idea of how my generation thinks. They refuse to be thought of as victims of Congress which BJP makes them out to be.
Indian National Congress however is far from a perfect party. It is on the right track however and I hope it remains on that. It should stay away from introducing more unnecessary reservations, show more accountability and stop fielding candidates like Antulay. It should also dump its coalition with corrupt, divisive parties like SP and RJD.
BJP on the other hand should now at least come out of its mode of denial, act as a responsible opposition and give more preference to moderate politicians like Arun Jaitley instead of smug, overconfident jerks like Rajnath Singh. It should also realize that people will remember Modi more for human rights violations than the development of Gujarat.
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