My take on election results

So the election results are out and the results were a huge surprise for one and all. It was supposed to be a really close election and I was expecting the results to be very competitive. Even the major parties had acknowledged it by saying that the results would be touch-and-go this time round. But the margin with which the Congress have won has taken everyone by surprise, including the Congress themselves I guess.

People have voted for stability is what is being said. But if stability is nice then even change is good isn't it? Manmohan Singh, the respectable soft-spoken clean man that he is, will yet again swear to be the prime minister. Rahul Gandhi, the baccha, has emerged a hero and so have all the younger lot of politicians. New parties like the MNS lead by Raj Thackerey collected a huge number of votes(althought they didnt win anywhere) and did a lot of damage for the BJP-Sena thereby helping the congress.

Where on one side we have a group of surprise winners , on the other side we have a long list of surprise losers including Lalu who lost from one of his constituencies (he won in one though). There were so many biggies vying for the coveted PM chair. Sharad Pawar, one of the country's real heavy weights tried his best but was unlucky again. So was Mayawati behenji and thank you people for doing that.

In all of this the BJP seriously took a beating. They were nowhere close to the Congress and this must have been a big hit for their ego specially for the biggies like Advani. So where did they go wrong? I am not really sure but I think they just failed to impress the younger lot of voters. If you ask me, I would say the BJP needs a big makeover. Enough of religion based politics now. The Muslims and the other minorities have always been with the Congress for their secular stand(now if they are really secular or not is another issue). The Congress are real pros at sweet-talking and maybe the BJP should take a leaf or two from their rivals book. The youth dont really care about religion and castes anymore. They want a secular state with a performing government. Taking note of that, the BJP should open up to forming a secular party , encourage young leaders and be someone who dont just sweet-talk like their rivals but also walk that talk.