With Maharashtra set to count the ballots, speculation is rife on the many scenarios that will likely unfold.
Here is what Offstumped will be looking forward to in the results.
#1 How viable is the Sharad Pawar factor – does he stand diminished, enhanced or just about stagnant ?
#2 What is the future for NCP as a standalone political entity ?
#3 In the akahara of Sena politics, which cousin emerges “tagda” ?
#4 How effective was Rahul Gandhi’s rhetoric ?
Finally of course the most important question to this blogger if not to the Maharashtra voter – What does this mean to the future of the BJP ?
Maharashtra BJP President Nitin Gadkari ran a marathon campaign of some 100 odd public meetings while his bete-noire Munde gave this election a nepotist hue.
Nitin Gadkari who has also authored a Vision document on transforming Maharashtra’s infrastructure has been touted by both Swapan Dasgupta and Kanchan Gupta as likely to be promoted to New Delhi for BJP top job.
Will this election mark the emergence of a new viable leader who has been the BJP’s best kept secret ?
OR
Will this election merely reinforce the Rajnath stereotype that an election wipeout is a great Resume enhancer if you are contending for the top BJP job ?
So as Maharashtra prepares to count the ballots you can catch Offstumped live on
#1 Twitter
#2 at an Offstumped Community Live Event
#3 as always on this blog
Keep the comments coming ……
Filed under: Assembly Polls 2009, Lok Sabha Polls 2008-2009, Maharashtra Polls 2009, Offstumped Community, haryana
First leads
1 gain for Shivsena in Maharashtra (Dharavi) & 1 in Haryana for BJP! … Lets hope this turnsout to be a big BJP day … Lol … I know am being a silly optimist
IBN – 1 BJP+ and 1 CON+
NDTV is faster … 1 more lead in vidharba for SS
NDTV:
2 BJP+
1 CON+
welcome guys interesting start
The congress lead is in nadurbar so its not a gain but both SS leads are gains!
looks good as of now for BJP..let c how it goes
Varsha gaekwad was supposed 2 win easily, right?
Aurangabad central is againa gain for BJP!!! … wowowowow! … are we in for a surprise
No mnatter what happens, at least as of now I have butterflies in my stomach
seems we will get much pleasent surprize
BSP is leading in 1 seat in Vidharb!
Arunachal: I don’t know whether people there do not understand CON politics. Why not Kiren Rijuju stand as a CM candidate? He will be good leader.
7 leads now for BJP – SS . wowow!
looks bjp+ will get MH …wow ….
BJP+ 4 in MH
I don’t know why Haryana is stuck.
maza aa gaya praveen bhai….
I guess I am way behind you guys. 7+ is great going.
Uddhav Thackrey was right after all? … Saurabh was right about Mumbai, BJP – SS are gaining here!
MNS is leading in 1 seat… which 1?
BJP is rising..again….
i am staunch right winger.but am not expecting any good result for bjp/ss today.India is a country of idiots.it will be proved again.today.
Tanmay now the leads are 8 for SS BJP while congress-ncp is just leading in just 4 (losing 6)!!!
Colaba = MNS
Great going…I will be here on my sit until I see the CON gone away from MH.
now congress-ncp is leading in 8 … phew!
Now Navin Chawla at work.
South marathwada & konkan are going to congress
Now CON leading….no way….Yoss will not like it, but this is manipulation going on.
Yoss, I am telling you, if CON wins..this will be through voting fraud…you like it or not.
CON+ 20
BJP+ 14
Game over.
Congress has surged ahead now … Its back to exit poll predictions … guess there will be no surprise after all
Ok … DF government will be back in the sadle … Congress-NCP will win hands down & probably might not need any support at all from any independents or small parties
In Haryana, as of now BJP is not doing all that badly & is not wiped out completely… Infact, it is doing better than INLD & others
game was over long before today
hopes for MaNaSe
the worst part of this is that the BJP has been completely humiliated
BJP has to do some sould searching. How come they lose so badly inspite of 10 years of misrule by DF.
The results might not end up being so pro Congress-NCP after all … If just about 10-15 seats in the last rounds change, then we might see a hung assembly with MNS getting about 15 odd seats
In Haryana where everyone had predicted a complete sweep for Congress, there seems to be a twist in the tale after all… If BJP top leadership had not been lured by money & had actually formed an alliance with INLD then Haryana would have gone to NDA! … BJP has perfected the art of killing its own birds … There is a theory (which I stress again) that there is a mole in the top echeleons of BJP who has put the party on a self destruct mode
Western MH:INC-NCP-36;SS-BJP:18
Looks like NCP has reclaimed its bastion.Leading in 24 right now
Any one have updates pl let me know.
Jay Maharastra!!
Maharashtra Navanirman Senecha vijay aso.
MNS got all 144 seats.
Abhinandan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RPI cha vijay nishchit!!
JAY BHIMM!!!!!!!!!
Let hope everthing go’s in the faver of People in Maharashtra.
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