Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Five trends from the recent Indian elections that will shock you



A party with a naked communal appeal for Islamic rule  the Sunni  Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (MIM)was allowed to contest the leader said upon winning from Byculla Bombay, "It is a victory for my qaum (Sunni brotherhood)  victory for Muslim brothers"
 
Ajit pawar a political war lord said the following things and actually won
“That he would put voters behind bars and cut their water supply if they would not vote for his candidate Supriya Sule”
He also said voters should fill dry dams with their urine if they were so desperate
 
The Congress party’s vote share in Maharashtra has fallen below 20 % it has never staged a comeback from that number in any state over the last two decades. Incidentally its national share is also below 20 % .
 
A Political war lord O P Chautala claimed he will be Chief Minister from the prison where he is serving a sentence for corruption in giving jobs to poor people. This is allowed in Indian democracy.
“I will take oath for the chief minister’s post from federal  jail ….,” said the former chief minister
 
300,000 police personnel were needed for free and fair elections in the stats of Maharashtra and Haryana democracy is not free in India the cost of deployment is estimated to be 60 million Indian rupees.  
 
 Manohar Lal Khattar the new Haryana CM
said, "Khaps (kangaroo courts ) maintain the tradition of a girl and boy being brother and sister. They are just making sure that a girl and boy do not see each other in the wrong way. These rulings help prevent rapes too." He goes on to say "Pre-marital sex is a blot. Sex after marriage is acceptable. Pre-marital sex happens as the minds of the girls and boys are not on the right track," he said.