On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Vinayak Hegde <[email protected]> wrote: > Other than this supposed king-makers and "transferable vote" politics > purveyor Ram Vilas Paswan lost from Hajipur - a contituency he had won > wit h a world record margin of votes a while before. So did > celebrities such as Shekhar Suman and Vinod Khanna. Shashi Tharoor won > from Thiruvanathapuram. In general it seems well performing people who > support development have won.
Agree. I forgot Paswan from my list. The trend is clear. Develop or else perish out. Even the home minister Chidambaram who has not helped develop Shivaganga properly had quite a scare before he won narrowly. > Mallika Sarabhai lost but came in third which is admirable for an > independent candidate. The famous Independents Gopinath - 16K, Meera > Sanyal 10K, Mallikasarabhai 9K. The indian voter is not as dumb as > made out to be. I think this time the message is clear - Shape up or > ship out. I knew these guys will not win, but full credit to these people for showing the frustration of average Indian middle class and masses. I'm observing and analyzing on how other independents won, and on what basis. -- Bharat | http://twitter.com/shettyb
