Indian National Congress
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“Look at me, I’m here to end all your woes”
Following Rahul Pandita, the poster reads Rahul Gandhi’s smile after the defeat as a sign he is untroubled that the 128-year-old Congress has been destroyed, comparing the result to a…
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Permit-raj for bonsais
Recalling how India’s permit-raj throttled even telephone connections, the poster presents Aatish Taseer’s argument that the Congress ran an internal permit-raj, cultivating bonsai leaders who never grow big enough to…
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Politics
Arun vs. Arundhati
Introduces and reproduces a column by Thalekkara Arun, described as a pragmatic leftist, who argues that Congress’s minority politics alienated both minorities and the majority, and that liberals should stay…
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Rahul Gandhi; a great statesman?
A link to a site on why Congress lost, with a one-line comment that Rahul Gandhi needs to Indianise more and learn humility in his years out of power.
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Indian election map (thanks google)
Commenting on an election map, the poster notes BJP gains in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, the DMK’s wipe-out, and that Congress may fall below the seats needed for a…
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Politics
Modi is King, BJP crushes Congress
The poster feels elation tempered by misgivings at a BJP majority, arguing the Congress dynasty collapsed under its own weight. It sees the key result as the failure of regional…
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Congress free Andhra
The poster argues Congress was crushed in Seemandhra by its cynical handling of the Andhra-Telangana division and by using CBI cases against Jagan Reddy, and says making Hyderabad a Union…
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Society
“fake OBC” is not the “real” problem
The poster argues the ‘fake OBC’ row over Modi distracts from real caste discrimination, and that elites play the caste card for reservations, marginal votes and debating points. It urges…
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Politics
How did the muslims vote?
The poster argues that Muslims tend to vote Congress in perilous times, and that a nationwide Muslim party would destroy Congress and make the BJP the natural ruling party. State-by-state…
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Too little too late on Snoopgate
The poster says Congress botched its inquiry into the alleged surveillance of a young woman at Modi’s behest by taking five months to find a judge, so allies deserted it.…
