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The Karnataka prophecies -
Seema Chishti, Indian Express
The recipe was out long back. It is now time to follow it, step by step. A dollop of development mixed with equal proportions of good and decisive governance, with a splash of home-made "incorruptible" image fried in hot engaging public addresses and a gentle but not so subtle push of Hindutva, and viola, the messiah post-2014 is ready. Assembly elections don't really matter, say the losers of all state elections. Reflect back on the BJP's successes in three assembly polls in November 2003...
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Outline of Modi’s 2014 strategy is now becoming visible -
R Jagannathan, FirstPost
From Narendra Modi’s utterances at a gathering of Hindu seers and saints at Haridwar yesterday, one can now begin to discern a pattern on what his future strategy is likely to be – both at the political and personal levels. The emerging political reality is one where Modi has been under attack both from the extreme Right of the Hindu fringe, and “secular” allies such as Nitish Kumar. His rivals in the Congress, of course, are hoping that his mere entry...
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Sharif the leader in Pak race -
AS Dulat, Mail Today
Pakistan never ceases to amaze, even while making history. For the first time in its existence, a democratically-elected government completed its full five year tenure in Pakistan. Emotional scenes were witnessed when the National Assembly held its farewell session before its dissolution on March 16th, as nostalgic speeches were made and members embraced each other. It was a huge moment in a country used to dictatorial regimes never having seen peaceful and constitutional transfer of power that it is now close to.
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CM's post: Siddu, Parameshwara tussle reaches fever pitch -
Sowmya Aji, NewIndianExpress
The internecine battle for supremacy within the Congress has taken a curious turn with the entry of Rahul Gandhi on the campaign stage. His public rallies have become a battleground for Opposition leader Siddaramaiah and Congress state president G Parameshwara to demonstrate their individual clout in the state, in their race to the chief minister’s post.
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Karnataka poll: A statistically viable predictive model -
Praveen Patil, Niti Central
Over the next few weeks we shall try and analyse Karnataka elections here at NitiCentral using various data points to arrive at a statistically viable predictive model. At the end of it, all election analysis is about predicting the final outcome, so we shall try and narrow down the best possible results using data and correlating it with ground realities. Past electoral data gives us an idea as to what is the overall strength of each contesting...
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Will one rupee idlis and low cost rice reap votes for Jaya? -
G Pramod Kumar, FirstPost
Looks like Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa is battle-ready for the 2013-2014 Lok Sabha elections. A slew of welfare programmes, targeting both the urban and rural poor, that she has initiated in the last few months make a great beginning for her campaign. While a chain of “Amma” restaurants (Amma Unavagam) that sell south Indian food at dirty-cheap prices and rice at Rs 20 per kilo target both the poor and middle class homes, her relief package for the farmers target vulnerable...
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Dynasty politics takes centre stage in Karnataka -
Shyam Sundar Vattam, NewIndianExpress
Dynasty politics is the flavour of the season and the Karnataka Assembly elections are flooded with candidates who already have a family member in the political arena. Two or three persons of a family contesting elections has become the norm. Former chief minister and JD(S) state president H D Kumaraswamy, who is contesting from Ramanagaram, has fielded his wife Anita from neighbouring Chennapatna. His elder brother H D Revanna is contesting from the traditional family seat of Holenarsipura, originally held by their father former prime minister...
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Why the BJP is winning the war on social media -
Rediff
The high-voltage outbursts of netizens over #Feku (Gujarat Chief minister Narendra Modi) versus #Pappu (Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi) is not the real issue. It's how parties are using social media to get their message across, says BJP cyber cell chief Arvind Gupta. Circa August 2012: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi does a Google hangout session, first of its kind in India, to engage with young Indians. The response was so unprecedented that initially the Google servers crashed.
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Doublespeak on electoral reforms -
N Gopalaswami, Hindu
The paid news case is no longer just about Ashok Chavan. It concerns every individual and institution opposed to the sway of money power in elections. Politicians everywhere are known to indulge in doublespeak and our politicians are no exception. But some recent pronouncements of our Law Minister only show that our politicians may have very few serious rivals in this sport.Not long ago, the Minister was all praise for the Election Commission of India’s real time and effective monitoring of election expenses.
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The six that matter most -
Rahul Verma & Pradeep Chhibber, Indian Express
Since the results of the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh assembly elections were declared in December last year, the countdown for the 2014 general elections has begun. The assembly polls in 2013 — held earlier in March in three northeastern states, in Karnataka by May and in Delhi, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram by November — are presented as a curtain raiser to the national elections. The value of these elections for the general elections is due to the commonplace...
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