So the elections are over. An exercise with this magnitude and importance do have a few lessons to learn; actually it can be mapped to the existing wisdom in form of phrases.
• Over the Top: 15th Lok Sabha elections
• Go lay an egg: 47% votes casted by mumbaikars
• Your Guess Is As Good As Mine: the analyst who claim to know the mind of Indian voters, are proclaimed wrong, again
• By hook or crook: Varun Gandhi use hate speech to win elections
• Turn Over A New Leaf: India elects 226 MPs who are less than 50 yrs of age
• Actions speak louder then words: Sheila Dikshit delivers a perfect score
• Count one’s chickens before they hatch: Hopes of the, India’s regional party leaders had been hoping to play kingmakers is dead.
• From Rags To Riches: Rahul Gandhi once flayed for dynasty politics, is now being applauded and celebrated as a catalyst in UPA victory.
• Don’t Burn Your Bridges: The likes of Lalu Yadav, Amar Singh, Ram Vilas Pawan said they will not unconditionally support Congress/UPA before the elections, fearing the anti-incumbency factor. Yes, now the roles of seeker and seeked have reversed,
• Dead Duck : Blooming trouble, BJP can't get its leader right
• When It Rains, It Pours: Indian Rupee, Bonds, Index Futures Gain on Election Victory
5 comments:
brilliant stuff...
As good as it gets : A phrase for this article and Congress's performance.
Mast likha hai yeh waala to tumne, nicely captures various shades :)
- Vivekanand
Cool assessment of elections. To BJP - what you see is not always what you get!
Aur isi ke saath ye laga sixer!!!! Ballebaaz 'Priti' fir champion :))
Funky summary girl!! Keep up ur good work :)
A new begining: UPA Version 2.0
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