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\u2018THE OPPOSITION PLAYED DIRTY. THEY RIDICULED MY HINDI\u2019<\/strong><\/div>\n
Samajwadi Party candidate\u00a0<\/em>Nafisa Ali<\/strong>\u00a0says she was unprepared to contest in Lucknow, where she campaigned only for 18 days<\/em><\/div>\n
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THE DANGER WAS\u00a0<\/strong>that the NDA would form the government by some default. But now I\u2019m so happy that that possibility is out of the picture. I always say my country comes first, and my party comes second. So I wouldn\u2019t say I have lost. I am still young in politics. I will grow slowly and steadily.<\/div>\n
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The Opposition played dirty politics with me. Rita Bahuguna Joshi ridiculed my Hindi. I can only participate in the politics of dignity and accountability. The media too has generally been very supportive but certain kinds of media wanted to be paid to write about you. And I wasn\u2019t ready to do so. Azam Khan\u2019s pro-Congress stand and his ridiculing the Samajwadi Party (SP) for no reason while being the SP general secretary was disgraceful. It confused the voter again. So the Congress benefited.<\/div>\n
I don\u2019t think I lost at all. I don\u2019t regret not joining Congress.<\/div>\n
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My dream was that the SP becomes the alliance at the Centre. SP is the only party that can take on Mayawati on the ground. I am an activist and I am deeply troubled by what is happening in Uttar Pradesh. I hope the SP gives me a position of importance in the party hierarchy and then I will work towards making it a national party.<\/div>\n
I was unprepared for the elections and then I went suddenly to Lucknow. You have to contest in an area that you work or live in. That factor also must have taken its toll on my chances of winning. But the party leadership was phenomenally supportive.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u2018ANTI-INCUMBENCY CAN\u2019T BE THE REASON. ONLY I LOST\u2019<\/strong><\/div>\n
Senior Congress leader and former Union Minister for Panchayati Raj\u00a0<\/em>Mani Shankar Aiyar<\/strong>\u00a0rues the high expectations of his constituency<\/em><\/div>\n
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BETTER COORDINATION WITHIN<\/strong>\u00a0and between the parties might have overcome the decline. Also, perhaps I had stoked very high expectations of myself when I was a backbench MP and that\u2019s what my constituency Mayiladuturai knew about me in the last 13 years. Then, in the last five years as a minister, I have inevitably had to cut down my visits. Although I did try to make it once a month, it was less time than I spent earlier.<\/div>\n
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I would say the factors were serious mismanagement at the level of coordination, not pulling the alliance partners together and some element of voter fatigue. Anti-incumbency cannot be a reason because the DMK has come back in such a glorious number. Immediately around me in the constituencies of Nagapattinam, Thanjavur, Perambalur, Chidambaram and Kadalur we won. I was the only one who lost.<\/p>\n
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Jayalalithaa would have won but for our stupid media, which kept projecting to her that she was going to win by a huge margin. After the elections were over political commentator Yogendra Yadav pointed out that the hype actually went against her. The media had lulled her into complacency and they got it all wrong. Only people on the ground got it all right. From the beginning, Mr Karunanidhi had predicted a massive DMK-alliance victory and that is exactly what happened.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u2018I HAD TO FACE ATALJI<\/em>\u2019S LEGACY\u2019<\/strong><\/div>\n
Rita Bahuguna Joshi,<\/strong>\u00a0the UP Congress Committee president on why she lost Lucknow<\/em><\/div>\n
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I WANTED TO<\/strong>\u00a0contest from my home district Allahabad but when Sanjay Dutt lost the case in the Supreme Court, the party could not locate a strong candidate for this seat. Just a day before the nomination, Sonia Gandhi asked me to file my nomination. I had to face two powerful opponents \u2014 BSP\u2019S Akhilesh Das, who spent crores to woo the voters and the legacy of Atal Behari Vajpayee. The BJP even circulated a letter with Atalji\u2019s signature that it was his last will that this seat be retained by the BJP. If I had another seven days, I would have won.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u2018LALU\u2019S HARD WORK PAID OFF\u2019<\/strong><\/div>\n
BJP leader\u00a0<\/em>Rajiv Pratap Rudy<\/strong>\u00a0says he never anticipated losing the best election he ever fought<\/em><\/div>\n
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IT WAS A<\/strong>\u00a0meltdown. No one anticipated this. It was one of the best elections I have ever fought \u2014 no violence, no booth grabbing. The loss in Saran was a surprise but in retrospect, it seems Lalu Yadav\u2019s development agenda favoured him. Lalu brought in an investment of Rs 10,000 crore in a small constituency \u2014 one rail engine factory and one coach factory. I did trouble, confront and contest him. I kept him confined to Saran for a very long time and I was martyred in the process. It was a fair battle and his hard work paid off. But, after all, defeat is defeat and you have to appreciate it.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u2018THE SECULARS WERE DIVIDED\u2019<\/strong><\/div>\n
Former Union Steel Minister<\/em>\u00a0Ram Vilas Paswan<\/strong>\u00a0says that breaking alliance with Congress cost him<\/em><\/div>\n
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I TAKE THE<\/strong>\u00a0defeat in my stride. Nobody can say Paswan has not worked for Hajipur. If I have lost despite all this, it is just the wish of the people. I will continue to serve them. It is good that secular parties under the banner of UPA have won all across the country and the prospects of NDA, which has been trying to come to power, have ended. I lost because the secular vote got divided. We would have got two-thirds of the seats that have gone to JD(U) had we contested together. Before the next assembly elections, we must ensure that LJP, RJD and Congress have a clear alliance.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u2018TRUTH LOST IN RAMPUR\u2019<\/strong><\/div>\n
Former BJP minister\u00a0<\/em>Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi\u00a0<\/strong>on being defeated by Samajwadi Party\u2019s Jaya Prada<\/em><\/div>\n
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DECEPTION AND WEALTH<\/strong>\u00a0won. Service and truth lost in Rampur. The real issues got diluted in the C-grade filmi drama that took place between Azam Khan, Jaya Prada and Amar Singh. While the BJP stayed away from mud-slinging politics, the electorate thought that this was the only fight being fought. The media also played it up because of the masala \u2014 a hero, heroine and villain. Jaya Prada had no agenda or work to show and I was stronger. A lot of money was used in this fight and the SP used both Hindu and Muslim religious leaders to work against us.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u2018VOTERS HAVE SHOCKED US\u2019<\/strong><\/div>\n
BJP National General Secretary\u00a0<\/em>Vinay Katiyar<\/strong>\u00a0blames his loss on the electronic voting machines<\/em><\/div>\n
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THE AMBEDKAR NAGAR<\/strong>\u00a0voters have shocked us. It\u2019s very difficult to assess the voters\u2019 mood and the issues that appeal to them. Sarees and money were distributed to voters. Electronic Voting Machines are unreliable too. If you keep pressing the button continuously for a minute then 100 votes can get registered. Since the constituency was previously held by Mayawati, the polling officers just had to do these things, otherwise, they would have got punished later. The other reason may be the loan waiver and the NREGA which might have influenced the rural voters.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u2018I CAN ONLY MAKE PROMISES\u2019<\/strong><\/div>\n
Samajwadi Party leader\u00a0<\/em>Abu Azmi\u00a0<\/strong>says his party cannot fight elections alone in Maharashtra<\/em><\/div>\n
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WHEN I CHOSE<\/strong>\u00a0this seat, I knew I had taken a risk because fighting alone in Maharashtra is difficult. The others had the support of their alliance partners. The BJP allied with the Shiv Sena and the Congress with the NCP. Despite that, I was hopeful that I would get the north Indian vote. But I can only make promises, I cannot give the north Indians security. Therefore they voted for Congress. To fight a Lok Sabha seat alone, especially for a person from the minority, is a very difficult task. It\u2019s impossible for the SP to fight elections alone in Maharashtra.<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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\u2018WHAT CAN WE DO WHEN THERE IS A WAVE?\u2019<\/strong><\/div>\n
Congress leader\u00a0<\/em>Margaret Alva<\/strong>\u00a0explains why she lost to BJP in Uttara Kannada, Karnataka<\/em><\/div>\n
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WE DID OUR<\/strong>\u00a0best this time. The margin was reduced to 22,000. But the entire belt has gone to the BJP. I have done a lot for the constituency but when there is a particular wave, what can we do? Congress has lost 19 constituencies in the state. Maybe the party was not strong enough to face the BJP. They are in the government and have been throwing money around. I also feel that they managed to get rural support. They are also playing the Hindutva card in a big way. Not one minority has been elected from Karnataka. More attention will have to be paid in Karnataka, because it has always been a Congress state. To an extent, it can be attributed to the divide in the Congress. A number of senior Congress leaders left and joined the BJP. Fifteen of the 20 candidates the BJP put up were borrowed. I\u2019d also say that the JD(S) was responsible for creating sympathy for the BJP by pulling down their government and not allowing them the chief ministership as they had promised. A secular party has itself has helped them get a foothold in a state where they never existed.<\/div>\n
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\u2018Under the Congress rule, lots of real estate agents made big bucks and have voted for them\u2019<\/strong>
\nVIJAY GOEL,<\/strong>\u00a0BJP leader and former Union Minister of State<\/em>\u00a0On why he lost the New Delhi constituency to Ajay Maken<\/div>\n
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\u2018Ask the people of Gurdaspur. I\u2019m not going to blame myself or anybody else\u2019<\/strong>
\nVINOD KHANNA,<\/strong>\u00a0former BJP MP and actor<\/em>\u00a0On why he is not the one with explanations for his defeat<\/div>\n
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\u2018Delimitation worked against me and there were a lot of weddings on May 7\u2019<\/strong>
\nMANVENDRA SINGH,<\/strong>\u00a0former BJP MP<\/em>\u00a0The son of Jaswant Singh on why he lost in Barmer, Rajasthan<\/div>\n
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\u2018There was a pro-Congress wave in Delhi. Leaders much senior than me have also succumbed\u2019<\/strong>
\nCHETAN CHAUHAN,<\/strong>\u00a0former BJP MP and cricketer<\/em>\u00a0On being defeated by Sandeep Dikshit in East Delhi by a 2.4 lakh margin<\/div>\n
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\u2018Smaller parties such as LJP and independents cut into our Muslim votes, which proved disastrous \u2019<\/strong>
\nSHANKARSINH VAGHELA,<\/strong>\u00a0Former Union Textile Minister<\/em>\u00a0On losing in Panchmahal, Gujarat<\/div>\n
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\u2018BJP leaders cancelled their rallies and upset the farmers by making them wait for hours during the harvest season\u2019<\/strong>
\nASHOK PRADHAN,<\/strong>\u00a0BJP leader<\/em>\u00a0On why he lost from Bulandshahr in Uttar Pradesh<\/div>\n
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\u2018More than 30 percent of our voters are Muslims. Congress polarised our Muslim votes\u2019<\/strong>
\nSANTOSH GANGWAR,<\/strong>\u00a0Six-time BJP MP<\/em>\u00a0On losing in Bareilly, UP to the Congress<\/div>\n
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\u2018I have CDs of BJP candidate Naveen Kateel\u2019s hate speeches but I chose not to highlight them.\u2019<\/strong>
\nJANARDHAN POOJARY,<\/strong>\u00a0Former Union Minister and Senior Congress leader<\/em>\u00a0On the Congress rout in Mangalore<\/div>\n
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\u2018The electorate didn\u2019t approve that we praised the UPA for the five years in Parliament and then suddenly broke all ties\u2019<\/strong>
\nRAGHUNATH JHA,<\/strong>\u00a0RJD leader and former Union Minister<\/em>\u00a0On why he lost in Valmiki Nagar, Bihar<\/div>\n
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\u2018I was reluctant to contest this election because of my age. I am yet to analyse the reasons why I lost\u2019<\/strong>
\nAR ANTULAY,<\/strong>\u00a0Former Union Minister of Minority Affairs<\/em>\u00a0On losing in Raigad, Maharashtra<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

(As told to Neha Dixit and Shobhita Naithani)<\/p>\n

From Tehelka Magazine, Vol 6, Issue 12, Dated Mar 28, 2009<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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