Akbar Khan
Coming hours before polling was scheduled to commence in 230 constituencies of Madhya Pradesh, the audacious attack on Mumbai, which continues at the time of filing this report, has bombed Congress hopes of returning to power in this BJP ruled state, as the macabre assault on the country is bound to weigh heavy on voters mind as they key in their preference this morning.
The BJP through its state-wide campaign has blistered the Congress over its alleged laxity on terror, and the Mumbai attack according to the ruling party in Madhya Pradesh is a fall-out of the lack of an effective anti-terror mechanism.
Facing a severe onslaught from the BSP and BJS in the state, that vowed to polarize the ruling party vote banks, and a latent Congress campaign, the ghastly attack on Mumbai may trigger greater poll percentages across the state, a trend that is almost sure to see the BJP negate its anti-incumbency, BSP and BJS factors.
Closer home in Bhopal, the development and the following insecurity in minority voters is likely to embargo the major exodus of minority vote-banks that threatened local strongman Arif Aqueel, who is contesting the election on a Congress ticket.
For the first time in his career spanning nearly three decades, the Aqueel campaign faced severe anger from minority voters in the old city areas that openly campaigned for BJP first-timer Alok Sharma.
In Narela, prospects of SP and BSP candidates Syed Abdul Jaleel (Shiraz) and Izhar Ahmed will be hurt by the development as the 80,000 odd minority voters in the area are now bound to stick to a time tested political principal, the Congress.
Elsewhere in the state, the BJP is sure to use its offices to ‘internally’ attempt to raise poll percentages and as the day progresses heavy voting may be seen in poll stations across the state.
On his maiden electoral turf, the attack in Mumbai dooms Suresh Pachauri’s carefully planned campaign that counted on two-sided polarizations, anti-incumbencies and dissentions to levitate his party to power, in what till yesterday seemed to be a 'low scoring match'.
(at 0800 hours IST)
The BJP through its state-wide campaign has blistered the Congress over its alleged laxity on terror, and the Mumbai attack according to the ruling party in Madhya Pradesh is a fall-out of the lack of an effective anti-terror mechanism.
Facing a severe onslaught from the BSP and BJS in the state, that vowed to polarize the ruling party vote banks, and a latent Congress campaign, the ghastly attack on Mumbai may trigger greater poll percentages across the state, a trend that is almost sure to see the BJP negate its anti-incumbency, BSP and BJS factors.
Closer home in Bhopal, the development and the following insecurity in minority voters is likely to embargo the major exodus of minority vote-banks that threatened local strongman Arif Aqueel, who is contesting the election on a Congress ticket.
For the first time in his career spanning nearly three decades, the Aqueel campaign faced severe anger from minority voters in the old city areas that openly campaigned for BJP first-timer Alok Sharma.
In Narela, prospects of SP and BSP candidates Syed Abdul Jaleel (Shiraz) and Izhar Ahmed will be hurt by the development as the 80,000 odd minority voters in the area are now bound to stick to a time tested political principal, the Congress.
Elsewhere in the state, the BJP is sure to use its offices to ‘internally’ attempt to raise poll percentages and as the day progresses heavy voting may be seen in poll stations across the state.
On his maiden electoral turf, the attack in Mumbai dooms Suresh Pachauri’s carefully planned campaign that counted on two-sided polarizations, anti-incumbencies and dissentions to levitate his party to power, in what till yesterday seemed to be a 'low scoring match'.
(at 0800 hours IST)
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