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As the first reports started to trickle in, the apprehensions of the party workers at 7 RCR and Congress HQ began to crystallize to gloom. The early trends seemed to be daunting and slowly yet steadily the buildup towards the ultimate result was emerging. Beyond doubt the flow was in favor of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the major opposition party. By the end of the day... The Congress was truly humbled with an abysmally low tally... 44 seats, the lowest ever in the electoral history since independence. For the first time in two decades BJP emerged on its own as the largest single party.
Backdrop & Introspection
The result had its impact, at the Congress Parliamentary Board Meeting, the next day. Party President Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and the Vice President Mr. Rahul Gandhi offered to resign. In an expected twist to the tale, their resignations were not accepted and the party decided to take collective responsibility. There were many issues to focus and it was quite unclear as to how the grand old party would seek to address these.
For two successive terms, the party governed at centre along with its coalition partners. 2004 elections sprang a definite surprise. The BJP government was on an upswing, the campaign was highly innovative, the economy in good nick with growth rate around 9.5% and the image of its leader Mr. AB Vajpayee was most respected. The party perceived itself to be in the driving seat and its campaign “India Shining” was expected to hit off well with the electorate. In spite of strong economic indicators, fairly good record of governance, general sense of well being and all the predictions of re-election, the BJP were stunned. The congress campaign negated the best of BJP’s claims thus enabling them to take the lead in forming the government. An intrepid and a politically innovative advertisement blitz failed to impress. The most unexpected happened and Congress secured its
As the first reports started to trickle in, the apprehensions of the party workers at 7 RCR and Congress HQ began to crystallize to gloom. The early trends seemed to be daunting and slowly yet steadily the buildup towards the ultimate result was emerging. Beyond doubt the flow was in favor of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the major opposition party. By the end of the day... The Congress was truly humbled with an abysmally low tally... 44 seats, the lowest ever in the electoral history since independence. For the first time in two decades BJP emerged on its own as the largest single party.
Backdrop & Introspection
The result had its impact, at the Congress Parliamentary Board Meeting, the next day. Party President Mrs. Sonia Gandhi and the Vice President Mr. Rahul Gandhi offered to resign. In an expected twist to the tale, their resignations were not accepted and the party decided to take collective responsibility. There were many issues to focus and it was quite unclear as to how the grand old party would seek to address these.
For two successive terms, the party governed at centre along with its coalition partners. 2004 elections sprang a definite surprise. The BJP government was on an upswing, the campaign was highly innovative, the economy in good nick with growth rate around 9.5% and the image of its leader Mr. AB Vajpayee was most respected. The party perceived itself to be in the driving seat and its campaign “India Shining” was expected to hit off well with the electorate. In spite of strong economic indicators, fairly good record of governance, general sense of well being and all the predictions of re-election, the BJP were stunned. The congress campaign negated the best of BJP’s claims thus enabling them to take the lead in forming the government. An intrepid and a politically innovative advertisement blitz failed to impress. The most unexpected happened and Congress secured its