Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Marathi vote gone to MNS Sena
There is no doubt that the Marathi vote has gone to the MNS which has emerged as the flavour of the month. However, the MNS has only given hope. It has not won a single seat to demonstrate that it can practice what it preaches.
IMO: Raj Thackeray's policies certainly made sense to me - politically. However the real net result only helped Congress, so far. Uddhav's more moderate policies might not have got more success at the end of the day, and the problem for the Thackerays seems to be that the number of votes that people basically non-Maharashtrian is increasing. However it is said that Raj Thackeray attracted votes from other communities like Dalits, Buddhists and even Muslims born in Mumbai !
The average Mumbaikar, rightly or wrongly, felt that the city had got nothing from the Centre. It was often said : ‘‘Look at the state of rural Maharashtra where farmers are dying. None of the other political parties is willing to take up these issues. So many see MNS should be given a chance’’
IMO: Raj Thackeray's policies certainly made sense to me - politically. However the real net result only helped Congress, so far. Uddhav's more moderate policies might not have got more success at the end of the day, and the problem for the Thackerays seems to be that the number of votes that people basically non-Maharashtrian is increasing. However it is said that Raj Thackeray attracted votes from other communities like Dalits, Buddhists and even Muslims born in Mumbai !
The average Mumbaikar, rightly or wrongly, felt that the city had got nothing from the Centre. It was often said : ‘‘Look at the state of rural Maharashtra where farmers are dying. None of the other political parties is willing to take up these issues. So many see MNS should be given a chance’’
# posted by uv : 2:04 AM
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