'On resignations (of Rahul Gandhi and others)': An Interesting Note from Nirmalangshu Mukherji
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Sukla Sen
May 26, 2019, 9:37:26 AM5/26/19
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[The author is an academic and human rights activist.]
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Nirmalangshu Mukherji
8 hrs
On resignations.
All elite armchair left-liberals are up in arms over Congress and Rahul Gandhi. Even semi-bhakts like Ram Guha and fake pundits like Yogendra Yadav are asking Rahul Gandhi to resign etc.
For records, Congress under Rahul has withstood a monumental saffron onslaught almost alone and with little resources. Congress now governs 5 major states--Punjab, Karnataka, Rajasthan, MP, Chattisgarh--all won in the last two years. It has slightly increased its vote share and tally in the Lok Sabha. It is 1 or 2 in about 260 seats. It has made major inroads in Kerala and Tamilnadu, and improved its vote share in Delhi and Telengana. And useless intellectuals want Rahul to resign.
In contrast, CPM is now down to 3 seats, with 2 as a parasite on the Congress-DMK sweep in Tamilnadu. It has just one seat from Kerala where it's vote share has plummeted. It has 0 seats from WB and Tripura, vote share in WB down to 7%. It lost deposit in 39 of the 40 seats it contested in WB.
AAP has now just one seat in the form of a comedian from Punjab, 0 elsewhere. Its vote share down to single digit in Punjab, and plummeted to 17% in Delhi from a high of 54% in 2015. Though it has 66/70 seats in Delhi assembly, it came 3rd in 5 out of 7 seats in Delhi, and lost deposit in 3.
Yet, no words on Yechury-Karats and Kejriwal-Sisodia.
-- https://www.facebook.com/nirmalangshu.mukherji/timeline?lst=1387786704%3A687431760%3A1558874798
Nirmalangshu Mukherji
8 hrs
On resignations.
All elite armchair left-liberals are up in arms over Congress and Rahul Gandhi. Even semi-bhakts like Ram Guha and fake pundits like Yogendra Yadav are asking Rahul Gandhi to resign etc.
For records, Congress under Rahul has withstood a monumental saffron onslaught almost alone and with little resources. Congress now governs 5 major states--Punjab, Karnataka, Rajasthan, MP, Chattisgarh--all won in the last two years. It has slightly increased its vote share and tally in the Lok Sabha. It is 1 or 2 in about 260 seats. It has made major inroads in Kerala and Tamilnadu, and improved its vote share in Delhi and Telengana. And useless intellectuals want Rahul to resign.
In contrast, CPM is now down to 3 seats, with 2 as a parasite on the Congress-DMK sweep in Tamilnadu. It has just one seat from Kerala where it's vote share has plummeted. It has 0 seats from WB and Tripura, vote share in WB down to 7%. It lost deposit in 39 of the 40 seats it contested in WB.
AAP has now just one seat in the form of a comedian from Punjab, 0 elsewhere. Its vote share down to single digit in Punjab, and plummeted to 17% in Delhi from a high of 54% in 2015. Though it has 66/70 seats in Delhi assembly, it came 3rd in 5 out of 7 seats in Delhi, and lost deposit in 3.
Yet, no words on Yechury-Karats and Kejriwal-Sisodia.
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