The BJP won seven of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam, restricting the Congress to just three seats. It is a big loss for the grand old party, which has been ruling the state since 2001. In the 2009 General Election, the Congress had won seven seats, and the BJP four. And in the Assembly polls held two years later, Gogoi had been voted to power for the third time in a row, winning 76 of the 126 seats. No wonder, all opinion polls had predicted that Gogoi’s party will be able to buck the nationwide anti-Congress mood. But the BJP’s election campaign, with massive rallies by Modi, managed to galvanise support away from the Congress and put paid to Gogoi’s hopes of a decent performance. The only silver lining for the Assam CM was that his son Gaurav made his political debut by winning from Kaliabor, considered a family seat of the Gogois.
Posted on: Tue, 27 May 2014 08:30:00 +0000
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