Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was yet again brutally trolled over the crushing Karnataka defeat.
Congress chief Rahul Gandhi was yet again brutally trolled over the crushing Karnataka defeat.
After the disastrous results, Twitter went into an overdrive mocking the Congress president. (LIVE UPDATES)
From invoking iconic ‘Baahubali’ dialogue to visualising BJP chief Amit Shah’s science of strategy in comic way, Twitter had a field day.
Here are some of the wittiest, funniest tweets that would put smile on your face:
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A party must have 113 seats to form a government. While latest reports suggest the Congress-JDS deal, the BJP may also seek the backing of smaller parties to form government in the state.
"The result provides some reassurance to the BJP that its popularity remains intact," said Shilan Shah, a senior India economist at Capital Economics.
"That could embolden the government to pursue reforms in future, including loosening foreign direct investment restrictions and moves towards privatization."
If it forms a government in Karnataka, the BJP and its allies would govern 22 of India's 29 states. A strong showing in the state, which has a population roughly that of France, allows PM Modi to aggressively push forward his reforms agenda without fear of political backlash.
It also gives the BJP a southern beachhead, besides its core base in India's north and west.
In the last four years, PM Modi has moved to boost the economy, but shied away from politically-sensitive reforms to revamp the labour sector and land acquisition, which the World Bank called for in March.
His government faced sniping in recent weeks over soaring fuel prices, a decision to privatise state carrier Air India and a lack of jobs for millions of young workforce entrants each year.
But PM Modi's victory in Karnataka, where he led the party campaign, showed he remains the top vote-getter in Indian politics, leaving Rahul Gandhi, the young leader of the main opposition Congress party, struggling.
A Pew survey in November found Modi still trumps Gandhi in popularity, with nine of 10 Indians expressing a favourable opinion of him and more than two-thirds satisfied with his direction for the country.
"The win definitely enhances the prospect of Prime Minister Modi for another term," said political commentator N. Ram.
The benchmark 50-share NSE index extended gains during the morning session to trade more than 1 percent higher as results pointed to success for the BJP.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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