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Opinion Polls Latest opinion poll by NDTV shows BJP and its allies is expected to get around 275 with the ruling Congress led front getting around 111 and rest by all the other parties together. This appears to be a far cry from the initial euphoria when Modi came into picture as BJP's prime ministerial candidate. The expectations were that BJP on its own will get the simple majority. Is there some weakening in the BJP's strength over the period? May be I am stretching my imagination too far, but I feel the final tally could be around 250 for BJP, 130-140 for Congress for the rest. If BJP and its current allies together get only this kind of a tally they will be in for a trouble in the long run as they may have to depend on one of the three ladies viz., Didi (Mamata Banerjee), Amma (Jayalalitha) or Mayavathi (behenji). If this happens we can again see the same state of policy inaction in future also. Alliances & Campaigning All the pre-poll alliances are set now ...

At last the greatest show in India has started with first phase completed on 7th April. This is expected to go for next five weeks with the campaigning heating up as the polling dates in important states draws near. Already lot of controversial utterings by the leaders are on air. There is Amit Shah of BJP and Azam Khan  of Samajwadi Party and Masood of Congress airing controversial remarks. Latest to come out is that of Mr Azam Khan dragging the religion of the soldiers who stormed the heights of Kargil during the proxy (or almost a full) war during the regime of Mr Atal Behari Vajpaye. This particular set of comments be they uttered now or 2-3 years back are highly objectionable and should be condemned. Coming to the comments of Azam Khan, yesterday I had the misfortune of watching a debate (??) on Times Now hosted by Mr Arnab Goswami. I have seen debates on several issues hosted by Mr Arnab over the period. This man is known for his loud, disrupting and passing unnecessary ...