Detail A Welcome Slap in the Face; India's State Elections   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 402 no. 8775 (Mar. 2012), page 31-32. Topik: Prime Ministers; Elections; India's Politics; Leaders in Politics Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.70 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel If he had any other surname, Rahul Gandhi, commonly mentioned as a prime minister-in-waiting, would surely be pondering a new career. His ill-starred record as a political campaigner reached a new low on March 6th, when he accepted the blame for his party's dreadful showing in assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh (UP). Congress won only 28 of the 403 seats in India's largest state (population 200m), up just six from the 2007 poll. There were similar drubbings in two other assembly elections in the five states that voted. A rally by Sonia Gandhi, Congress's boss, swayed nobody in Goa, where the predominantly Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) snatched victory with Catholic support. And Mr Gandhi's efforts to rejuvenate the party also failed in Punjab: a local BJP ally, Akali Dal, romped back to office, the first time since the 1980s that a Punjabi incumbent has held on. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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