D Deka said on AssamNet:
+
+ Saurav,
+ What the voters definitely said are:
+ 1.We are not voting for a party but for the candidate.
not all the voters, but the swing voters. but then when communities
vote en bloc in usually, it becomes impossible to make out certain
"messages".
+ 2. We do not want a candidate who does not represent us and also is corrupted.
hmmm...some definitely said that, but i am not sure how many.
+ 3. If your party does not listen to our loud and clear voice before the election,
+we'll teach you at the polling booth.
there were reports on the eve of the election how a tea garden
organization changed its "diktat", that created some confusion, and
many voters simply did not go to the polls.
+ 4. Money and show of power do not always get the votes.
this is true.
+ Here are my observations: If the voters were not disgruntled with Congress party
+and disenchanted with the candidate the result would have been 50K for Congress
+Phukan and 3K for AGP Gogoi. Also the race would have been more interesting if one or
+both candidates were from the tea garden labor community. Was there a third party
+candidate from the community? How did he fare in number of votes?
there was nothing that a better management of the vote banks could
not have changed. i guess there was a tea garden candidate involved
which created the division in the first place.. and lately, tea garden
voters have begun prefering tea garden candidates. so there is a
consolidation going on in that direction too. the assamese leaders
eating off the backs of tea garden votes (either from the congress
or elsewhere) will soon be a thing of the past.
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saurav
