[While one may dismiss Kejriwal's prediction just as a partisan view, the report at sl. no. II below indicates the confusion in the BJP camp. It, of course, goes without saying that for the actual outcome we'll have to wait till November 8th.]
I/II. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/bihar-elections-2015/news/Modiji-losing-Bihar-elections-badly-Arvind-Kejriwal/articleshow/49408684.cms Modiji losing Bihar elections badly: Arvind Kejriwal PTI | Oct 16, 2015, 02.09 PM IST NeW DELHI: With the second phase of Bihar polls on, Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday anticipated a victory for Nitish Kumar and claimed that the BJP, led by Narendra Modi, was all set to "badly" lose the elections. The AAP convenor said that incumbent chief minister Nitish Kumar will get another shot at power. Kejriwal has openly endorsed Kumar's candidature. "As per my information, Modiji is losing Bihar elections badly. Nitishji is winning the polls," Kejriwal tweeted. READ ALSO: Second phase of Bihar polls: Time for smaller NDA allies to prove their worth Kejriwal had extended full support to his Bihar counterpart's candidature at a conclave organised by the Delhi government in the capital in August. However, he did not campaign for the JD(U) in the ongoing polls. Making common cause against Modi, the duo also attacked him for announcing a Rs 1.25 lakh crore package for the election-bound state. AAP has had to walk a tightrope in supporting Nitish as his party JD(U) is part of a grand alliance of which Lalu Prasad-led RJD is also a part. Arvind Kejriwal ✔ @ArvindKejriwal मेरी जानकारी के मुताबिक़ मोदी जी बिहार चुनाव बुरी तरह से हार रहे हैं। नितीश जी चुनाव जीत रहे हैं। 7:00 AM - 16 Oct 2015 2,254 2,254 Retweets 1,847 1,847 favorites II. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/bihar-bjp-leaders-behind-pm-modi-rallies-cancellation-shatrughan/ Bihar BJP leaders behind cancellation of PM Modi’s rallies ‘cancellation’: Shatrughan Sinha According to sources, it has been decided that the number of rallies to be addressed by Modi in Bihar will be reduced. Veteran actor and BJP Parliamentarian Shatrughan Sinha Senior BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha today sought to blame party leaders in Bihar for “cancellation” of rallies to be addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as star campaigner for the ongoing Assembly polls in the state. Sinha, who has been lately making veiled attacks on the party leadership, also took potshot at the Prime Minister for the last minute “cancellation”. “A situation that led our star campaigner PM to cancel his Bihar rallies at the last minute…sending a negative message???” Sinha tweeted. Shatrughan Sinha @ShatruganSinha A situation that led our star campaigner PM to cancel his Bihar rallies at the last minute...sending a negative message??? 11:17 AM - 17 Oct 2015 460 460 Retweets 231 231 favorites According to sources, it has been decided that the number of rallies to be addressed by Modi in Bihar will be reduced. “Though some local dictatorial leaders in Bihar are solely responsible for creating the mess and an undesirable situation in Bihar. “Hope, wish and pray that despite some teething troubles and electoral problems, we do as well as we expected in the Bihar elections,” Sinha, who was cabinet minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, said in a series of tweets. Yesterday, he had expressed concern over the spiralling price of pulses and asked the Centre to take urgent steps to contain it. “Dal prices touch Rs 200. Urgent steps required by Centre to contain this! We have seen the tears that onion prices have brought in the past,” Sinha had said. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
