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| For Many, Results 2014 Is Verdict |
| For Many, Results 2014 Is Verdict on Gandhis vs Modi
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| INDIA
, 15-May-2014
12:51:48 PM |
| Friday's election results will deliver the verdict on an intense campaign that was seen by many as a direct battle between the Gandhis, who head the Congress, and Narendra Modi, the BJP's prime ministerial candidate.
Rahul Gandhi's bid to give his party a third consecutive term was called lacklustre even by allies, and his speeches at rallies up and down the country in recent months were far paler than Mr Modi's electrifying campaign, during which the BJP leader repeatedly derided Mr Gandhi, 43, and his mother Sonia for keeping India poor.
Mr Gandhi fronted the campaign for the Congress. He is party vice-president; his mother is chief.
Exit polls show the Congress may be saddled with its worst-ever performance.
The Nehru-Gandhi dynasty gave India its first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru. His daughter, Indira Gandhi, and grandson, Rajiv, both held the post subsequently, and both were assassinated.
By some measures, the Congress' first family was in decline long before the parliamentary election; it has not won a majority in decades.
But few would write off the clan completely even if tomorrow's result is humiliating. Sonia Gandhi, described as the power behind the prime ministerial throne occupied by Manmohan Singh, delivered Congress its worst result to date in 1999. She then led the party to victory in the next two elections.
During this election, Mr Modi contrasted his humble past as the low-caste son of a tea seller with Mr Gandhi's privileged and cloistered life in plush districts of the capital.
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