Bengaluru: National award winning actor Prakash Rai/Raj on December 18 questioned Prime minister Modi whether he was really happy following the mixed results in Gujarat assembly elections.
Raj continuing his attack on Sangh Parivar and the BJP, after wishing Modi on Twitter for the victory in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat, questioned whether he was really happy. He also taunted Modi for not winning 150 seats as expected before elections.
Raj also asked Modi to to pause for a moment and realise that his divisive politics has not worked in Gujarat. “Dear sir, congratulations. Yes. But weren’t you supposed to SWEEP with your VIKAAS? What happened to 150+? Will you pause for a moment to realise …divisive politics has not worked. Our country has bigger issues than Pakistan, religion, caste and supporting fringe groups that threaten and the ego of settling personal scores. There are genuine rural issues. The neglected voice of the farmer. Poor. Rural India. Just got a little louder. Can you hear, #just asking”, he tweeted.
The ruling BJP was on Monday set to retain power in Gujarat, just edging past the half-way mark in one of the most bitterly contested elections that saw the Congress improve its tally compared to five years ago. Election Commission officials said the Bharatiya Janata Party, on course for its sixth consecutive win, had bagged 58 seats and was leading in 41 while the Congress had won 50 and was forging ahead in 27 more.
While the BJP celebrated all across Gujarat and in Delhi, the 99-seat tally was far less than the 150 BJP President Amit Shah had set for the party to win and 16 less than what it got in 2012 despite intense campaigning by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Congress, its campaign led by its now President Rahul Gandhi, was poised to finish with a tally of 77, 16 more than what it bagged five years ago.
