He said that he would not use the term again if these remarks have hurt anyone's feelings. The remarks made by the DMK MP were, however, later expunged by Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla.
The BJP is a party that clinically assesses what worked for it and didn’t in an election. This election cycle saw some interesting experiments by BJP: PM Modi’s direct attacks on Congress satraps, a bold attempt at collective leadership despite the risks, and neutralising big ticket opposition promises at the grassroots itself
Analogies with 2003-04 when BJP lost in 2004 after sweeping the 2003 polls are flawed. Unlike in 2003, BJP put up its national leadership and its centralised ideological agenda for a popular referendum in the three Hindi heartland assembly polls, and there is much reason to believe that a similar strategy might work similarly well in the national elections
The Congress has crossed the halfway mark in Chhattisgarh, show the very early trends, which are in line with the exit poll predictions which gave the grand old party a distinct edge over its national rival, the BJP.