Lessons to be learnt for the Congress and its allies

Finally the election euphoria is over and the results are out. the biggest question now is why and how did a large party like congress lost along-with its allies. There are so many reasons for this and my analysis is given below:

Never underestimate the power of a well-informed, common man:
If you think that you can cover up the weakness in leadership and governance by playing dramas in front of national media by claiming to tear off ordinances or use their father's or granny's death for sympathy, wake up as the public knows the real story and the plot, thanks to the vigorous debates on so many news channels. It even applies to those allies who joined hands with the congress.

Never take power for granted and misuse it:
During the AP Reorganization, the way the central leadership brushed aside the people's movement is too much for the people to digest. Congress tried to play politics with the emotions of the people and it paid the price. They wanted 10 more seats by splitting the state? They got the answer where they were wiped off completely on the coastal part of AP and dropped to a pathetic #3(not even in the position to be an opposition) in the hyderabad area.

Discard bad apples or else the whole basket decays:
When people are corrupt or when someone was convicted clearly by credible investigation agencies, the leadership should acknowledge the fact and take a strong action against them. Instead what the UPA has done is try to shield its tainted ministers with some ridiculous arguments. People saw the facts and taught them the lesson that they need to learn atleast now.
The APCC too committed a suicide by giving in to anti-social elements, encouraging corrupt leaders and passing the AP reorganization bill against the people and got wiped off in the state.
This holds true even for BJP Karnataka as it could have been in power if it had took a strong stand against tainted leaders, dismissed them and gave a stable govt at the state. They tasted the result in 2013.

Take note of the early warnings:
In the 5-state assembly polls in december 2013, BJP swept almost all the states and congress was routed in some key areas. And what was the response from the congress? We will analyze the results. What will be effect on the national polls next year? They claimed the national polls are independent of assembly polls and went ahead in the same denial mode.

Do not play the exhausted pseudo-secularism cum minority card:
The nation didnt vote for people who continuously split the people by claiming to be the saviors of minorities and nothing else. Ever since the campaign started, the congress kept running behind minorities and their president even went to the extent to say to few minority leaders: "...do not split the secular vote...". Does that mean the majority population are not secular?

And yes on a closing note, in one of the shows on the CNN-IBN, how can we ignore the Majlis's claim that by not having a muslim candidate from BJP, it is against secularism, here is my response:
If they still live in the illusion of this so called pseudo-secularism, then they are going the congress way. In fact I would call it reverse secularism where the majority feel threatened by the minorities. If having muslims as their party candidates means secularism, then its medieval thinking. I for example never saw the caste/religion of any candidate while voting. If the Majlis feels that muslims are not represented only because BJP didnt select any muslim candidate this time, the simple answer is: The door is open to everyone. Those who genuinely want to work towards development can come on their own but there should be no reservations in the field of religion atleast. In any case there are parties who are exclusive to muslims and let them play the minority appeasement game instead of a nationalist party. The problem is they feel religion is more important to them than the country and that is where the main problem is. In fact, religion should be a personal choice and cannot be a scale on which secularism can be measured. On a personal level, I would say "worship your religion and respect the others but not the vice-versa".

With love.. Anil