Trends for 2017 Assembly elections are live now. In Uttar Pradesh, BJP looks all set to perform better than the wildest expectations, with it hovering above the 300 mark. In Uttarakhand too, BJP looks like forming the government with a 2/3 rd majority. In Punjab, Congress is bursting the AAP bubble with Kejriwal’s party coming a distant second with 25 seats as compared to the Congress’s 75. Goa and Manipur look too close to be called and might be heading towards a hung parliament.
Reactions started pouring early in the morning. The prime focus was on BJP’s surge and AAP’s demise, the party which according to latest figures is yet to open account in Goa. Here are a few reactions which we managed to compile:
The BJP’s UP performance with respect to all the previous elections it has contested:
https://twitter.com/mohanstatsman/status/840443361232224256
Turns out, the BJP’s appeal transcended all communities:
https://twitter.com/ritviks95/status/840448743530889216
Now speculations have started who would be BJP’s CM Candidate
https://twitter.com/IamRitzV/status/840463793796833280
People also made fun of Rahul Gandhi’s entrepreneurship comments:
https://twitter.com/Alllahdin/status/840417066746241024
The alliance in UP which clearly did not work
https://twitter.com/DarrKeAage/status/840419326964449280
https://twitter.com/Mehuldave1978/status/840436111902142465
https://twitter.com/bhak_sala/status/840412720306380801
There were a lot of reactions to AAP’s below par performance:
https://twitter.com/TheViralFever/status/840416770242428928
https://twitter.com/abishek0139/status/840413976768987136
https://twitter.com/Ra_Bies/status/840424075654709248
https://twitter.com/India_Policy/status/840424203727835136
https://twitter.com/AdityaRajKaul/status/840430886273265664
Some pulled out old tweets of Kejriwal which would be a bit embarrassing in today’s context
https://twitter.com/KyaUkhaadLega/status/840425258851090433
A reaction to Congress’s victory:
https://twitter.com/AdityaRajKaul/status/840425533603164161
Some reactions for the states which didn’t get a lot of focus:
https://twitter.com/OneTipOneHand_/status/840407208265314305
https://twitter.com/ShekharGupta/status/840432364673212416
Some in the opposition gave an astute reaction:
https://twitter.com/abdullah_omar/status/840423721760313344
Even AAP’s Ashutosh gave a good reaction, though the context looks a bit misplaced for him:
https://twitter.com/ashutosh83B/status/840377025193902081
Even Modi’s usual critics critics conceded:
https://twitter.com/RanaAyyub/status/840412972769988609
https://twitter.com/BDUTT/status/840409663321604096
While we are publishing this article, we are still seeing many interesting reactions. We will update it once the results are declared.