Demonetization came and went, with nary any effect on corruption or black money. it only pulled the GDP down and affected so many small businesses. BJP resorted to mandir and corollary chants halfway through campaigning ( and broke a lot of laws), and look they are winning. It resorted to lies and manipulation like this -
A Blast Here, a Temple Visit There: Elections and the Making of a Media Stunt
>Suspected ISIS-affiliated terrorist Saifullah was killed in a shootout with the Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) in Lucknow. It was speculated that two more terrorists might be hiding in Thakurganj, Lucknow.
>Several developments have taken place in the story since then. On March 7 and 8, it was the lead story on all the channels and in the newspapers. As the last phase of polling in UP was underway on March 8, all news channels primarily focussed on the alleged encounter along with coverage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah’s visit to the Somnath temple in Gujarat.
>Once the polling was over, the maha-breaking news took a U-turn. By then, there were reports that both the UP police and Union home minister Rajnath Singh could not officially confirm the existence of links between ISIS and Saifullah or any of the other alleged terrorists.
It looks our country needs to be purged of a majority of its population if it needs to get anywhere. The 10 million RSS terrorists can be start.
BJP winning is no cause for celebration IMO. What I will celebrate, however, is every story that demonizes and villainizes India from now on, because that's the treatment this country deserves.