GUJARAT VERDICT 2012

Rejecting the Gujarat Verdict 2012 in view of the strong anti-Modi wave and atmosphere in Gujarat social activists from Gujarat released following questions and points at a press conference today organised at the Deputy Chairman Hall, Constitution Club of India. Among those who addressed the media were Uttam Parmar from Jan Lok Samiti, Manan Trivedi, Tanvi Soni, Dev Desai, Manish Dhakad and Shabnam Hashmi. A DVD of Bole Gujarat videos was released. Unheard Voices from Maninagar, Modi constituency was screened debunking the hype around vibrant and developed Gujarat.

SOME IMPORTANT POINTS AND QUESTIONS:

1. Corporate media totally blocked from the nation the strong dissent that was taking place in Gujarat. Demonstrations, dharnas, strikes, opposition by the government employees, farmers, Tribals, aanganwadi and asha workers, women both middle class and poor on the question of women security, Dalits , students and youth in general, parents of the missing children, anti-corruption, movements by maldharis, unorganised workers and hundreds of such protests were all blacked out systematically.

2. Gujarat has mainly two political parties and if Modi was to be defeated then Congress was the only force which could have done it. For the first time in ten years Congress was highly visible and led a strong opposition from the grass root to the social media despite all its inherent problems.

3. Congress’s 12 programme got a huge response from the people and especially Ghar nu Ghar a scheme was a major hit and over 40 lakh women filled the forms.

4. The development bubble had totally burst for the major section of the population except a small percentage of middle class. Even within this class the growing insecurity of women became a major question.

5. Rural Gujarat suffering from poverty, no water, health facilities, education showed huge discontent.

6. Modi’s 3D used to attract people was a flop in majority of areas. Photographs of empty chairs appeared regularly in local print media and even local channels.

7. Modi was visibly shaken and nervous and according to the media reports shifted huge number of files from CM residence before and after the first round of polling.

8. Many prominent BJP leaders who never visited their constituencies were seen going from area to area asking for votes.

9. Huge numbers of urban poor, tribals, dalits and women came out and voted from the most marginalised sections.

10. On 17^thafter giving his vote on 17^thModi came out, declared that he was winning and his body language was very confident- a big departure from his condition of the last one month.

11. On 20^thonce the results came in and except for the crowd outside BJP office there were no celebrations, no one on the roads shouting on motorcycles, no fire crackers. In fact there was an uneasy calm. People from across Gujarat not only called us up but all around there was an atmosphere of disbelief including atleast 10-15% urban middle class.

12. What happened between the 15^th evening and 17^th morning that turned the tables is a big question?

13. Despite the claims of the election Commission we do not rule out the possibility of EVM machines being compromised by using programming. It has happened in many developed countries.

14. What were the US diplomats : Robert W Carlson, Consul for Political and Economic Affairs; Brafus Kaalund, Vice Consul for Political Affairs doing in Gujarat just before the elections? There were also several foreign diplomats and reporters parked in Gujarat.

15. Why on the very next day after the results US made a statement- ‘Gujarat remains an important state for American investment and has shown itself to be a very welcoming environment where American businesses flourish’ State Department spokesperson.

16. Was the total blockade, of the dissent within Gujarat, done so that after Modi wins the election again the people across India say: Oh we knew it, he was going to win?

We have many examples in South Asia and other countries of the world where foreign powers have propped up dictators to kill flourishing democracies by manipulating results.

We call upon the conscience of the nation, political parties, media to rise above the interest of their individual parties, corporate houses and conduct an independent investigation into the Gujarat Verdict 2012. We also demand that use of EVM machines should be abandoned in any future elections. We do not hold any brief for the Congress, however we also appeal to the Congress to revisit the results and investigate. It seems Congress is so used to the defeat in Gujarat that it is shying away from questioning a verdict which was turned over night. If Gujarat was used as the laboratory of the hate ideology it can also be used as the laboratory of undermining the democracy further.

Uttam Parmar

Shabnam Hashmi

Manan Trivedi

Analyses of Election Result

53 Seats which the Congress was strong in on the ground and was defeated in:

Anand, Bapunagar, Becharaji( kadva patel), Bhavnagar Rural, Botad,Dabhoi, Dasada,Daskroi, Deodar,Dhandhuka, Dholka,Dhangadra, Dwarka,Fatehpura, Gadhada, Gandhinagar North, Gandhinagar South, Gandevi, Gondal (NCP), Jhagadiya, Jamalpur-Khadiya, Jamnagar South, Jetpur ( South Gujarat), Kalavad, Kalol ( Panchmahal), Kamrej,Katargam, Keshod, Kheralu, Kodinar,Limkheda, Mandvi ( Kutch), Mangrol ( Junagarh), Matar, Mehsana, Nandod, Nizar, Padra, Padri, Patan, Petlad,Porbandar, Radhanpur, Rajkot Rural, Rapar, Shehera, Surat East, Talaja, Waghra, Vatva, Vav, Vejalpur, Vijapur

While some of the above seats were lost due to rebel candidates, some by independent candidates and some by NCP and GPP candidates, defeat on many seats look unconvincing. There r either very high votes for the BJP candidate or for the GPP or one independent. This needs investigation.

Seats which where Congress was weak but won: Palitana, Amreli, Dahod, Dhoraji, Manavadar, Palanpur, Rajkot East, Sankheda, Sojitra

			Name of constituency		Congress		bjp		gpp		Other		Congress weak seats		Seats where Congress was strong on the ground
		Abdasa		60704		53091		19631		10025				^
		Akota		45687		95554		1985		4576		^
		Amraivadi		43258		108683		1876		7395		^
		Amreli		86583		56690		16454						^
		Anand		81969		82956		1534						^
		Anjar		60061		64789		2514
		Anklav		81575		51256		1315		6805				^
		Ankleshvar		51202		82645		705		8074		^
		Asarava		41784		76829		1193		4557		^
		Balasinor		87088		69917		2009		14388				^
		Bapunagar		48455		51058		3006		10206				^
		Bardoli		58777		81049		2516		6932		^
		Bayad		74646		38723		-		40326				^
		Bechraji		61991		68447		13998		8568				^
		Bharuch		55029		92219		1032		6715		^
		Bhavnagar east		45867		85375		2237		10848		^
		Bhavnagar west		38691		92584		1495		6105		^
		Bhavnagar Rural		65426		83980		3463						^
		Bhiloda		95799		64256		2181		12860				^
		Bhuj		60201		69174		2991		21584		^
		Borsad		83621		62587		1586		7889				^
		Botad		76179		86184		2127		13331				^
		chanasama		66638		83462		-		10749		^
		Chhota udaipur		65043		62738		3906		16100				^
		choryasi		52279		119917		2511		16631
		chotila		60139		72111		2993		8591		^
		Dabhoi		65711		70833		-		7368				^
		dahod		73956		34408		1355		24234		^
		Dang		45637		43215		1281		10569				^
		Danilimada		73573		59272		901		4095				^
		Danta		73751		46761		1319		23816				^
		Dariapur		60967		58346		-		4645				^
		Dasada		54764		65404		2911		9968				^
		Daskroi		58180		95813		7363		12562				^
		Dediyapada		53916		56471		1909		40126		^
		Deesa		48588		66294		2454		38446		^
		Dehgam		61043		58746		-		8721				^
		Deodar		55456		76265		4196		20552				^
		Devgadhbaria		29829		113582		1625		15629		^
		Dhandhuka		49296		77573		1553		9940				^
		Dharampur		82319		67021		-		12500				^
		Dhanera		87460		57169		-		12971				^
		Dhari		39941		38966		41516		10203				^
		Dholka		56397		75242		1396		11238				^
		Dhoraji		76189		73246		1429		13110		^
		Dhangadhra		70218		87621		12911		13290				^
		Dwarka		64446		70062		1879		11962				^
		Ellisbridge		29959		106631		9075		5428		^
		Fatehpura		51564		57828		11559		-				^
		Gadhada		56073		66415		12158		10547				^
		Gadhinagar north		69326		73551		1660		4895				^
		Gadhinagar south		79988		87999		2225		7431				^
		Gandevi		78240		104417		4398		3922				^
		gandhidham		51675		72988		2769		10931		^
		garbada		69295		33521		2947		14673				^
		gariyadhar		37349		53377		5252		23666		^
		ghatlodiya		44204		154599		2829				^
		godhra		73367		70499		591		15024				^
		gondal		-ncp- 3519		79709		59943						^
		Halol		60648		93854		6999		7339		^
		himatnagar		85008		72652		387		16551				^
		Idar		78899		90279		2110		11554		^
		jaghadia		53318		36473		8056		72763				^
		jalalpor		58930		76797		2800		5425		^
		Jamalpur-khadiya		41727		48058		713		33900				^
		jambusar		56134		74864		1035		13084		^
		jamjodhpur		47204		75395		5627		6833		^
		Jamnagar north		61642		52194		1118		7023				^
		Jamnagar rural		60499		57195		1310		10852				^
		Jamnagar south		53032		55894		5747		6406				^
		jasdan		78055		67208		7028		12112				^
		Jetpur ( saurashtra)		85827		67794		2323		11438				^
		jetpur		57693		61966		1765		22222				^
		jhalod		78077		38004		3063		13154				^
		junagarh		52873		66669		16386				^
		kadi		84276		83059		1769		7904				^
		kalavad		42908		49027		33418		9067				^
		Kalol ( pachmahal)		39219		69275		20690		25488				^
		kalol		64757		64414		543		13383				^
		kamrej		64661		126032		20445		8739				^
		kankrej		73900		73300		7371		8998				^
		kapdvanj		88641		82044		3030		17634				^
		kaprada		85780		67095		2674		17634				^
		karanj		16257		65696		9655		1561		^
		karjan		64736		68225		637		7773		^
		katargaam		45332		88604		28621		3297				^
		keshod		45835		53772		25499		8724				^
		khambhaliya		40705		79087		15765		22207		^
		khambhat		59375		74761		5443		3489		^
		khedbrmha		88488		38351		1956		20300				^
		kheralu		49809		68195		1826		6917				^
		kodinar		54842		63319		2602		8959				^
		kutiyana		NCP 61416		42942		965		9949				^
		lathi		48793		46029		13004		22778				^
		limbayat		49423		79744		2497		18604		^
		limbdi		72203		70642		2560		12775				^
		limkheda		51888		67219		1740		13218				^
		lunawada		72814		69113		4429		15488				^
		mahudha		58373		45143		616		34138				^
		mahuva		62474		74161		1554		17293		^
		mahuva		27855		57498		2124		34229		^
		majura		32021		103577		1235		3882
		Mandvi ( surat)		83298		58904		2046		11310				^
		Mandvi ( kutch)		53478		61984		12720		25046				^
		Mangrol ( junagarh)		52738		68452		-		7285				^
		Mangrol		48149		79255		2084		10839		^
		maninagar		34097		120470		-		5240		^
		manjalpur		40857		92642		505		3469		^
		mansa		78068		70040		416		6925				^
		manavadar		72879		68477		10985		6756		^
		matar		64534		71021		4152		12924				^
		mehmdabad		68767		64586		11662		7050				^
		mehsana		65929		90134		-		7316				^
		modasa		88879		66021		1781		7730				^
		morbi		74626		77386		1781		7380		^
		Morva hadaf		56886		45597		1102		16913				^
		nadiad		68748		75335		482		6649		^
		Nandod		63853		79580		1652		13502				^
		naranpura		40653		103988		-		5519		^
		naroda		37981		96333		4451		6699		^
		navsari		65620		81601		1650		7474		^
		nikol		39584		88886		4870		6056		^
		nizar		80267		90191		1342		20818				^
		olpad		69747		106805		5040		10508		^
		padra		70919		75227		1474		9156				^
		palitana		69396		55071		13045		20849		^
		palanpur		75097		69813		764		11783		^
		pardi		47252		84563		532		8128		^
		patan		61353		67224		6443		28612				^
		petlad		77312		65120		1960		6729				^
		porbandar		60458		77604		1166		6214				^
		prantij		76097		69083		1654		12207				^
		radhanpur		65659		69493		2256		13966				^
		Rajkot east		60877		56605		20003		17552		^
		Rajkot rural		46287		57753		36446		9078				^
		Rajkot south		48831		77308		8410		2308		^
		Rajkot west		65427		90405		5194		5856		^
		rajula		56737		75447		3302		10359		^
		raopur		57728		99263		982		4375		^
		rapar		46064		55280		1819		14976				^
		sabarmati		39453		107036		1943		3387		^
		sanand		73453		69305		1506		9508				^
		sankheda		80579		79127		3141		10272		^
		santrapmpur		68026		42372		5739		11347				^
		savarkundla		34862		37246		14107		45281		^
		savli		42530(ind)		25597		391		14405				^
		sayajiganj		49121		107358		977		4160		^
		sehera		47743		76468		12562		17592				^ ( x)
		sidhhapur		87518		61694		373		11088				^
		sojitra		65210		65048		642		7345		^
		somnath		56701		54605		-		44676				^
		Surat east		56860		72649		2136		3540				^
		Surat north		37656		59690		2646		4567		^
		Surat west		29368		99099		2894		1976		^
		talaja		33513		66357		1509		2553				^
		talala		62722		61244		10599		6533				^
		tankara		48223		63630		11051		27981		^
		Thakkarbapa nagar		39480		88731		6708		5898		^
		tharad		65044		68517		-		28232		^
		thasra		78226		72726		1813		9940				^
		udhana		42192		74946		5845		6462
		umergaov		41151		69450		1345		30900		^
		umreth		NCP 67363		65969		642		27450
		una		69824		62317		6441		9483				^
		unjha		51507		75708		-		8529		^
		vadgam		90375		68536		686		9391				^
		vaghara		54194		68512		1974						^
		vaghodia		60063		65851		3558		25274		^
		Vadodra city		51811		103700		1367		5063		^
		valsad		57659		93658		1528		9223		^
		vansad		105829		80213		4239		13626				^
		Varachha road		48170		68529		8890		1796		^
		vatva		48648		95580		1444		13807				^
		vav		60729		72640		-		39999				^
		vejalpur		72522		113507		2133		6826				^
		vijapur		70729		61970		933		9943				^
		viramgaam		84930		67947				8108				^
		visavdar				43781		85967		18973				^
		visnagar		NCP 46786		76185		981		17121		^
		vyara		73138		59582		920		15902				^
		wadwan		65491		83049		2694		10383				^
		wankaner		59038		53727		30319		8626				^