“Government did not communicate what it was doing nor did realise the extent of anger that was building up. And for the principal opposition party, they did not see the opportunity either,” he said.
When asked about a “new dawn” after the elections, External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid asked whether the question was about a “new Don”, in an apparent dig at BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi. While predicting uncertainty for a some time, Khurshid said, “I don't see a new dawn.
We are trying hard to see the ‘Don' doesn't hang around too long.” He also expressed hope that the UPA III will be able to form the government after the elections. “We are not going away. This is a promise. We are not going away,” he said.
When Chidambaram criticised the BJP's individual-centric campaign in the Lok Sabha elections, BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad countered it saying the victory of CPI(M) in Tripura is because of Manik Sarkar, the state chief minister.
“A great change is happening in India.
