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Munish Gupta
Jammu May 16: As the results surprised every one in Jammu with Congress claiming both Lok Sabha seats and one assembly seat, the fresh voters especially youth in jubilant mood accredits to the charisma of Rahul Gandhi the young icon of the Indian youths.
Watching the trends and the number game closely on the TV as the poll results kept pouring in from across the country, Vikas Sharma like many other young people, said they were glad they voted for the Congress.
"I too voted for the Congress for a change and party of youth like Rahul Gandhi who often spoke about the importance of youth power in building the future of the country. That's what is important," first time voter told.
Another youth Vikram Singh a JU students and activist of NSUI humming the similar tones said: Congress did well during the poll campaign and reaped the good harvest right now perhaps those who had parted away may be repenting’
Appreciating remarks from Rahul Gandhi about youth power and its proper exploration, he said, “what we all need right now is to empower the young leaders, like Omar Abdullah, Sachin Pilot and Rahul Gandhi who have new ideas and fresh perspective to important issues.’
In a performance that dealt crippling blows to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies as well as the Communist-led Third Front, the Congress tally in the 545-member Lok Sabha rose sharply from the 145 seats it won in 2004.
"I voted for the Congress candidate of my constituency. For me it was the party that was important. Unlike the BJP which kept digging up graves of age-old issues, people like Rahul Gandhi spoke about the importance of youth power in building the future of the country. That's what is important," Sahil an engineer by profession, told reporters.
Accepting the poll verdict Ashok Khajuria state president BJP said we need to go for soul searching where the things went wrong. However to the question if BJP has ignored youth power, I don't think the BJP ignored the youth.
Pointing out that the BJP does not have a "young face", Indian Youth Congress president Rajeev told: "When it comes to the BJP we don't see any face of the youth wing. Congress is an out and out democratic party giving opportunity to the youngest of the cadres".
‘Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi talked about facts and He spoke about things like the poor remaining poor and about grassroot development," another young voter said.
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