First reactions on polling dates

March 05, 2014 12:12

Narendra Modi tweets: Poll bugle has been sounded! Best wishes to EC in conducting polls & congrats to people on commencement of biggest festival of democracy. My special welcome to 10 crore new voters! You have an important role to play in strengthening & continuing democratic tradition of India. Thankful to EC for giving all eligible voters 1 last chance on 9th March to ensure they are registered. This opportunity must be used.

Yashwant Deshmukh ‏who heads the opinion poll compnay CVvoter: On 16th May high probability to witness the best ever tally of BJP and the worst ever tally of Cong. Save this tweet. We will discuss later.

Kiran Bedi ‏:New Government hopefully (not d one which hastily drafted Rules of lokpal) would scrap+redraft them,to ensure Lokpal delivers its potential.

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