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		<title>Crazy people in this world</title>
		<link>http://www.avasthi.com/blogs/2008/07/03/177/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 03:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yaniv</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So here is the news that I saw. Now this guy seems to be a self help guru but his dad is talking about being the youngest to own a benz. Clearly his deciples need to get a grip. Strange is the world that we live in.
His catch-line &#8216;Unleash Your Hidden Potential&#8217; also sounds so [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Meet_20-yr-old_merc_owner_in_Gujarat/articleshow/3190469.cms">here</a> is the news that I saw. Now this guy seems to be a self help guru but his dad is talking about being the youngest to own a benz. Clearly his deciples need to get a grip. Strange is the world that we live in.</p>
<blockquote><p>His catch-line &#8216;Unleash Your Hidden Potential&#8217; also sounds so close to Robbins — &#8216;Unleash the Power Within&#8217;. Says his father, Kamlesh Desai, &#8220;When Sneh was just 15 years old, I shut down my business due to heavy losses. Since then, Sneh took charge of the household.&#8221; </p></blockquote>
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		<title>Communists again</title>
		<link>http://www.avasthi.com/blogs/2008/06/26/176/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:51:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yaniv</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know what it is between me and communists but somehow I always find something in the press that I find interesting about them. May be I just like them too much, Nah&#8230;
Here is an interesting piece of news. Basically a communist trade union leader M. K. Pandhe(who probably is instrumental in destroying economies [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t know what it is between me and communists but somehow I always find something in the press that I find interesting about them. May be I just like them too much, Nah&#8230;</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesnow.tv/NewsDtls.aspx?NewsID=10354">Here</a> is an interesting piece of news. Basically a communist trade union leader M. K. Pandhe(who probably is instrumental in destroying economies of couple of states single handedly) thinks that if Samajavadi Party supports nuclear deal then it will lose the support of muslims.</p>
<blockquote><p><span>Mulayam will have to think twice before supporting the deal as an overwhelming majority of Muslims are not in favour of the deal. Mulayam&#8217;s support is much more among Muslim masses,</span></p></blockquote>
<p>I fail to understand the point of Mr. Pandhe, after India announced the deal, even pakistan wanted it from US. If pakistan signs, will it not offend muslims. What muslims have got to do with the nuclear energy. I just don&#8217;t get these communists.</p>
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		<title>Oil and protests</title>
		<link>http://www.avasthi.com/blogs/2008/06/06/175/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jun 2008 03:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yaniv</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So every political party that can claim to be not in government is protesting the oil price hike. At times it is resulting in comedy. Here is an hilarious story.
chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and his cabinet decided to go to work on bicycles in the afternoon.
But the CM&#8217;s rally soon fizzled out with most [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So every political party that can claim to be not in government is protesting the oil price hike. At times it is resulting in comedy. Here is an <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/MP_netas_cycle_to_work_only_to_give_up_midway/rssarticleshow/3104012.cms">hilarious</a> story.</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="18px;">chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan and his cabinet decided to go to work on <a id="KonaLink3" class="kLink" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/MP_netas_cycle_to_work_only_to_give_up_midway/rssarticleshow/3104012.cms#" target="_new"><span style="static;"><span class="kLink" style="transparent;">bicycles</span></span></a> in the afternoon.<br />
But the CM&#8217;s rally soon fizzled out with most ministers being either pushed by their bodyguards or giving up in favour of their official cars. </span></p>
<p><span style="18px;">At 3.30pm, Chauhan and his ministers were on their way. The initial half kilometre was perfect. Soon water resources minister Anup Mishra could not keep up. More than 20kg overweight, he preferred being pushed on his bicycle by his bodyguards till the rally reached the road to Raj Bhavan , which is basically a steep climb. Here, most ministers gave up, including Mishra. </span></p></blockquote>
<p>What can I say, Ha Ha..</p>
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		<title>Mother of all suck ups</title>
		<link>http://www.avasthi.com/blogs/2008/06/03/173/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:37:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yaniv</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So finally blogs outed the patent number 20080122796 filed by Apple which looks like a patent that encapsulates many things that are part of iPhone. The patent itself did not really surprise me, what really surprise me was the list of inventors that are part of this patent. The patent consisted of 20 inventors right [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So finally blogs outed the patent number 20080122796 filed by Apple which looks like a patent that encapsulates many things that are part of iPhone. The patent itself did not really surprise me, what really surprise me was the list of inventors that are part of this patent. The patent consisted of 20 inventors right upto steve jobs as the first inventor.</p>
<p>Now my mind thinks that this is just an example of of the biggest suck up in the history of patenting. Some (may be a couple of) engineer(s) invented something and then just to schmooze their boss, added his name and he added his bosses name and then it just traveled right up to CEO. It would be interesting to look at  apple organization structure and see how are all these inventors arranged.</p>
<p>Or it could be just the places that I have worked and I could be completely wrong.</p>
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		<title>The third dimension</title>
		<link>http://www.avasthi.com/blogs/2008/06/03/172/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 19:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yaniv</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So this is really a story out of sci-fi story books. Almost unbelievable. When a wife went to file a complaint against her &#8220;in-laws&#8221;, she realized that she has already  divorced her husband 10 years back. Almost sounds like one of those movies where one can go back in time and change the present as [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Happy_couple_gets_divorce_shock/rssarticleshow/3094368.cms">this is really</a> a story out of sci-fi story books. Almost unbelievable. When a wife went to file a complaint against her &#8220;in-laws&#8221;, she realized that she has already  divorced her husband 10 years back. Almost sounds like one of those movies where one can go back in time and change the present as one knows it. It would have been great if that was true, in reality it is again the corruption at work.</p>
<blockquote><p><span style="18px;">Virender Verma and Meena got the shock of their lives when a local court recently stated that the happily-together couple got a &#8216;divorce&#8217; 10 years ago.</p>
<p>Married in 1989 and parents of two children, the two came to know about their separation on May 26. The couple accused Virender&#8217;s advocate brother for forging their <span class="kLink" style="static;"><span style="static;"><span class="kLink" style="transparent;">divorce</span></span></span> documents. </span></p></blockquote>
<p>Apparently all this happened because the wife filed the complain under domestic violence act so they just proved that this is not domestic violence because she was not even married anymore for last 10 years.</p>
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		<title>You can&#8217;t help idiots</title>
		<link>http://www.avasthi.com/blogs/2008/05/29/171/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 14:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yaniv</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Many horrible things that happen in India are blamed on illiteracy prevailing. But sometime one feels that that these happen because some people are just idiots.  See this news item. Here is a couple who is doing these bizarre things.
 A British couple, who travelled to India for fertility treatment, abandoned their twin babies in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Many horrible things that happen in India are blamed on illiteracy prevailing. But sometime one feels that that these happen because some people are just idiots.  See this <a href="http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/IndoBritish-couple-dump-baby-girls/316202/">news item</a>. Here is a couple who is doing these bizarre things.</p>
<blockquote><p><span> A British couple, who travelled to India for fertility treatment, abandoned their twin babies in the UK because they wanted a male child. </span></p>
<p><span>The mother aged 59 and father, 72, conceived in India with fertility treatment and dumped their twin babies in a British hospital after finding out they were girls. </span></p></blockquote>
<p>Now somebody please tell me, what will you blame this on. To top it off they want to do it again.</p>
<blockquote><p><span>The report said the husband also wanted to know how soon it would be before his wife was fit enough to fly out again for further IVF in the hope of getting a boy to continue the family name.</span></p></blockquote>
<p>Why do they want to continue the family name that they themselves are actively working to destroy.</p>
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		<title>India&#8217;s Oil Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.avasthi.com/blogs/2008/05/26/170/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 18:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yaniv</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Every country in the world is facing oil crisis. In India is is particular severe because it is has become unnecessary political tool in the hands of communists. I think the problem can be solved and it is really not as severe as it has been made out to be. I did some calculation and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Every country in the world is facing oil crisis. In India is is particular severe because it is has become unnecessary political tool in the hands of communists. I think the problem can be solved and it is really not as severe as it has been made out to be. I did some calculation and I believe there is a small group of &#8220;poor&#8221; people that probably need to be subsidized while others are unnecessarily reaping the benefit of this subsidy.</p>
<p>Diesel is subsidized more than petrol in India while all the Mercedes and many other brands of luxury cars run on diesel. I think this needs to be stopped right away. Also anybody who can afford a luxury car or a luxury taxi needs to pay for real fuel charges and in case of luxury taxi services these charges need to be passed on to end customers.</p>
<p>So here is my plan. The fuel prices should be set at realistically market price levels and specific mechanisms should be designed to provide subsidy to needy sections. For example, farmers running tractors (not the guy using tractor to pull equipment on airport) can have a set quota of diesel that is subsidized on a daily basis. Similarly assuming that auto rickshaws may be used by poorer sections of society, direct subsidy can be given to these. This can be administered through automated systems like credit/debit cards.</p>
<p>Better still, everybody who wants discounted fuel should be asked to get a PAN card (this seems to be most systematic identification system that we seem to have today) irrespective of them filing returns. Once you use subsidized fuel, you should not be allowed to purchase a car. The logic being that if you can afford the car, you better afford the fuel.</p>
<p>If the so called middle class wants to vote the government out of power, so be it. They have to pay for what they use. Currently, just because this section is capable of making more noise, they are heard about many sections of society which are more needy. I did not hear so much noise even when thousands of farmers were committing sucides.</p>
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		<title>Karnataka Elections and role of BSP</title>
		<link>http://www.avasthi.com/blogs/2008/05/25/169/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 May 2008 17:58:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yaniv</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So the election results for Karnataka assembly were kind of as predicted as well as surprising. BJP finally got almost a majority and they probably would peacefully run a government for next five years. But most of the analysts on TV were (without looking at the data) saying that congress lost because of BSP. So [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div>So the election results for Karnataka assembly were kind of as predicted as well as surprising. BJP finally got almost a majority and they probably would peacefully run a government for next five years. But most of the analysts on TV were (without looking at the data) saying that congress lost because of BSP. So I thought that let me see if the data supports that fact. Here is a table of constituencies where congress&#8217;s loss margin was less than the vote that BSP got. For simplicity I am assuming that if BSP was not the spoilsport and all the vote would have gone to congress they would have won. Here is the data</div>
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<td style="1px solid #ffffff;" width="40" height="15" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#000000;">S No.</span></td>
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<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="116" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#000000;">Constituency Name</span></span></span></td>
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<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="118" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#000000;">Votes polled to BSP</span></span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="96" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#000000;">Votes of Winner</span></span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="87" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#000000;">Victory Margin</span></span></span></td>
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<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;">1</span></span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#000000;"><span style="#ffffff;">3</span>2</span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Indi</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">28885</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">7840</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">29456</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">571</span></td>
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<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">2</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">35</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Jevargi</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">46461</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">2266</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">46531</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">70</span></td>
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<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="15" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">3</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">46</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Aland</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">36689</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">14405</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">42473</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">5784</span></td>
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<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">4</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">71</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Dharwad</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">34694</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">1302</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">35417</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">723</span></td>
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<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">5</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">78</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Kumta</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">30772</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">1819</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">30792</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">20</span></td>
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<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">6</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">81</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Yellapur</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">36624</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">3278</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">39109</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">2485</span></td>
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<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">7</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">98</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Challakere</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">42302</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">3938</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">42591</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">289</span></td>
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<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">8</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">109</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Channagiri</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">38533</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">1372</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">39526</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">993</span></td>
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<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">9</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">121</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Kapu</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">44994</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">1109</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">45961</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">967</span></td>
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<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">10</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">123</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Sringeri</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">41396</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">4758</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">43646</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">2250</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">11</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">124</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Mudigere</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">26084</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">11724</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">34579</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">8495</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">12</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">129</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Tiptur</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">39168</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">8021</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">46034</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">6866</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">13</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">138</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Madhugiri</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">51408</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">769</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">51971</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">563</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">14</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">153</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Yeshvanthapura</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">56561</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">1331</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">57643</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">1082</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">15</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">206</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Puttur</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">45180</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">2553</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">46605</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">1425</span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div>So there seems to be some merit to the logic that there is a significant number of seats that could have gone the congress way if all the vote that BSP got would have got transferred to congress. But this is only half the story. So I collected the same data for BJP and here are the results.</div>
<div>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" rules="none">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="40" height="15" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;">S No.</span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="100" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;">Constituency No</span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="116" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;">Constituency Name</span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="80" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;">Votes to BJP</span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="118" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;">Votes polled to BSP</span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="98" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;">Votes of Winner</span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="118" align="left" bgcolor="#080080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;">Victory Margin</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">1</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">5</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Kudachi</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">28715</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">1910</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">29481</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">766</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">2</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">18</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Ramdurg</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">48862</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">1187</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">49246</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">384</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">3</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">26</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Muddebihal</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">21662</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">14286</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">24065</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">2403</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">4</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">49</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Bidar South</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">30783</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">21907</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">32054</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">1271</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">5</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">50</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Bidar</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">20561</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">30627</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">33557</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">12996</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">6</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">53</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Raichur Rural</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">29097</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">8499</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">34432</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">5335</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">7</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">75</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Kalghatgi</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">38091</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">14992</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">49733</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">11642</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">8</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">78</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Kumta</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">30201</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">1819</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">30792</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">591</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">9</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">103</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Jagalur</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">35873</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">6482</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">38664</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">2791</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">10</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">205</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Bantval</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">60309</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">1396</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">61560</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">1251</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">11</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">214</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Nanjangud</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">42159</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">4513</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">42867</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">708</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">12</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">222</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Kollegal</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">25586</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">25505</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">37384</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">11798</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">13</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">223</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Chamarajanagar</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">39405</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">8866</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">42017</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">2612</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">14</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">224</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Gundlupet</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">62621</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">7677</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">64824</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">2203</span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div>And the result and the damage is very similar, Now one can not really make a call on whom does BSP vote go to if the BSP was not contesting the election and I would think that it is more likely to get transferred in the ratio of the votes that were otherwise polled to each of the parties. A similar analysis for JDS also shows following</div>
<div>
<table border="0" cellspacing="0" rules="none">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="40" height="15" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;">S No.</span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="100" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;">Constituency No</span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="116" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;">Constituency Name</span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="80" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;">Votes to BJP</span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="118" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;">Votes polled to BSP</span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="96" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;">Votes of Winner</span></span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" width="87" align="left" bgcolor="#008080"><span style="#ffffff;"><span style="#ffffff;">Victory Margin</span></span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">1</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">26</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Muddebihal</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">14739</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">14286</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">24065</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">9326</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">2</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">53</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Raichur Rural</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">32555</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">8499</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">34432</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">1877</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">3</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">112</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Bhadravati</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">52770</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">2532</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">53257</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">487</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">4</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">127</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Kadur</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">36000</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">4078</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">39411</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">3411</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">5</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">143</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Chintamani</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">56857</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">1419</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">58103</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">1246</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">6</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">192</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Krishnarajpet</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">45500</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">10218</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">48556</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">3056</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">7</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">210</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Piriyapatna</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">37574</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">7814</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">38453</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">879</span></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" height="16" align="right" bgcolor="#4d4d4d"><span style="#ffffff;">8</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">222</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="left" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">Kollegal</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">25286</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">25505</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#ffffff"><span style="#000000;">37384</span></td>
<td style="1px solid #000000;" align="right" bgcolor="#cccccc"><span style="#000000;">12098</span></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<div>Another eight such constituencies. Now in each of these datasets the party in question (i.e. Congress, BJP, BSP) is not necessarily the second party, in some cases it may be third.</div>
<div>One thing is certain, BSP got significant percentage of votes in certain seats and definitely impacted the result of election but I would not really believe that it has impacted one party more than the other.</div>
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		<title>Banks and killing machine (again)</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in 2007 I blogged about how banks have turned themselves into killing machines. It seems they have not really learnt. See here. This is what courts have to say.
We deem it appropriate to remind the banks and other financial institutions that we live in a civilised country and are governed by the rule of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.avasthi.com/blogs/2007/06/27/114/">Back in 2007 I blogged</a> about how banks have turned themselves into killing machines. It seems they have not really learnt. See <a href="http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Ban-banks-who-employ-goons-SC-reiterates/310168/">here</a>. This is what courts have to say.</p>
<blockquote><p><span>We deem it appropriate to remind the banks and other financial institutions that we live in a civilised country and are governed by the rule of law,&#8221; a bench comprising Justices Tarun Chatterjee and Dalveer Bhandari said.</span></p></blockquote>
<p>Maybe they really need to be punished before they will learn, just the threats of punishment are not enough.</p>
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		<title>Manohar Dairy, Bhopal</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yaniv</dc:creator>
		
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After a gap of around 5 years I went back to Manohar Dairy restaurant in Bhopal. The place has been spruced up and the food quality is still as impeccable as before.

The restaurant is near Bhopal Railway station and I have always found North Indian snacks really good there. Things like Chole Bhature, Samosa, Alu [...]]]></description>
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After a gap of around 5 years I went back to Manohar Dairy restaurant in Bhopal. The place has been spruced up and the food quality is still as impeccable as before.<br />
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The restaurant is near Bhopal Railway station and I have always found North Indian snacks really good there. Things like Chole Bhature, Samosa, Alu Tikki etc. are really good. After reaching there after such a long time I realized that one does not really need a thousand rupees to have a decent meal.</p>
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