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A to Z of 2014 elections
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An election lexicon will always be incomplete because of the variety it offers. Every election comes up with its own characters and characteristics.

Some characters are the same old but in a new election, they acquire new characteristics. Like Varun Gandhi, who made news for hate speech in 2009 and now not making much news by being acting in a mature way.

A for Azam Khan
For stretching his tongue and some times imagination on Kargil and other pressing national issues. 

B for Behenji
For her silent and invisible campaigning but speculated to strike gold in UP.

C for Chidambaram
For taking risk by putting his son's political life at peril while staring at defeat. 

D for Digvijay
For striking a "pre-poll alliance", as a newspaper headline said on his admission of relationship with a scribe. 

E for EVM
For keeping the secret till May 16. 

F for Farooq Abdullah
For his tongue-lashing of Modi voters. 

G for Gadkari
For remaining anonymous even after election in Nagpur and try his luck if Modi ruled out for Prime Ministership. 

H for Hema Malini
For campaigning in Mathura without coming out of her expensive car. 

I for Ilmi (Shazia)
For refusing to be sacrificial lamp in Rae Bareli and then preaching Muslims how to vote. 

J for Jayalalithaa
For fighting with best friend Modi. 

K for Kejriwal
For taking a photogenic holy dip in Varanasi. 

L for Lalu
For making elections in Bihar all about RJD. 

M for Modi
For fighting like as there is no tomorrow.

N for Nitish
For finding himself in an electoral soup. 

O for Omar Abdullah
For remaining relevant 

P for Priyanka
For the spirited fight back and tongue in cheek retorts to Modi. 

Q for Queue
For making Chiranjeevi learn the spelling of queue. 

R for Rahul
For his Yuva Josh in campaigning 

S for Sushma
For her silent ways of opposition to Modi 

T for Tewari ND
For giving blessings left, right and centre, especially to Rajnath Singh and BJP leaders. 

U for UPA
For doing everything possible on earth to ensure that its future hangs in balance. 

V for Varun Gandhi
For remaining non-controversial and mature. 

W for wrath of voters
For making their impression of their leaders known through ballots. 

X for X PM Manmohan Singh
For losing his sheen 

Y for Yechury
For remaining the Left negotiator.

Z for Zaidi and company
For being the poll watchdog under the leadership of V S Sampath and colleague H S Brahma.

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(Published 02 May 2014, 17:53 IST)