It was tumultuous Tuesday as the 400 paar slogan was blown away by the voting winds. Mumbai`s leaders and spokespersons of different parties went head on, as they decoded the numbers, the poll results and spoke about Operation ‘bloc’ shock.  

Said Krishna Pawle, deputy president, Colaba constituency, Shiv Sena (UBT), “The people of the country have spoken, but most of all, hear the Mumbaikar bol through the ballot box. Even as the results were coming in, one could ‘hear’ what the voters in Mumbai were saying. It is evident that they were tired of the dirty politics. This splitting and making of two Shiv Senas, the two NCPs and in the background, the steady whirring of the BJP’s washing machine. People were well and truly fed up. The citizens were seeing through all these shenanigans. First, the BJP calls somebody corrupt, and then when he goes over to the party the washing machine starts working and ‘cleans’ them up. How are people going to accept this? In fact, even hardcore supporters did not accept it. Let us face it, the Modi craze is finished. In very early trends, even the PM was trailing in the vote count. Just imagine the PM trailing. People do want development but we must also see that some persons are not harmed during this development. I would say with reference to the Maha Vikas Aghadi`s (MVA) showing that people have applied their minds and voted, this is an informed mandate,” he finished.