I would expect all secular parties, forgetting past disputes, to come together to give this country a stable strong purposive government in this spirit of camaraderie. We invite all the opposition parties to use this moment to convey to the world that in the time that world is faced with difficulty that we stand one as a nation. - Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh First of all I would like to thank the people for reposing faith in the Congress party once again. The people of India know what is good for them and they always make the right choice. - India's Congress Party leader, Sonia Gandhi, on the lawn of her New Delhi home It was the biggest mistake. And there is no doubt that breaking away from Congress has resulted in our heavy defeat. – RJD supremo, Lalu Prasad Yadav We need young leaders today, like Omar Abdullah, Sachin Pilot and Rahul Gandhi who have new ideas and fresh perspective to important issues. And we definitely don't want a party whose candidates keep talking on religious lines, when there are much more important issues to deal with. - Rajiv Jain, a PhD student I don't think the BJP ignored the youth. In fact they started their e-campaign much before the Congress. However the BJP did a lot of negative campaigning while the Congress did positive campaigning. The BJP kept talking about the past, while the Congress talked about the future. – N Bhaskara Rao an analyst All credit goes to Rahul Gandhi for single handedly reviving the Congress in Uttar Pradesh. What worked was the combination of Manmohan Singh's policies and Rahul Gandhi's thrust on party cadres and youth. – Communications and IT Minister, Jyotiraditya Scindia It is pleasant that secular parties under the banner of UPA have won all across the country and the prospects of NDA which has been trying to come into power have ended.
