“The one traffic light in the world that was red for 34 years just turned green in Bengal,” tweeted Shashi Tharoor, Member of Parliament.
“Who says Friday the 13th is unlucky?…Trinamool was formed 13 years ago...Mamataji and Jayalalithaji make it to the big chair on Friday the 13th,” writes in a student from Jaisalmer on Facebook.
Be it politician Tharoor, corporate magnates Anand Mahindra and Vijay Mallya or the student from Jaisalmer, the World Wide Web was humming with opinions on the thumping victories of Ms Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal and Ms Jayalalithaa in Tamil Nadu — both “giant killers” who felled formidable opposition in the State elections.
Nano here, nano there
Undoubtedly, the flavour of the day was Trinamool Congress Chief, Ms Banerjee, who managed to bring an end to the 34-year rule of the CPI (M) in Bengal. But not everyone was impressed by the victory of the woman seen responsible for the ouster of the Tata Nano project from West Bengal.
“In West Bengal, Mamata rejected Tata Nano and won the elections....In Gujarat, Modi accepted ‘Tata Nano' and won the elections... Morale of the story: Khuda maherban to gadha pahelwan !! (With God's blessings, a donkey becomes a prize-fighter),” 27-year-old Mehul wrote on Facebook.
Later in the day, Mr Anand Mahindra, Chairman of Mahindra & Mahindra, tweeted, “The magic of democracy is that it regularly provides new beginnings & 2nd chances. Would be more magical if the victors don't squander them”
Ms Jayalalithaa's third time ascent to power in Tamil Nadu was termed by technology savvy netizens as “Jayalalithaa 3.0”.
“In the Tamil Nadu elections, one ‘Raja' (king) has created a ‘Rani' (queen). Voters have rejected corruption…,” Mr Mallya, UB Group Chairman, tweeted, referring to Mr A. Raja (the former Telecom Minister) and Ms Kanimozhi's alleged involvement in the 2G spectrum scam.
But not everyone was interested in the larger political picture. Mumbai-based Gautham Dhar's valuable advice to the Chief Ministers-in-waiting was simple: “Amma (Jayalalithaa) and Didi (Mamata)…only one request please make it a rule to keep the wine shops open till midnite… work hard party harder….”