Bhopal Elections 2008 - The Mood Changer

Exactly nine hours after terror struck the business capital of India, urban voters of Madhya Pradesh, which went to polls on Thursday,reacted angrily.
B L Gahlot, a voter in Govindpura constituency in Bhopal, told TOI, "We need a government that is serious about tackling terror with an iron-hand.''
Polling which started on a dull note picked up as people came out in large numbers after watching TV footage of terror attacks in Mumbai. By 3 pm, there were long queues before all urban polling booths.
At polling booths in Arera Colony in Bhopal Central constituency, educated urban voters were discussing AICC general gecretary Rahul Gandhi's speech during his election campaign. Rahul had attacked BJP on lack of development claiming: "BJP does not construct roads, build schools, produce electricity. Ask them why they did nothing and BJP's only excuse is terrorism.''
"Rahul Gandhi's statement is the proof of how Congress is not serious about fighting terror,'' said Sarla Mathur, retired principal of a senior higher secondary school in Bhopal
In the commercial city of Indore which has been recently labeled "a terror hub'', people said they had made up their minds about terrorism as an election issue much before Wednesday's attack. "Will anyone reason as to how terrorists armed with AK-47s are crossing borders, now the Arabian Sea and coming into a city like Mumbai and creating chaos?'' asked S K Verma, a businessman. "This is not the first terror attack. An incident occurs every month whether in Mumbai or Bangalore, Jaipur, Ahmedabad or New Delhi. What do our elected governments do?

Times Of India