WTF moments from Tamasha 2014

Elections to the 16th Lok Sabha are currently underway, and by all accounts seem to be the most bizarre, in-your-face, brazen, comical and unreal excercise in balloting our polity has ever witnessed with several WTF and LOL moments surfacing every day. Some of these moments have been genuinely cringe-worthy, some have angered us, some have brought a smile to our faces and some have simply led us to sigh in despair. While it is not possible to document each and every one of these gems from the past few weeks, I am going to attempt to list a few that have stayed with me. In case you come across similar ones that fit the bill, dear reader, please add them to the comments section and I will update the list with appropriate credit (if and where it is due).

"Priyanka is like my daughter" - Narendra Modi, BJP

"I am Rajiv Gandhi's daughter" - Priyanka Vadra, INC

"I call her Buaji (paternal aunt)" - Akhilesh Yadav, CM of UP reffering to Mayawati, former CM of UP

"Tamil Nadu's lady is better than Gujarat's Modi" - J.Jayalalitha, CM of Tamil Nadu

"It is neither Modi nor the Lady but my Daddy" - M K Stalin, son of DMK chief M Karunanidhi

"A Muslim who does not vote for SP and talks against it is not a Muslim. His DNA test should be conducted. See whether he is from RSS" - Abu Azmi, Samajwadi Party

"Those who vote for Modi should jump in the sea" - Farooq Abdullah, National Conference

"Muslims are too secular. They should become communal" - Shazia Ilmi, AAP

"If India becomes a communal country, Kashmir will not remain its part" - Farooq Abdullah, National Conference

"He goes to Dalit's houses for honeymoon and picnic" - Baba Ramdev, spiritual leader and yoga guru on Rahul Gandhi

"BJP will not get majority....If this happens, I shall leave Karnataka and settle somewhere else" - H.D.Deve Gowda, JDS and former PM

"If it has become difficult for you to stay here...dont worry, I will extend all facilities in Gujrat for you" - Narendra Modi, BJP to Deve Gowda

"Ladke ladke hain, galati ho jaati hai (boys will be boys, mistakes happen)" - Mulayam Singh Yadav, former CM of UP reffering to rape cases

"Congress could consider extending support to the Third Front to form the Government" - Salman Khurshid, INC leader on 25 April, 2014

"Congress will not support Third Front" - Salman Khurshid, INC leader, three days later on 28 April, 2014