As the results of polls in five states came in Tuesday, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah could not resist equating them with the quake in Delhi and neighbouring areas a day earlier.
Abdullah, whose National Conference rules Kashmir in alliance with the Congress, which has received a drubbing in Uttar Pradesh, Goa and Punjab, tweeted: "Clearly the aftershocks of yesterday's tremor have only gotten worse in Delhi #Elections2012.