MANGALORE: Is it the art of crystal-gazing or is it the irresistible Rs 10-lakh bounty? The challenge posed by the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA) to predict results of the 2014 elections has attracted as many as 14 entries.May 12 is the last date to send in entries for the FIRA contest that challenges soothsayers to predict the results. Quoting the experience of the 2009 contest that attracted 440 entries, FIRA president Narendra Nayak said, “These are early days. The rush will start in the next few days.’’Only a non-astrologer had got seven correct answers for the 20 posers in 2009. “This time, the time frame is kept short as I didn’t want soothsayers and others to send multiple entries,” he said.Some entries are interesting. Alagarswamiji from Sree Atri Anasuya Divine Peetham compares BJP ’s PM nominee Narendra Modi to a cat and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi to a rat, drawing heavily on the positions of the places where they stay. He decides the winner of the polls, extrapolating these signals.One entry predicts defence minister AK Antony as PM. Nayak explained: “This is hardly surprising. In 2004, none predicted Manmohan Singh to become PM as all predictions were a toss-up between Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Sonia Gandhi.’’In the 2009 contest, Yogi Ashwini from Dhyan Foundation had argued that pictures of Lok Sabha candidates helped one make predictions about winning or losing with 90% accuracy. Nayak said: “When astrologers claim astrology is science with precision and assert one has to get married, let’s say, at 12.31pm and not a minute early or late, why cannot they predict results with accuracy?’’ He is piqued why the Yogi has not taken up the challenge.Many predictions have come from the south, and one from Meghalaya. Rationalists from Kerala, too, have sent in their predictions.