{"id":212125,"date":"2023-03-04T01:06:19","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T19:36:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=212125"},"modified":"2023-03-04T01:06:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T19:36:49","slug":"bjps-mission-effective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2023\/03\/04\/bjps-mission-effective\/","title":{"rendered":"Bjp’s mission effective"},"content":{"rendered":"

North-East Verdict<\/strong><\/h3>\n

By Insaf<\/strong><\/p>\n

The North-East has given the BJP big reason to celebrate this election season. The party has retained Tripura with its ally Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura, overcoming the anti-incumbency factor and having taken the gamble of changing its chief minister just 10 months before the polls. In Nagaland it continues to be junior partner of NDPP with 2018\u2019s 40:20 seat-sharing formula and the understanding that Neiphiu Rio will continue be the face of the government. In the third state, Meghalaya, BJP will help incumbent Chief Minister Conrad Sangma\u2019s National People\u2019s Party with its 2 seats to make-up the shortfall, other than the support he gets from United Democratic party. Predictably, the other national parties haven\u2019t\u00a0 been able to stop the BJP\u2019s rise in the region with Left-Congress winning only 14 seats, the TMC, Forward Bloc, CPI and RSP none in Tripura; in Meghalaya, Congress and TMC winning just 5 seats each and in Nagaland the Congress only one and NCP 7 seats. At same time, the results show that regional parties have recognised to align with the dominant party in New Delhi, as well that the electorate is open to give a chance to new entrants and faces.<\/p>\n

Such as in Tripura, Pradyot Kishore Debbarma\u2019s Tipra Motha, which calls itself saviour of \u2018indigenous people\u2019 and promises a \u2018Greater Tipraland\u2019 has bagged 13 seats. The party has replaced the IPFT as the most prominent tribal party, shrugged alliance offers with BJP and CPM and cut into their votes. He will be a force to reckon with. In Nagaland, two women, Hekhani Jakhalu and Salhoutuonuo Kruse created history by being the first elected women legislators in 60 years of statehood. The two belong to the ruling NDPP, whose President Rio has broken record of veteran leader SC Jamir, who was CM thrice. In Tripura, the BJP is to take a call whether to replace Manik Saha with Pratima Bhoumik, MoS for Empowerment and Social Justice,\u00a0making her the first woman CM. And in Delhi, BJP headquarters had Modi addressing jubilant cadres: \u201cIt\u2019s a time for a new history and new era as peace, prosperity, stability and development flourishes in the northeast. When I visited the region recently, I was told that I had visited the northeast 50 times. By frequently going there, I won their heart. And it\u2019s a big win for me.\u201d Indeed, as the BJP\u2019s determined drive to win carries on after Manipur, Assam, and Arunachal Pradesh, decimating the Congress.<\/p>\n

Relief For Congress<\/p>\n

The Congress stands defeated in the north-east alright, but byelections in three other States have given some cheer in the grand old party\u2019s camp. Its candidate Ravindra Dhangekar hit the BJP hard in its stronghold of Pune, its 28 year stronghold in Maharashtra by defeating its candidate by over 10,800 votes. Additionally, the victory was doubly celebrated in the MVA camp as Ravindra was its common candidate and the results were being seen as a warning signal to BJP-Shiv Sena (Shinde group) for the upcoming civic elections. In fact, the Uddhav Thackeray camp was particularly upbeat as the BJP was instrumental in breaking up his party.<\/p>\n

Likewise, in West Bengal, the Congress, backed by Left Front was able to give a big blow to ruling TMC in its bastion of Sagardighi, with its candidate Byron Biswas defeating Mamata Banerjee\u2019s relative Debashish Banerjee by over 22,000 votes. While Congress will have its lone member in the Assembly, at least it\u2019s better than none (2021 elections), besides it may be\u00a0 encouraging the minority vote has come back. In Tamil Nadu, Congress\u2019 EVKS Elangovan, who was DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA) candidate was victorious against AIADMK\u2019s in Erode constituency. Chief Minister Stalin chose to bill it as an endorsement of his near two-year-old government\u2019s \u201cDravidian model\u201d of governance, at his birthday celebrations. But more importantly for the Congress it was strengthening its ties with the southern party. Perhaps, all is not lost.<\/p>\n

Independent Elections<\/p>\n

Three cheers to Supreme Court! In a unanimous landmark judgement, aimed at ensuring \u2018purity of election\u2019 or else it would lead to \u2018disastrous consequences\u2019, ruled for an \u2018independent\u2019 Election Commission with its members no longer being appointed by the Council of Ministers. A five-bench constitution bench on Thursday last said appointment of Chief Election Commissioner and Election Commissioners will be done by President on recommendation of a panel, consisting of Prime Minister, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha (if none, then leader of single largest opposition party) and Chief Justice of India. It refused to accept the government counsel\u2019s argument that \u201cthe mechanism (of appointment by government) is so robust that no one can go rogue except for stray incidents. These stray incidents can\u2019t be a ground for the court to interfere\u201d. But it did for good reasons: \u2018unrelenting abuse\u2019 of electoral process over a period of time is \u2018surest way to the grave of democracy.\u2019; the tearing hurry with which an ex-bureaucrat was appointed EC; criminalisation of politics; and while the Constitution envisaged a law by Parliament for procedure of appointment it \u2018hasn\u2019t been done in the last 72 years, leading to exploitation by the Centre.\u2019 Firmly it said its direction will continue to hold good till a law is made by Parliament. The big question is how much longer will it take to act? Time for our legislators to reflect and save democracy.<\/p>\n

Delhi\u2019s Power Game<\/p>\n

Delhi is to have two new ministers. A strategy of AAP Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to battle corruption charges against his two trusted lieutenants Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain, both of whom are behind bars. Their resignations were accepted on Tuesday and their replacement by MLAs Atishi and Saurabh Bhardwaj respectively sent to Lieutenant Governor Saxena. On Thursday last, the LG recommended the same to the President. A statement read: \u201cSince at any given time, there can be only 6 Ministers in Delhi, their appointment will become effective only once the resignation of Sisodia and Jain sent to the President, just a day before on 28.02.2023, is accepted.\u201d Is there going to be a hitch, as this strategy of resignations may go down well with the people?<\/p>\n

Kejriwal it may be noted has taken rather long to get Jain, in jail since May last, to resign. Sisodia arrested by CBI in the Delhi excise policy case on Sunday last, did the needful rather fast. And while the BJP has stepped up its attack and said its efforts to get their ouster have borne fruit, the AAP rejects the charges and allegations. Sisodia\u2019s resignation letter said the allegations were \u2018lies\u2019 perpetuated by people who were \u2018scared of Arvind Kejriwal\u2019s politics of truth\u2019\u2026 \u201cI am not their target, you are. Because today not only Delhi, the people of the whole country view you as a leader who has a vision for the country and by implementing that vision, also has the ability to bring big changes in the lives of the people.\u201d Indeed, there may be more than meets the eyes. \u2014 INFA<\/p>\n

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North-East Verdict By Insaf The North-East has given the BJP big reason to celebrate this election season. The party has retained Tripura with its ally Indigenous Peoples Front of Tripura, overcoming the anti-incumbency factor and having taken the gamble of changing its chief minister just 10 months before the polls. In Nagaland it continues to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-212125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-features"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212125\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}