Monday 5 March 2018

BJP snatches Tripura & Nagaland in North East but ...

  • Modi and the BJP won outright in Tripura, scraped through with its ally in Nagaland, and is hoping to be kingmaker in a regional alliance in Meghalaya. 
  • In Tripura BJP's victory is hands down dislodging 25 year CPM rule.
  • In Nagaland BJP, with 12 MLAs now, is all set to form government in allaince with its poll partner NDPP even though it is minority partner in present NPF government (since 2003 with just 1 MLA). But dumping NPF, an NDA partner, and which is also BJP supporter in Manipur might become headache for BJP.
  • In Meghalaya, eventhough BJP won only 2 seats it will make all out efforts to ensure that largest party Congress 21/59 is stalled in forming government. If successful, Congress rule in Meghalaya (since 2003) will come to an end .
  • It is anti-incumbency vote against Congress and CPM rather than any endorsement of BJP's policies which had been disastrous so far in rest of India.
  • Ironically, Modi led BJP/NDA central government has not granted a single rupee for these non-BJP states in the last 4 years.
  • BJP's tall promises during the course of election campaign will be forgotten in no time, like it did everywhere so far.
  • What is worst is that outgoing chief minister of Tripura, Mr. Manik Sarkar, the poorest chief minister and acclaimed as 'honest person' even by his opponents and leads a spartan life style has drubbed the CPM election loss to BJP is the effect of deploying of massive amounts of money, media and other resources apart from centre squeezing out all the state's grants during the past 4 years.


Recently, in BJP ruled, Rajasthan and MP - BJP lost bye polls with huge margins recently reflecting anger of the people against failed BJP policies particularly w.r.to farmer's distress, wide spread unemployment,  deteriorating economic conditions etc. All seven NE states has a combined population of just over 4 crores and doesn't really reflect national mood of the voter. If BJP goes into celebration mode, they will be heading for disaster in forth coming state assembly polls and 2019 general elections.

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