Thursday, January 12, 2017

Dinesh Kamath's Editorial 'All set for assembly elections' that was published in Newsband

All set for assembly elections
Assembly elections will take place on February 4 in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur, Goa and Uttarakhand.  
Assembly election results have been determined more often by regional issues than by national political variables. But with Prime Minister Narendra Modi having emerged as the BJP’s principal vote-bagger, and with subjects such as demonetisation on the election agenda, this round will be influenced by national issues.
U.P. point to a tripartite contest among the Samajwadi Party, the BJP and the Bahujan Samaj Party. In Punjab, the Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP combine will be in a keen fight in another tripartite contest, against the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party. In Manipur, its government has staked its chances on the decision to create new districts that precipitated a renewed ethnic crisis. Goa, in the recent past, has had a volatile Assembly, and the AAP’s focus on the State has ignited the fray. Together, the results will have strong reverberations at the national level.
The elections are a test of the governments in power and their performance. If BJP wins in UP, it reflects the SP’s failure more than the positive effects of currency ban because people are left with 'all evils' to choose from. No party will be any better than the other. All are travelling in the same boat of corruption.

Whatever the consequences of this election but the Ground reality is both BJP and SP would be the major players in which BJP’s chances are more than SP

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