05-14-2007, 12:23 AM
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Pioneer.com
Arun Nehru
The results of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election are out. Unlike the prediction of several poll pundits and psephologists who talked of a hung Assembly in the State, the people have voted decisively in favour of Ms Mayawati. For the first time since 1991, there is a single party Government in the State.
With the battering the Congress has received, the ruling UPA at the Centre seems to be in wilderness. As of today, it lacks both authority and direction. One wonders what development will take place in Uttar Pradesh. One thing, however, is certain: The long-held notion that the precedents of Goa, Jharkhand and Bihar can be repeated in Uttar Pradesh has been belied with the BSP's thumping victory in the Assembly election.
The verdict of the people is clearly against Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav's Government. It is also a mandate against criminalisation of politics, which saw a revival in the State during the Samajwadi Party's rule. There is, however<b>, a caution for Ms Mayawati. She should resist the temptation of playing the politics of confrontation. If initiated, it will take an ugly turn.</b>
In the recent past, the Congress has been humbled in six Assembly elections - Bihar, Mumbai, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Punjab and now Uttar Pradesh. <b>The party may meet the same fate in Goa and Himachal Pradesh. The politically sensitive State of Gujarat may well produce the biggest disaster for 'secularists' at the end of the year as Chief Minister Narendra Modi is set to win a record third term on account of sheer performance.</b>
With the BSP's victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, it is now a difficult situation for all political parties with a national presence - the Congress, the BJP and the Communists. The objective of the Congress will be to continue to lead the UPA despite its loss in the State. The BJP should introspect as to why it could not project itself as the alternative to the SP, as the BSP has successfully done. The Left will want to continue to exercise power without responsibility, as it never had anything at stake in Uttar Pradesh.
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Pioneer.com
Arun Nehru
The results of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election are out. Unlike the prediction of several poll pundits and psephologists who talked of a hung Assembly in the State, the people have voted decisively in favour of Ms Mayawati. For the first time since 1991, there is a single party Government in the State.
With the battering the Congress has received, the ruling UPA at the Centre seems to be in wilderness. As of today, it lacks both authority and direction. One wonders what development will take place in Uttar Pradesh. One thing, however, is certain: The long-held notion that the precedents of Goa, Jharkhand and Bihar can be repeated in Uttar Pradesh has been belied with the BSP's thumping victory in the Assembly election.
The verdict of the people is clearly against Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav's Government. It is also a mandate against criminalisation of politics, which saw a revival in the State during the Samajwadi Party's rule. There is, however<b>, a caution for Ms Mayawati. She should resist the temptation of playing the politics of confrontation. If initiated, it will take an ugly turn.</b>
In the recent past, the Congress has been humbled in six Assembly elections - Bihar, Mumbai, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Punjab and now Uttar Pradesh. <b>The party may meet the same fate in Goa and Himachal Pradesh. The politically sensitive State of Gujarat may well produce the biggest disaster for 'secularists' at the end of the year as Chief Minister Narendra Modi is set to win a record third term on account of sheer performance.</b>
With the BSP's victory in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, it is now a difficult situation for all political parties with a national presence - the Congress, the BJP and the Communists. The objective of the Congress will be to continue to lead the UPA despite its loss in the State. The BJP should introspect as to why it could not project itself as the alternative to the SP, as the BSP has successfully done. The Left will want to continue to exercise power without responsibility, as it never had anything at stake in Uttar Pradesh.
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