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jagdish batra @Ethicalperspectives EXPAND JUN 04, 2019, 17:54 IST

The observation of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the NDA meeting in the Parliament House soon after winning elections is generally true of the country, but it has a special relevance to the state of Haryana. He had underlined three factors that did not play a role in elections this time – inflation, casteism and corruption. Mapping the results in Haryana throws up some interesting insights.

The caste system is endemic in Haryana. Ever since Bansi Lal took over as jagdish batra the chief minister of the state way back in 1966, the caste factor has been @ETHICALPERSPECTIVE gaining evermore ground. What went on covertly became almost an open S

policy with Devi Lal and his dynasty. Weaning the community away from I am a Professor of English and the caste bias was never considered possible. The way voters chose to former Head of the department at O.P. Jindal Global University. My sideline the twin Lok Dal factions as also Jat contestants from the area of specialization is Indian Congress and the so-called backward castes/classes chose to align English Fiction on which I have… themselves with other castes has been no less than a miracle. How one +More wishes this caste-neutral, unifying tendency to perpetuate! That will mean unprecedented social harmony and consequent tremendous progress on Achhe Din begin now for the Kashmiri people all the fronts. Haryana Vidhan Sabha election It was also seen that money could not buy the votes. The sporadic prospects crackdown on unaccounted cash flows during the election period in Yogyakarta — the Unique Cultural Mix Karnataka and some other states did send out a general alert to the practitioners of old-style politics. However, even if liquor and money were Deadwood in Haryana colleges and universities distributed on the sly, the beneficiaries still did not oblige the benefactors. Personality cult to the fore It was political maturity over material benefit that played its part. A rude shock to the money bags indeed! MOST DISCUSSED The question naturally arises: how did it become possible? It was not merely the Modi mantra, it was also the working style of the present CM 01 Kashmir Identity https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/readersblog/ethicalperspectives/what-election-results-mean-for-haryana-3910/ 1/3 8/14/2019 What election results mean for Haryana Krishnan Bheemanad Manohar Lal Khattar, who was hand-picked by PM Modi. Both had been August 8, 2019 RSS pracharaks and in that capacity had worked together for a long time. 02 Its okay to not have a Plan !! Like Modi’s, his family too leads life in a simple manner. He has been able mansi chadha August 8, 2019 to establish his image as a simple and an honest man. 03 Is it painful ? Or a myth Bhanuja Gupta His record of work has been far better than any of his predecessors. He August 8, 2019 has faithfully and efficiently implemented various projects. One could see MOST READ the way construction work was undertaken speedily all over the state. As an example, one can compare the two almost equally long flyovers at 01 Gaming disorder In kids: Nature Murthal and Bahalgarh in Sonepat district. While the former taken up and Its consequences during the previous Congress regime took four years to build, the latter sheeba vinay August 13, 2019 under the present dispensation took only a year! 02 The Peculiar whiteboard of the government boardroom

Khattar has also run the administration without prejudice for any caste or keshav kaplush August 13, 2019 community. That was unthinkable, so far. Even the Jat community felt Its okay to not have a Plan !! absence of any prejudice. Besides, corruption was sought to be banished 03 mansi chadha through transparency and systemic changes like scrapping of weightage August 8, 2019 to interviews at the cost of merit in job interviews. One could see RECENTLY JOINED BLOGGERS thousands of young men and women belonging to all castes and communities being inducted into government jobs without paying a penny and going merely by merit. Manohar Lal gained in strength

Udayachandra John Mathew Savita Tiwari mansi chadha because of his unbiased approach. He refused steadfastly to interfere in n C P the working of government machinery. That was a big clincher.

The electorate in Haryana has behaved in a politically savvy way by even Vinod Viplav Sam Newton Krishnan Nyla Mashru Bheemanad ignoring the shortcomings of some sitting MPs for the sake of having Modi at the helm. For this, the general public deserves kudos. One hopes

prashant Sanjay such leaders will keep in mind the fact that even though the Modi tag has raghav Mazumdar brought them victory, they must prove themselves worthy of the honour by working hard and sincerely to implement Modi’s agenda.

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