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/ & !"# -./ !"#! SIDISrtVUU@IB!&!!"&#S@B9IV69P99I !%! %! ' !"# 1*441 5 012( -3 *16 -7 4-" ) ( $ %& '( ( 6 $ 6 6$6( ( ( ( $ 7 '(( ) $'*+ ( , $ , 6 89, . 012 3 (4/ . ## $ %&'(#$()*+ "( PQ )% $)* )R ' ( he proverbial “jinn” that TRJD chief Lalu Prasad used to refer to back in 90s, virtually ( came out of the EVMs on Monday and shattered the dreams of BJP to retain power R in Jharkhand. The BJP's defeat was so comprehensive that Chief Minister Raghubar Das himself lost the elections from a seat which was his fortress. The JMM-Congress-and RJD alliance comfortably crossed the halfway mark in the 81-members Assembly, sweep- ! ing the tribal-dominated " # P # % & ' Sanathal Pargana region and snatching several seats from the ing the party, Congress and that was the only party con- bki bar 65 par, the BJP set BJP in its traditional stronghold. RJD surged ahead of the BJP. testing from all 81 seats could Aoff its Jharkhand cam- The JMM-led alliance won His first stint as Chief Minister win three seats. Two paign for the 81-member 47 seats, 6 more than the num- of the tribal State had lasted for Independents and one member Assembly election with this ber required to prove majori- just about 14 months since July of the CPI (ML) won the polls. highly ambitious slogan, which ty in the House. Final tally was 15, 2013. The NCP also won one seat. even the hard core cadres still not put till the time of fil- The BJP won 25 seats, The JVM(P) chief Babulal found difficult to swallow or ( # " &) # ing this report around mid- while the JMM won 30 seats. Marandi finally won an elec- digest. After all, the party was * ) " ' night, but nothing stood The Congress won 16 seats, tion this time from Dhanwar led by a Chief Minister whose between Hemant Soren and while the RJD won 1 seat, constituency after losing four unpopularity weighed heavily chance and Leaders like Saryu Chief Minister's chair as though it was leading on five elections in a row and on its poll prospects. addressed more pioneer Roy had met the Raghubar had already conced- seats earlier. similar was the case of AJSU while JPCC president Saryu Roy. Roy was denied His arrogance had alienat- than 15 rallies PM twice and ed defeat. The AJSU party that had Party Chief Sudesh Mahto, Rameshwar Oraon won from ticket from the party and he ed the cadres and his land right together, reaching Analysis pleaded that in JMM leader Hemant parted ways with its long time who won his traditional seat Lohardaga seat. chose to fight against the related moves upset the tribals. out to voters in even the interest of the Soren, the son of Jharkhand ally BJP and had fielded 53 can- Silli after losing three elections On the other hand, the BJP incumbent Chief Minister as an The stage was set for a contest remote places. But they failed party, Das must go. But Das architect Shibu Soren, is set to didates could secure only two in a row. faced humiliating defeat in independent candidate. State with a foregone conclusion. miserably. remained firm in his saddle take up the reins of the State for seats. The Jharkhand Vikas JMM executive president Kolhan area where Chief BJP president Laxman Gilua But the BJP leadership For example, the PM and Roy was shown the door a second term as the Morcha (Prajatantrik) led by Hemant Soren won from both Minister Raghubar Das was was also defeated by JMM’s counted on the charisma of addressed rallies in both in a party that harped so much Opposition coalition compris- former CM Babulal Marandi Dumka and Barhait seats, defeated by rebel BJP leader Sukhram Oraon. Prime Minister Narendra Dumka and Barhait from on fighting corruption. Modi. He was the man who where Opposition Chief The BJP leaders placed could single-handedly turn a Ministerial candidate Hemant their bets firmly on Das hop- defeat into triumph, woo even Soren was in the fray. Both the ing that he could help the party the most disenchanted voters, seats fall in tribal-dominated return to power by attracting and play up national issue in a Santhal Pargana regions with nearly 47 OBC voters. This way that people would forget sizeable section of minority didn’t happen because Das the story of their day-to-day voters, too. was so unpopular that even his survival, unemployment, The fact that Hemant won caste men were not ready to poverty, backwardness, cor- from both the places reflects vote for him. ruption, fear of losing their the failure of the duo in hyp- On the other hand, his lands, etc. notising the masses by evoking abortive attempt to tinker with The PM and his second- the appeal of religion and land rights of the tribals invit- in-command Amit Shah nationalism. This is one aspect ed sharp backlash. No surprise unleashed an aggressive cam- of the Jharkhand verdict that the JMM swept the tribal paign that centered on would trouble the BJP for dominated seats of the State. Citizenship Amendment Act months to come. Soren and Co. reminded the (CAA), Ram temple, scrapping The BJP leadership must BJP that just like Maharashtra of Article 370 etc., and hoped take the blame for the defeat. and Haryana the ploy to pit to bury anti-incumbency It squarely overlooked the red dominant section/caste (in under the heap of polarising flag raised by the State leaders case of Jharkhand, tribals) nationalistic sloganeering. against Raghubar Das’ style of against the rest had its own pit- The duo left nothing to functioning and corruption. falls. # % %, % # & 'P % bouring Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh. against the CAA and NRC. he Bengal BJP on Monday took out Launching a no-holds-barred attack Retired SC Judge Gopal Gowda, Ta massive pro-CAA and NRC rally in on the Congress, he said the party had he three southern States of Kerala, who was also present at the protest, read Kolkata from where senior BJP leader and even “defied Mahatma Gandhi who pro- TKarnataka and Tamil Nadu por- out the Preamble of the Constitution, MP JP Nadda launched a stringent attack posed providing citizenship to the per- trayed the image of a cauldron on along with several lawyers. on the Congress and subsequently secuted people in these neighbouring Monday as thousands of people Justice Gowda said Prime Minister Trinamool Congress for dividing the countries… Narendra Modi has complied marched on the streets to hold rallies Narendra Modi and Union Home country along two-nation theory but fail- with the instructions of Mahatma Gandhi and demonstrations against the Minister Amit Shah must clarify peo- ing to provide citizenship to the lakhs of after so many years and now they Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). ple’s doubts and State conclusively persecuted members of the minority (Congress) are condemning him.” Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister whether the CAA and NRC would be Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, as also dalit commu- On India’s tolerant culture, he said, Jagan Mohan Reddy joined the list of implemented. nities who migrated to India from neigh- “After the Partition we made India a sec- States opposing the proposed ular country. But Pakistan and implementation of the National Bangladesh became Islamic Register of Citizens (NRC). % & ' ( ! republics. Even the promises Tens of thousands of peo- made in Nehru-Liaquat pact to ple gathered at Bengaluru’s protect the minorities of each Quddus Saheb Edigah grounds Amendment Act and National barred the State Government country was not fulfilled as a on Monday to protest against Register for Citizens. from emitting the advertise- result of which the number of the CAA and the NRC. Former Hearing a cluster of peti- ment, said sources, adding Hindus in Pakistan dwindled bureaucrats and judges of he Calcutta High Court tions challenging Government- Advocate General Kishor Dutta from 23 per cent to 3 per cent; Supreme Court addressed the Thas restrained Mamata run advertisements discard- had assured the Court on where as in India the number of gathering. At the massive gath- Banerjee Government from ing an Act of Parliament, the behalf of the Government that minorities went up from 11per ering, protesters called for a airing advertisements reject- Division Bench of Chief Justice the said ads had been with- cent in 1951 to 14.5 per cent. Is civil disobedience movement ing the Citizenship TB Radhakrishnan on Monday drawn from air. it not a sign of a tolerant culture?” +, ! ! "! ! Q -. #R $R # R % & New Delhi: Top Congress lead- ities” on protestors. ership, led by party Chief Sonia Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Gandhi, sat on a “Satyagraha Singh and Rahul Gandhi read n a tragic incident, nine peo- for Unity” at Mahatma out the Preamble to the Iple, including three children, Gandhi’s memorial Rajghat on Constitution of India as part of were killed after a massive fire Monday, demanding protec- the “Satyagraha” protest. The broke out in a three storey res- tion of the rights of people as party members also observed idential-cum-commercial enshrined in the Constitution. a one-minute silence in support building in outer Delhi’s Kirari Congress leaders, including of their cause and against the area. The incident occurred on - & # former Prime Minister BJP-led Government’s policies. wee hours of Monday. ".) Manmohan Singh, former Sonia Gandhi, however left The issue of illegal com- party chief Rahul Gandhi and after about an hour while other mercial cum residential house ordered a magisterial probe to general secretary Priyanka leaders continued. has once again raised a ques- fix the responsibility. Gandhi Vadra, participated in After reading out the tion on functioning of the According to a senior Delhi the “Satyagraha”, which was Preamble in Hindi, Priyanka civic agencies.