/ & RNI Regn. No. CHHENG/2012/42718, Postal Reg. No. - RYP DN/34/2013-2015 012( 3 1*441 5 167 -. ",+-$'. !/0 1 11 5 2 1 34 )* + ! "!#$%!&' !% ) **+#%,+' !"#$ $%&' $( !" #$ %% $! )% $)* )R he proverbial “jinn” that TRJD chief Lalu Prasad used to refer to back in 90s, virtual- ly 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 Opposition coalition compris- former CM Babulal Marandi bki bar 65 par, the BJP set the BJP in its traditional strong- ing the party, Congress and that was the only party con- Aoff its Jharkhand cam- hold. RJD surged ahead of the BJP. testing from all 81 seats could paign for the 81-member The JMM-led alliance won His first stint as Chief Minister win three seats. Two Assembly election with this 47 seats, 6 more than the of the tribal State had lasted Independents and one mem- highly ambitious slogan, which number required to prove for just about 14 months since ber of the CPI (ML) won the even the hard core cadres majority in the House. July 15, 2013. polls. The NCP also won one found difficult to swallow or ( # " &) # Final tally was still not put The BJP won 25 seats, seat. digest. After all, the party was * ) " ' till the time of filing this report while the JMM won 30 seats. The JVM(P) chief Babulal led by a Chief Minister whose around midnight, but nothing The Congress won 16 seats, Marandi finally won an elec- unpopularity weighed heavily chance and Leaders like Saryu stood between Hemant Soren while the RJD won 1 seat, tion this time from Dhanwar on its poll prospects. addressed more pioneer Roy had met the and Chief Minister's chair as though it was leading on five constituency after losing four Dumka and Barhait seats, rebel BJP leader Saryu Roy. His arrogance had alienat- than 15 rallies PM twice and Raghubar had already con- seats earlier. elections in a row and similar while JPCC president Roy was denied ticket from the ed the cadres and his land right together, reaching Analysis pleaded that in ceded defeat. The AJSU party that had was the case of AJSU Party Rameshwar Oraon won from party and he chose to fight related moves upset the tribals. out to voters in the interest of the JMM leader Hemant parted ways with its long time Chief Sudesh Mahto, who won Lohardaga seat.On the other against the incumbent CM as The stage was set for a contest even remote places. But they party, Das must go. But Das Soren, the son of Jharkhand ally BJP and had fielded 53 his traditional seat Silli after hand, the BJP faced humiliat- an independent candidate. with a foregone conclusion. failed miserably. remained firm in his saddle architect Shibu Soren, is set to candidates could secure only losing three elections in a row. ing defeat in Kolhan area State BJP president Laxman But the BJP leadership For example, the PM and Roy was shown the door take up the reins of the State two seats. The Jharkhand Vikas JMM executive president where Chief Minister Gilua was also defeated by counted on the charisma of addressed rallies in both in a party that harped so much for a second term as the Morcha (Prajatantrik) led by Hemant Soren won from both Raghubar Das was defeated by JMM’s 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 invited in-command Amit Shah nationalism. This is one aspect sharp backlash. No surprise that unleashed an aggressive cam- of the Jharkhand verdict the JMM swept the tribal dom- paign that centered on would trouble the BJP for inated seats of the State. Citizenship Amendment Act months to come. Soren and Co. reminded (CAA), Ram temple, scrapping The BJP leadership must the BJP that just like of Article 370 etc., and hoped take the blame for the defeat. Maharashtra and Haryana the to bury anti-incumbency It squarely overlooked the red ploy to pit dominant under the heap of polarising flag raised by the State leaders section/caste (in case of nationalistic sloganeering. against Raghubar Das’ style of Jharkhand, tribals) against the The duo left nothing to functioning and corruption. rest had its own pitfalls. # & # 'P % % %, % against the CAA and NRC. Hindu, Sikh, Parsi, as also dalit commu- Retired SC Judge Gopal Gowda, nities who migrated to India from neigh- he three southern States of Kerala, who was also present at the protest, read he Bengal BJP on Monday took out bouring Afghanistan, Pakistan and TKarnataka and Tamil Nadu por- out the Preamble of the Constitution, Ta massive pro-CAA and NRC rally in Bangladesh. Launching a no-holds-barred trayed the image of a cauldron on along with several lawyers. Justice Kolkata from where senior BJP leader and attack on Congress, he said party had even Monday as thousands of people Gowda said Prime Minister Narendra MP JP Nadda launched a stringent attack “defied Mahatma Gandhi who proposed marched on the streets to hold rallies Modi and Union Home Minister Amit on the Congress and subsequently providing citizenship to the persecuted and demonstrations against the Shah must clarify people’s doubts and Trinamool Congress for dividing the people in these neighbouring coun- Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). State conclusively whether the CAA and country along two-nation theory but fail- tries… Narendra Modi has complied with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister NRC would be implemented. ing to provide citizenship to the lakhs of the instructions of Mahatma Gandhi after Jagan Mohan Reddy joined the list of Continued on Page 4 persecuted members of the minority so many years and now they (Congress) States opposing the proposed are condemning him.” implementation of the National On India’s tolerant culture, Register of Citizens (NRC). % & ' ( ! he said, “After Partition we made Tens of thousands of peo- India a secular country. But ple gathered at Bengaluru’s Pakistan and Bangladesh became Quddus Saheb Edigah grounds Act and National Register for barred the State Government Islamic republics. on Monday to protest against Citizens.Hearing a cluster of from emitting the advertise- Even promises made in the CAA and the NRC. Former petitions challenging ment, said sources, adding Nehru-Liaquat pact to protect bureaucrats and judges of he Calcutta High Court has Government-run advertise- Advocate General Kishor minorities of each country was Supreme Court addressed the Trestrained Mamata ments discarding an Act of Dutta had assured the Court not fulfilled as a result of which gathering. At the massive gath- Banerjee Government from Parliament, the Division on behalf of the Government number of Hindus in Pakistan ering, protesters called for a airing advertisements rejecting Bench of Chief Justice TB that the said ads had been dwindled from 23 per cent to 3 civil disobedience movement the Citizenship Amendment Radhakrishnan on Monday withdrawn from air. per cent. ! Q #R $R New Delhi: Top Congress lead- ities” on protestors. ership, led by party Chief Sonia Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan R Gandhi, sat on a “Satyagraha Singh and Rahul Gandhi read +, ! Delhi Government has also for Unity” at Mahatma out the Preamble to the ordered a magisterial probe to Gandhi’s memorial Rajghat on Constitution of India as part of -. fix the responsibility. Monday, demanding protec- the “Satyagraha” protest. According to a senior Delhi tion of the rights of people as The party members also Fire Services (DFS) official, enshrined in the Constitution. observed a one-minute silence call regarding the blaze was Congress leaders, including in support of their cause and received around 12:20 am on former Prime Minister against the BJP-led Monday following which eight Manmohan Singh, former Government’s policies. Sonia n a tragic incident, nine peo- - & # fire tenders and DFS teams party chief Rahul Gandhi and Gandhi, however left after Iple, including three children, ".) were dispatched for the spot. general secretary Priyanka about an hour while other were killed after a massive fire “The blaze was brought Gandhi Vadra, participated in leaders continued. broke out in a three storey res- has once again raised a ques- under control by 3.50 am. the “Satyagraha”, which was After reading out the idential-cum-commercial tion on functioning of the During initial investigation it also meant to express solidar- Preamble in Hindi, Priyanka building in outer Delhi’s Kirari civic agencies.