The political scene in U.P. continues to be bizarre. It is in a flux. It is the melting pot of the national scene.
November 24, 2006 (Press Release) --
The political scene in U.P. continues to be bizarre. It is in a flux. It is the melting pot of the national scene. Yet there are no clear trends after the recent Nagar Palika elections. Who will benefit from the trends of the municipal elections remains unclear. There are no clear winners or frontrunners for the upcoming Assembly elections. Not yet. The present confusion may continue until after the polling and during the counting of the votes as leads may fluctuate and those trailing may overtake the leaders.
The Mayoral and Nagar Palika elections in U.P. have left everybody guessing about their impact on the elections to the State Assembly, due in February next year, because the municipal elections may or not affect the turnout and the result of the polling for the legislature. Yet the major parties engaged in the contests for the control of the authorities at the local level are all pleased with the outcome. They are giving themselves a pat on the back and look forward to the next round at the State level with great optimism.
The BJP has won eight mayoral elections and made advances in several Nagar Palikas. It thus hopes that the major cities will vote for it. The BJP president, Mr. Rajnath Singh, has thanked the RSS for the support that its cadres organized for the party.
The Chief Minister, Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav, has won a number of Nagar Palikas and expects to have a good run early next year. The Congress has improved its share of votes and although not expecting any miracles, it is not disheartened with the minor advances it has made in a State, which it ruled for long. It would like to continue with a journey that could mean slow and measured steps towards recovery of the lost ground.
The Bahujan Samaj Party of Ms. Mayawati is silent as it did not contest the municipal elections. Nor has it disclosed its hand: whether or not it supported any independents is not known. But, perhaps, it does not wish to dissipate its energies at a time when it is trying to present a serious challenge to the Socialist Party of the Chief Minister. It is trying to focus itself on a single goal: power at the State level in Lucknow by presenting itself as the sole champion of the Dalits. At the same time it is wooing Brahmins and Banias, believed to be the constituency of the BJP. The Congress has been considering an understanding with Ms. Mayawati, a former Chief Minister, who has been in some kind of a wilderness, but has lately been emerging as some kind of a force.
Perhaps, it is too early for alliances and understandings between the major political forces to be forged. It is better to try and drive hard bargains at the appropriate time and disclose the strategies at this early stage. But the CPI and CPI( M) have already parted ways. The latter is solidly behind Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav while the CPI has joined the bandwagon of Mr. V.P.Singh and Raj Babbar, who was thrown out of the Sociali
The Mayoral and Nagar Palika elections in U.P. have left everybody guessing about their impact on the elections to the State Assembly, due in February next year, because the municipal elections may or not affect the turnout and the result of the polling for the legislature. Yet the major parties engaged in the contests for the control of the authorities at the local level are all pleased with the outcome. They are giving themselves a pat on the back and look forward to the next round at the State level with great optimism.
The BJP has won eight mayoral elections and made advances in several Nagar Palikas. It thus hopes that the major cities will vote for it. The BJP president, Mr. Rajnath Singh, has thanked the RSS for the support that its cadres organized for the party.
The Chief Minister, Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav, has won a number of Nagar Palikas and expects to have a good run early next year. The Congress has improved its share of votes and although not expecting any miracles, it is not disheartened with the minor advances it has made in a State, which it ruled for long. It would like to continue with a journey that could mean slow and measured steps towards recovery of the lost ground.
The Bahujan Samaj Party of Ms. Mayawati is silent as it did not contest the municipal elections. Nor has it disclosed its hand: whether or not it supported any independents is not known. But, perhaps, it does not wish to dissipate its energies at a time when it is trying to present a serious challenge to the Socialist Party of the Chief Minister. It is trying to focus itself on a single goal: power at the State level in Lucknow by presenting itself as the sole champion of the Dalits. At the same time it is wooing Brahmins and Banias, believed to be the constituency of the BJP. The Congress has been considering an understanding with Ms. Mayawati, a former Chief Minister, who has been in some kind of a wilderness, but has lately been emerging as some kind of a force.
Perhaps, it is too early for alliances and understandings between the major political forces to be forged. It is better to try and drive hard bargains at the appropriate time and disclose the strategies at this early stage. But the CPI and CPI( M) have already parted ways. The latter is solidly behind Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav while the CPI has joined the bandwagon of Mr. V.P.Singh and Raj Babbar, who was thrown out of the Sociali
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