Assam Congress Who Treasured Its Candidates in Resorts Did it in Vain
Staring from the days of campaigning by the INC s heavyweights like Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Rahul Gandhi to making promises of 5 Guarantees and hike in daily wages of tea workers, the Congress did all - out of the box strategy to lure voters in Assam.
| 3 May 2021 8:12 AM GMT
GUWAHATI: At the end of the day it was the saffron party s show which led the incumbent government to retain its power in the state of Assam.
It is to be mentioned here that the high voltage election drama which all started from the beginning of 2021 ended in a one-sided affair favoring the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Analysis | Rise in the east helps Bharatiya Janta Party clinch Assam
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The saffron camp slipped a bit in the Barak Valley widely considered a stronghold
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BJP supporters celebrate after winning majority in Assam in BJP state head office in Guwahati. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR
The saffron camp slipped a bit in the Barak Valley widely considered a stronghold
The eastern region of Assam helped the BJP and its allies clinch Mandate 2021, although they bagged 11 seats fewer than in 2016.
Of the 47 seats in the first phase of polling, the BJP and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) bagged 37 seats, two more than five years ago. These seats covered six Lok Sabha constituencies straddling eastern, northern and parts of central Assam.
Inability to garner trust leads to failure of alliance in Assam
The hotchpotch alliance of 10 opposition parties with contrasting ideologies, which also had no chief ministerial face, found few takers eventually.
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GUWAHATI: The hotchpotch alliance of 10 opposition parties with contrasting ideologies, which also had no chief ministerial face, found few takers eventually.
The “Mahajot”, formed two months ago to oust BJP, was led by Congress. It faced a leadership crisis and got riddled with factionalism following the death of former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.
The Congress and minority-based All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) had come together to thwart the split of anti-BJP and anti-Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) votes. In 2016, their combined vote share was more than the winning candidates of the BJP-led alliance in 14 seats.
Muslim candidates improve tally in Assam, Kerala; number goes down in WB
Only Assam and Kerala registered a slight rise in the number of Muslims elected to the assembly, while it went down in West Bengal. Tamil Nadu and Puducherry showed no improvement in the trend.
By Sakina FatimaandSruthi Vibhavari| Published: 3rd May 2021 5:54 pm IST Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) during a rally in Assam, Feb 8, 2021 (PTI Photo)
Hyderabad: The results of five state assembly elections that were announced by the Election Commission on Sunday revealed that Muslim candidates in the contest barely showed any significant rise in tally.
Radhika Ramaseshan
Senior Journalist
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) retained power in West Bengal, the most keenly watched state in the 2021 Assembly elections, thanks to an epic fightback by its leader and two-time CM Mamata Banerjee. She herself lost the pitched battle from the Nandigram seat against a former political associate, Suvendu Adhikari, for whose family the district is a long-time fief. Adhikari joined the BJP months before the polls. When he vowed to ‘wipe out’ the TMC, Mamata picked up the gauntlet.
The TMC’s campaign was largely reactive, in contrast to the BJP’s agenda-setting proactivity.
Contrary to exit poll projections of a close contest in the offing, the TMC cruised ahead of the BJP, its closest rival, restricting its tally to double-digit figures, as predicted by Prashant Kishor, Mamata’s strategist and adviser. The BJP’s showing belied the claims made by its top leadership that it would win over 200 seats and make history. The TMC’s campaign w