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Gairsain within reach?

The 2012-2017 assembly presents some unique opportunities for pushing forward pro-hill policies. Given that the Congress-led government will have a 3:1 ratio of MLAs coming from the hills, a change in policy orientation is a distinct possibility. The potential dangers of course are present as…

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Delimitation pushed down the road

The results of the assembly elections have thrown up some unexpected results. Believed to be heading to victory in the plains, the Congress in fact underperformed, bagging only 9 to the BJP’s 17 seats. However, despite severe dissidence arising from improper seat distribution, the Congress…

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CLP Leader Choice Delayed by Factional Feud

Factional feud within Congress and certain conditions put up by Independents, who hold the key to government formation, have created hurdles in the CLP leader’s election in Uttarakhand. In the 70-member House, Congress has 32 MLAs – four short of majority – with three Independents…

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2012 Election Results Commentary

The Uttarakhand assembly elections results have been much closer than the exit polls predicted, owing perhaps to anti-incumbency against the centre and postal ballots which have been more influenced by national politics than local issues. Khanduri’s shock loss owes much to BJP’s ongoing record of…

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Exit Polls and Post Poll Surveys

Here is the aggregated exit poll and post-poll surveys from the major media networks (Thanks to Raju Gusain for putting most of this together). INC BJP BSP Others Janpaksh/CMRA 27-34 21-25 3-6 4-11 IBN/CSDS/The Week 31-41 22-32 – 4-10 Headlines Today 38-42 26-30 2-4 4-6…

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Parties ignored employment, migration issues during poll

Even 11 years after the creation of Uttarakhand, the basic issues of the people have not been addressed. These issues are now even missing from the agendas of the mainstream political parties. This is what some of the leading social activists of the state think.…

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After The Blizzard

The anti-Nishank wave is such even Khanduri can’t save the BJP Every hundred metres or so on the highway from Roorkee to Dehradun, the Uttarakhand capital, life-size hoardings of incumbent chief minister Maj General (retd) B.C. Khanduri loom up with this message: ‘Khanduri hai Zaroori’.…

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CPI: BJP is glorifying Khanduri’s tenure but forgetting Nishank’s

Communist Party of India (CPI) national secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan has accused both the BJP and the Congress of looting the state in the last 12 years. Addressing a press conference in the state capital on Saturday, he said that the people were fed up…

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‘Only URM striving for development of state’: Negi

Famous folk singer Narendra Singh Negi addressed a public meeting in Pauri from the United Raksha Morcha (URM) forum on Friday. In the meeting, he said that he understood the limitations of the two national parties where the candidates were decided by the high command…

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CPI-ML manifesto promises ‘effective’ anti-corruption law

Corruption-free governance, providing land to the landless, introducing people-friendly rehabilitation and disaster management policies besides ensuring jobs for the unemployed youth are some of the several promises included in the manifesto of the CPI-ML for the ensuing assembly elections released recently. [more]

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