Outlook Magazine February 24, 2002 For pollsters, psephologists, and even the BJP and the Congress the result in Uttaranchal may have come as a big surprise. But definitely not for the citizens of the newly created state, who very consciously used the ballot to express…
PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in Dehra Dun Frontline, Volume 19 – Issue 04, Feb. 16 – Mar. 1, 2002 IF the general public perception and mood are any guide, the Bharatiya Janata Party is in serious trouble in Uttaranchal, which will have its first Assembly polls…
The women who helped birth the new state of Uttaranchal have been relegated to the backrooms of power. Santwana Bhattacharya reports S. Bhattacharya Indian Express. February 15, 2002 EVERYTHING seems idyllic in the hamlets — little chocolate-box affairs from this distance, sometimes a mere three…
Wednesday, February 13, 2002 NAINITAL, FEBRUARY 11: IT’S a state whose dreams have died young. In Uttaranchal today the predominant poll issue is a sense of betrayal which no threat of war, religious fervour or film star can diminish. After convulsing over the demand for…
Davinder Kumar Outlook Magazine February 4, 2002 The very first assembly elections in Uttaranchal is likely to throw up some surprises. When it was part of UP, the hill districts which now comprise the new state were seen as a BJP bastion. It voted loyally…
THE first election to the 70-member Uttaranchal assembly may well see several shock reverses for the BJP and some shocks for some Congress(I) big guns too, with some independents, regional parties and may be a few Left candidates just about making it. Not only this,…
Vijai Rawat January 20, 2002 THE CPI(M) in Uttarakhand took an organisational step forward with the announcement of its decision to constitute a separate State Organising Committee of the party for the new state. The announcement was made by the CPI(M) Polit Bureau member, Prakash…
The Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttaranchal celebrates the State’s first birth anniversary with a hail of election promises. PURNIMA S. TRIPATHI in Dehra Dun Frontline Volume 18 – Issue 24, Nov. 24 – Dec. 07, 2001 ALTHOUGH with an unimpressive track record, the Bharatiya…
Kulwinder Sandhu, The Tribune Dehra Dun, April 7 The rebel Samajwadi Party MLA, Mr Munna Singh Chauhan, known as the “ambitious politician” of the hills in Uttaranchal, seems to be on a sticky wicket. Although he has announced to form a separate political party, yet…
Niraja Gopal Jayal Seminar, No. 480, August, 1999 As we prepare for the fifth general election of this decade, we also prepare to face the same slogans that are invariably dusted out and aired whenever an election is around the corner. These include Secularism, Nationalism,…