I/III. [With BJP sweeping all six seats in Muzaffarnagar and two out of the three in neighbouring Shamli, the 2013 riot victims said the saffron party's landslide win throughout the state felt like a "bad dream". ... In riot-scarred Muzaffarnagar and Shamli, four of the nine winners in the neighbouring districts have been booked on charges of rioting and criminal intimidation. Suresh Kumar Rana of BJP from Thana Bhawan, Nahid Hasan of SP from Kairana, BJP's Umesh Malik from Budhana and Vikram Singh from Khatauli - all have rioting and criminal intimidation cases filed against them.]
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/uttar-pradesh/news/muzaffarnagar-riot-victims-say-bjp-victory-feels-like-a-bad-dream/articleshow/57596632.cms Muzaffarnagar riot victims say BJP victory feels like a ‘bad dream’ Ishita Bhatia | TNN | Mar 11, 2017, 08.40 PM IST MEERUT: With BJP sweeping all six seats in Muzaffarnagar and two out of the three in neighbouring Shamli, the 2013 riot victims said the saffron party's landslide win throughout the state felt like a "bad dream". Many of them blamed it on "conscious efforts" by political parties to divide the minority votes. "People who set up one community against the other are now in power. They made their intentions quite clear by fielding all the riot-accused candidates and reaped rich dividends of it," said Mohammad Shamshad, who had to leave his village Kutba during the riots. In riot-scarred Muzaffarnagar and Shamli, four of the nine winners in the neighbouring districts have been booked on charges of rioting and criminal intimidation. Suresh Kumar Rana of BJP from Thana Bhawan, Nahid Hasan of SP from Kairana, BJP's Umesh Malik from Budhana and Vikram Singh from Khatauli - all have rioting and criminal intimidation cases filed against them. In the 2012 assembly polls, BSP had claimed three seats in Muzaffarnagar while BJP, SP and RLD had won one each. In Shamli, Congress, BJP and SP had won a seat each. Latest Comment Muslims should stop whining and act responsibly. Muslims must shed their hate of Hindus n join BJP to assimilate in mainstream or else stay n live as vote bank commodities by non BJP politicians. It ... Read More Cybil Penning "The result is out and there is little we can do. One of the main reasons that BJP came to power is because many riot victims could not even cast their votes because their voter IDs cards were not made. All we can hope now is that no riots are engineered by them to stay in power and peaceful conditions prevail," said a riot victim in Palda village, who did not wish to be named. TOI had earlier reported that at least 35% of the total voters who got displaced after the riots here in 2013 were not registered with the Election Commission. A survey conducted by Afkar India Foundation, an NGO working for the riot victims, revealed that out of 19,000 displaced voters here, 6,650 didn't have voter ID cards. II/III. [1. Astute ticket distribution to non-Yadav backwards were given more than 130 nominations. ... 8. A not-so-subtle messaging to Hindus through promises to shut down mechanised abbatoirs and set up anti-Romeo squads. 9. Denial of any tickets to Muslims helped it present itself as a Hindu party "correcting" its rivals' politics of "appeasement".] http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/news/assembly-election-2017-ten-things-the-bjp-did-to-sweep-uttar-pradesh/articleshow/57603224.cms Assembly Election 2017: Ten things the BJP did to sweep Uttar Pradesh TIMESOFINDIA.COM | Mar 12, 2017, 11.40 AM IST HIGHLIGHTS The BJP has delivered another knockout performance in the latest round of assembly elections. Against heavy odds, Amit Shah leveraged PM Narendra Modi's popularity to pull off a record-shattering win for the party in Uttar Pradesh. The scale of victory in the politically pivotal state has shocked opponents and pundits alike. Here are the 10 things BJP did to bag 312 seats in the UP state assembly: 1. Astute ticket distribution to non-Yadav backwards were given more than 130 nominations. 2. Targeting of non-Jatav Dalits, with Pasis getting 25 tickets and Dhobis cornering nine. This amplified the signal given by Shah's earlier decision to appoint Keshav Maurya, a Kushwaha, as state party president. 3. Induction of other backwards and non-Jatav dalits in the central ministry like Krishna Raj, Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti and Apna Dal's Anupriya Patel. 4. Poaching of influential BSP members like Swami Prasad Maurya and R K Chaudhary. This made BSP look like a party of Jatavs alone. The same tactic was used to highlight Akhilesh Yadav's dependence on Yadavs. 5. BJP used demonetisation and surgical strikes to project PM Modi as a leader capable of taking decisive action and pro-poor measures. 6. Speedy implementation of welfare schemes like Ujjwala, subsidy for toilets, and better supply of urea. Promises of more populist measures like farm loan waiver and interest-free loans were a hit. 7. Stoked resentment against Samajwadi Party's perceived tilt towards Muslims and Yadavs and benefited from a backlash. Modi and Shah promised end of "discrimination" in "rozgar and FIR". 8. A not-so-subtle messaging to Hindus through promises to shut down mechanised abbatoirs and set up anti-Romeo squads. 9. Denial of any tickets to Muslims helped it present itself as a Hindu party "correcting" its rivals' politics of "appeasement". 10. BJP did not project a chief minister as it had no leader to match either Akhilesh or Mayawati. Any choice would have led to caste rivalries and unravelled the coalition. Focus remained on Modi who trumped rivals. Modi's interventions, BJP feels, boosted its prospects in 50 marginal seats. III. [Results of UP Assembly elections, for instance, clearly prove that a division of votes among Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party helped the BJP in getting a thumping majority. It was not just the Muslim votes but OBCs and Dalits, the core votebase of SP and BSP, that got divided three ways, with a sizeable share going to the BJP as well. (Of course, the hope of all non-BJP parties uniting is just a pipe dream. But in order to vanquish the BJP, there has got to be state-level understanding among at least the main contenders. The Bihar model is to be used as a template to stall the rise and rise of a viscious divisive force. And, the opponents must act credibly. That seems to be the only way out.)] http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/120317/bjps-massive-mandate-in-up-triggers-debate-on-possible-grand-alliance.html BJP’s massive mandate in UP triggers debate on possible grand alliance DECCAN CHRONICLE. | RAJNISH SHARMA Published Mar 12, 2017, 4:41 am ISTUpdated Mar 12, 2017, 7:26 am IST All-against-one seems to be the only sound strategy for survival given the unrelenting Modi wave. Opposition parties pooling their resources and coming together for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls by ensuring there's no division of votes is then the only way forward. (Photo: PTI) New Delhi: Astounding results in favour of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections have once again triggered a debate in political circles on the necessity of a Grand Alliance. All-against-one seems to be the only sound strategy for survival given the unrelenting Modi wave. The arithmetic of electoral results in UP, Bihar and Delhi Assembly elections clearly demonstrate two things: One, that a split in votes helps the BJP romp home with a majority; and two, the situation changes considerably in a direct contest between the saffron party and a combined Opposition. Opposition parties pooling their resources and coming together for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls by ensuring there's no division of votes is then the only way forward. Hit hard by results of UP Assembly elections, the Congress-led Opposition will be forced to re-work its strategy and think in terms of putting together a broader alliance for the next parliamentary elections to stop the surge of BJP which has gained in key elections due to division of votes. Results of UP Assembly elections, for instance, clearly prove that a division of votes among Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party helped the BJP in getting a thumping majority. It was not just the Muslim votes but OBCs and Dalits, the core votebase of SP and BSP, that got divided three ways, with a sizeable share going to the BJP as well. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. 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