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Mood for change: On AAP’s Punjab win

A victorious (विजयी, सफल) AAP will require more than just a reliance (निर्भरता, भरोसा) on populism (लोकलुभावनवाद, जनरञ्जकवाद) to succeed in governance (शासन प्रणाली, अधिकार)

When an electorate (मतदाताओं, निर्वाचक-मंडल, निर्वाचन-क्षेत्र) is tired of the ruling parties both at the Centre and at the State level during an Assembly election — even if these parties are opponents (प्रतिद्वंद्वी, कट्टर, विरोधी) — the chances (संभावना) that people will vote for a fresh alternative (विकल्प, अन्य संभावना) are high. But this does not always happen in Indian elections. Parties professing (state, affirm, claim) to be an alternative to the established (स्थापना, प्रसिद्ध, मान्यता प्राप्त) ones take time to emerge, even if they are the product (उत्पाद, परिणाम) of social or political movements (गतिविधि, अभियान). Electoral success is achieved only if they cross a high threshold (सीमा रेखा, स्तर या सीमा है) of competitiveness (प्रतिस्पर्धा, प्रतियोगितात्मकता, प्रेरणा) that is made possible through messaging (संदेशन, संवाद करना, निकट आना) and organisation (संगठन, योजना, व्यवस्था) besides (except, except for, apart from, other than, barring, excluding) peoples’ yearning (longing, craving desire, wish, appetite) for change. The Aam Aadmi Party’s spectacular (magnificent, sumptuous, impressive, superb) triumph (victory, win, success) in Punjab — winning 92 of the 117 constituencies (a particular area whose voters elect a representative to a legislative body) — needs to be tempered (moderate, modify, tone down, mitigate) with the fact that it won 42% of the votes in what was largely a triangular (three-sided, three-cornered) contest with the Congress (23%) and the Shiromani Akali Dal (20.2%). In 2017, AAP won 20 seats with a 23.7% vote share, but its victories were largely concentrated (focus, direct, centre, centralize) in the southern Malwa region. This time, in 2022, its vote share (47.2%) was the highest in Malwa. It also managed a credible (acceptable, trustworthy, reliable, dependable; believable, plausible, reasonable) 30.2% and 36.8% in the Doab and Majha regions, respectively (separately, individually), helping it sweep (win all/maximum (constituency); win each one of the constituency) the State.

Of the three major losing parties including the BJP, the Congress looked to be the best placed a year ago. Strongly mobilised ((of resources) bring together for a specific cause) opposition to the BJP government’s farm laws had caused the BJP-SAD alliance (association, union, partnership) to break up (disband, separate; put to an end, bring to an end). While the Captain Amarinder Singh-led Congress government had not fully lived up to (come up to, reach, satisfy, fulfil, achieve) expectations, the party had little to lose from the agitations ((public) protest) and could have capitalised on (take advantage of, use, make use of, benefit from) the public mood (frame of mind, state of mind; atmosphere, feeling) by seeking (try, aim, attempt) to implement (execute, carry out) its promises made in 2017. But an ill-conceived (absurd, ridiculous, laughable, not carefully planned) move (initiative, step, action) by its high command, forcing out (pressurize someone to leave a job/position indirectly) Capt. Amarinder and empowering (authorize, permit, allow) the rabble-rousing (agitating, defiant, disobedient), party-hopping (an act of moving often from one place (party) to another place (party)) former cricketer, Navjot Singh Sidhu, to take over the reins (controlling power. (In general, rein is the long leather strap(s) attached to a horse’s head (usually on either sides), by which the rider controls a horse)) of the party created unnecessary tumult (uproar, ruckus, agitation). Even the party’s last minute (careless, unsystematic, messy, thoughtless, inattentive, heedless, hasty, hurried) promotion (elevation) of the new Chief Minister, Charanjit Singh Channi, was not enough to shift (alter, change, back) the mood of the electorate, which had lost patience with the party, now riven by internal bickering (squabble, wrangle, quarrel, argument, fight). The electorate’s dissatisfaction (discontent, disappointment, disaffection, disquiet, unhappiness, disgruntlement, frustration, vexation, annoyance, irritation, anger, exasperation, resentment) with the Centre and the Congress regime (government) in the State is evident (visible, apparent, clear) in the CSDS Lokniti Survey: a net negative satisfaction of -44 and -52 points, respectively. With grievances (complaint, criticism, objection, protestation, charge, protest, problem) and anger over the corruption under the previous SAD regime still fresh, AAP emerged as the default alternative. Its promises of clean governance and populist (relating to the politicians who claim that they are representing the common/ordinary people) measures (action, course of action, procedure, step) in health, education and power supply — already implemented in Delhi — were able to sway a large section of a disenchanted (disillusioned, disappointed, dissatisfied, let down, fed up) electorate. But it is one thing to succeed (win, triumph, be victorious, prove superior) in governance in what is largely (mostly, mainly, generally) a municipality (administrative division; local government; governing body of a particular place (city, district)) by eschewing ideological (relating to a system of ideas (ideology)) perspectives (outlook, viewpoint, approach) and focusing on just populist measures. It will be a challenge to effect this in an important border State such as Punjab. AAP has its task cut out.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.victorious (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - विजयी, सफल
English Meaning - successful, triumphant, winning.

2.reliance (noun)

Hindi Meaning - निर्भरता, भरोसा
English Meaning - dependence.

3.populism (noun)

Hindi Meaning - लोकलुभावनवाद, जनरञ्जकवाद
English Meaning - policies that supposedly represent the opinions of ordinary people (Courtesy: VOA Learning English).

4.governance (noun)

Hindi Meaning - शासन प्रणाली, अधिकार
English Meaning - the act of governing something; administration.

5.electorate (noun)

Hindi Meaning - मतदाताओं, निर्वाचक-मंडल, निर्वाचन-क्षेत्र
English Meaning - all the people who entitled to vote in an election.

6.opponent (noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रतिद्वंद्वी, कट्टर, विरोधी
English Meaning - archfoe, nemesis, adversary, antagonist, enemy, foe.

7.chances (noun)

Hindi Meaning - संभावना
English Meaning - likelihood, probability, prospect.

8.alternative (noun)

Hindi Meaning - विकल्प, अन्य संभावना
English Meaning - option, choice, other possibility.

9.established (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - स्थापना, प्रसिद्ध, मान्यता प्राप्त
English Meaning - well known, recognized, acknowledged.

10.product (noun)

Hindi Meaning - उत्पाद, परिणाम
English Meaning - result, consequence, outcome.

11.movement (noun)

Hindi Meaning - गतिविधि, अभियान
English Meaning - campaign, drive, push.

12.threshold (noun)

Hindi Meaning - सीमा रेखा, स्तर या सीमा है
English Meaning - it is an amount, level, or limit of something. Once the threshold is reached, something else happens or changes; lower limit, starting point, point of entry.

13.competitiveness (noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रतिस्पर्धा, प्रतियोगितात्मकता, प्रेरणा
English Meaning - determination, diligence, drive, energy, initiative, motivation, push, aggression.

14.messaging (noun)

Hindi Meaning - संदेशन, संवाद करना, निकट आना
English Meaning - brainstorming, communicating, approaching.

15.organization (noun)

Hindi Meaning - संगठन, योजना, व्यवस्था
English Meaning - planning, arrangement, coordination, structuring.

16.mood (noun)

English Meaning - frame of mind, state of mind; atmosphere, feeling.

17.profess (verb)

English Meaning - state, affirm, claim.

18.besides (preposition)

English Meaning - except, except for, apart from, other than, barring, excluding.

19.yearning (noun)

English Meaning - longing, craving desire, wish, appetite.

20.spectacular (adjective)

English Meaning - magnificent, sumptuous, impressive, superb.

21.triumph (noun)

English Meaning - victory, win, success.

22.constituency (noun)

English Meaning - a particular area whose voters elect a representative to a legislative body.

23.temper (verb)

English Meaning - moderate, modify, tone down, mitigate.

24.triangular (adjective)

English Meaning - three-sided, three-cornered.

25.concentrate (verb)

English Meaning - focus, direct, centre, centralize.

26.credible (adjective)

English Meaning - acceptable, trustworthy, reliable, dependable; believable, plausible, reasonable.

27.respectively (adverb)

English Meaning - separately, individually.

28.alliance (noun)

English Meaning - association, union, partnership.

29.sweep (verb)

English Meaning - win all/maximum (constituency); win each one of the constituency.

30.be placed (verb)

English Meaning - have a particular advantage due to one’s position or circumstances.

31.mobilise (verb)

English Meaning - (of resources) bring together for a specific cause.

32.Farm Acts, 2000 (noun)

English Meaning - Farm Acts, 2000 refer to three agricultural bills passed by Indian Parliament in September 2020. The three acts are “The Farmers’ Produce Trade and Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Act, 2020 (FPTC Act) allows farmers to sell their harvest outside the notified Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) mandis without paying any State taxes or fees”, “the Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020 facilitates contract farming and direct marketing”, and “the Essential Commodities (Amendment) Act, 2020 deregulates the production, storage, movement and sale of several major foodstuffs, including cereals, pulses, edible oils and onion, except in the case of extraordinary circumstances”.

33.alliance (noun)

English Meaning - association, union, partnership.

34.break up (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - disband, separate; put to an end, bring to an end.

35.live up to (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - come up to, reach, satisfy, fulfil, achieve.

36.have little to lose (phrase)

English Meaning - to get into a somewhat difficult situation; be in somewhat worse situation if fail.

37.agitation (noun)

English Meaning - (public) protest.

38.capitalise on (verb)

English Meaning - take advantage of, use, make use of, benefit from.

39.seek (verb)

English Meaning - try, aim, attempt.

40.implement (verb)

English Meaning - execute, carry out.

41.ill-conceived (adjective)

English Meaning - absurd, ridiculous, laughable, not carefully planned.

42.move (noun)

English Meaning - initiative, step, action.

43.force out (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - pressurize someone to leave a job/position indirectly.

44.empower (verb)

English Meaning - authorize, permit, allow.

45.rabble-rousing (adjective)

English Meaning - agitating, defiant, disobedient.

46.party-hopping (noun)

English Meaning - an act of moving often from one place (party) to another place (party).

47.take over (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - take control of, take charge of, assume responsibility for.

48.reins (noun)

English Meaning - controlling power. (In general, rein is the long leather strap(s) attached to a horse’s head (usually on either sides), by which the rider controls a horse).

49.tumult (noun)

English Meaning - uproar, ruckus, agitation.

50.last minute (adjective)

English Meaning - careless, unsystematic, messy, thoughtless, inattentive, heedless, hasty, hurried.

51.promotion (noun)

English Meaning - elevation.

52.shift (verb)

English Meaning - alter, change, back.

53.lose patience (phrase)

English Meaning - to become irritated or upset on something, particularly waiting for something; become impatient, tire.

54.riven past participle of rive (verb)

English Meaning - tear apart split, ripped apart, ruptured.

55.bickering (noun)

English Meaning - squabble, wrangle, quarrel, argument, fight.

56.dissatisfaction (noun)

English Meaning - discontent, disappointment, disaffection, disquiet, unhappiness, disgruntlement, frustration, vexation, annoyance, irritation, anger, exasperation, resentment.

57.regime (noun)

English Meaning - government.

58.evident (verb)

English Meaning - visible, apparent, clear.

59.net (adjective)

English Meaning - final, end, ultimate, concluding, closing.

60.grievance (noun)

English Meaning - complaint, criticism, objection, protestation, charge, protest, problem.

61.populist (adjective)

English Meaning - relating to the politicians who claim that they are representing the common/ordinary people.

62.measure (noun)

English Meaning - action, course of action, procedure, step.