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Playing out a farce: On government and legislature functioning in Manipur

The Manipur Assembly disregards duty by adjourning sine die (अनिश्चित काल के लिए) at a time of crisis

Given what transpired (Come about, happen, or occur) on Tuesday, it is difficult not to term the functioning of the government and the legislature in conflict-ridden Manipur a farce being played out in the State. The Assembly met just before the stipulated (अपेक्षा करना, शर्त लगाना) six months after the last session on March 3. Article 174(1) of the Constitution mandates that sittings have to take place within six months of the end of the previous session. Incomprehensibly (समझ से बाहर), the session was adjourned sine die just 48 minutes after it began; there was barely 11 minutes of business with 10 MLAs of the Kuki-Zo community also absent. Chief Minister N. Biren Singh had reportedly invited the absentee Kuki MLAs to the House, by guaranteeing their security, but they denied having spoken to him and refused to buy the guarantee by pointing to the law and order situation in the Imphal valley. This reiterates (बार बार दुहराना) the breakdown of trust between legislators of one community and the government’s leadership despite a sharing of party affiliations. The session was originally set to convene (बुलाना, आयोजित करना) on August 21, but the Governor, Anusuiya Uikey, had, inexplicably (In an unexplained or unexplainable manner), not issued the notification summoning the House, despite the Cabinet’s advice to her on August 4. That legislative functions have been so poorly conducted when there are pressing (Compelling immediate action) issues related to the rehabilitation of displaced residents, the recovery of looted weapons, the persisting ethnic divide leading up to “economic blockades” and the sporadic (Recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances) violence, indicate the failure of a government that commands an electoral majority in the House.

The Manipur Assembly is no stranger to controversy. In its previous iteration (पुनरावृत्ति), little heed was paid to parliamentary conventions, as it was marked by rampant (Unrestrained and violent) defections, exemplified (उदाहरण देना) by the case of Congress MLA T. Shyamkumar, who became a Minister in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government and later stripped of his office by the Supreme Court which had lost patience with the Speaker’s inaction after his blatant (घोर, ज़बरदस्त, स्पष्ट) violation of the anti-defection law. This time around, the BJP regime suffers a severe legitimacy deficit — in its inability to bring about a turnaround (A decision to reverse an earlier decision) in the deterioration of ethnic relations following the May 3 violence and to conduct proper legislative sessions to at least discuss a way out. Ethnic conflicts present complex problems, but the use of constitutional means is a must to enable workable solutions. As things stand, the two sparring (Fight verbally) communities in the State are veering (to change from one position, opinion, etc, to another) towards positions that are becoming even more intractable (असभ्य, प्रचण्ड) as the government continues to flounder (have difficulties). The BJP is mistaken if it continues to believe that its ham-handed (doing things in an awkward or unskilled way when using the hands or dealing with people) approach to retain the status quo in leadership will yield a breakthrough in the State.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.Sine die (Abverb)

Hindi Meaning - अनिश्चित काल के लिए
English Meaning - Without a date fixed (as of an adjournment)

2.Stipulate (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - अपेक्षा करना, शर्त लगाना
English Meaning - Make a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement

3.Incomprehensibly (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - समझ से बाहर
English Meaning - in a way that is impossible to understand

4.Reiterate (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - बार बार दुहराना
English Meaning - To say, state, or perform again

5.Convene (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - बुलाना, आयोजित करना
English Meaning - Meet formally

6.Sporadic (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - छुट-पुट
English Meaning - Recurring in scattered and irregular or unpredictable instances

7.Iteration (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - पुनरावृत्ति
English Meaning - Doing or saying again; a repeated performance

8.Exemplify (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - उदाहरण देना
English Meaning - Clarify by giving an example of

9.Blatant (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - घोर, ज़बरदस्त, स्पष्ट
English Meaning - very obvious, with no attempt to be honest or behave well

10.Intractable (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - असभ्य, प्रचण्ड
English Meaning - very difficult to deal with

11.Farce (Noun)

English Meaning - a situation or an event that is so unfair or badly organized that it becomes silly

12.Transpire (Noun)

English Meaning - Come about, happen, or occur.

13.Inexplicably (Noun)

English Meaning - In an unexplained or unexplainable manner.

14.Pressing (Noun)

English Meaning - Compelling immediate action.

15.Rampant (Noun)

English Meaning - Unrestrained and violent.

16.Strip of something (Noun)

English Meaning - to take something away from someone, sometimes in a way that seems unfair or dishonest.

17.Turnaround (Noun)

English Meaning - A decision to reverse an earlier decision.

18.Spar (Noun)

English Meaning - Fight verbally

19.Veer (Noun)

English Meaning - to change from one position, opinion, etc, to another

20.Flounder (Noun)

English Meaning - have difficulties

21.Ham-handed (Noun)

English Meaning - doing things in an awkward or unskilled way when using the hands or dealing with people