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Seeping saffron: On the BJP and their partners’ electoral gains in the northeast

The Bharatiya Janata Party is primed to be back in power in the three northeast States

Voters in two northeastern States, Nagaland and Tripura, gave the BJP and its partners another term instead of bringing in (cause, bring about, result in, produce) the change their challengers had promised. For the BJP, the results are a reward for its sustained (निरंतर, लगातार) work, and enhances its claim (दावा, माँग) to be a pre-eminent (पूर्वप्रतिष्ठित, महत्वपूर्ण) national party. In Tripura, the party and its regional ally (मित्र, साथी), the Indigenous People’s Front of Tripura, won 33 seats, nine fewer than in 2018 but two more than the majority mark. The seat-sharing deal that the Left Front and Congress struck did not work for the Left but gave the Congress a fresh lease of life. The Left Front won 11, five fewer than the 16 it won in 2018 while Congress won three as against none five years ago. The Tipra Motha (Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance abbreviated as TIPRA; It is a regional political party which was initially a social organization of Tripura, India), a new party, won 13 of the 42 seats it contested, in the tribal regions. The BJP’s victory can be attributed to (उत्तरदायी ठहराना, श्रेय देना) an improved law-and-order (कानून एवं व्यवस्था) situation, cash incentives (प्रोत्साहन) such as a monthly social allowance (payment, grant, financial support, subsistence) of ₹2,000 for the poor and providing 1.6 lakh houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. The party also appears to have consolidated (समेकित करना, संघटित करना) the non-tribal voters who are unnerved (demoralize, discourage, dishearten, deject, frighten, distress, upset) by the rise (growth, ascent) of the Motha.

In Meghalaya, charges (accusation, allegation, indictment) of corruption against the National People’s Party (NPP) by allies and rivals (प्रतिद्वंद्वी, विरोधी) alike (similar, the same, identical) did not work. The NPP won 26 seats, six more than in 2018 while its allies in the outgoing (departing, retiring, leaving) government, the United Democratic Party and the BJP, won 11 and two, respectively; they all fought the election separately. The NPP’s pan-Meghalaya presence across two hill regions dominated by the Garo and the Khasi-Jaintia communities kept it in good stead, while the Trinamool Congress’s attempts to gain a foothold (grip, anchorage, purchase, support) faltered (लड़खड़ाना) as it was seen as a party from West Bengal. The Congress, the only party that had acceptance (स्वीकृति) across the State earlier, is now a pale (seem less significant or important, seem less serious; less impressive, ineffectual, ineffective) shadow of itself, winning five seats, a huge fall (गिरावट) from its 2018 tally (हिसाब, गिनती) of 21. The Christian community in Meghalaya continues to be sceptical (doubtful, distrustful, suspicious, disbelieving, doubting) of the BJP but its counterparts (समकक्ष) in Nagaland have warmed up (prepare, get ready, get into condition) to it. The Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) and the BJP have retained power in Nagaland, a State which had ceased (finish, end, halt, stop) to have an Opposition in the outgoing Assembly. The BJP equalled its 2018 score of 12 seats while the NDPP won 25, seven more than in 2018. The rest of the seats in the 60-member Assembly have gone to smaller allies of the BJP, ruling out (prevent, exclude, eliminate, dismiss, reject) the possibility (संभावना) of any opposition in the new Assembly too.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.sustained (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - निरंतर, लगातार
English Meaning - continuous, constant, non-stop, steady, relentless.

2.claim (noun)

Hindi Meaning - दावा, माँग
English Meaning - assertion, declaration, contention.

3.pre-eminent (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - पूर्वप्रतिष्ठित, महत्वपूर्ण
English Meaning - important, foremost, prominent.

4.ally (noun)

Hindi Meaning - मित्र, साथी
English Meaning - partner, supporter, confederate.

5.attribute to (verb)

Hindi Meaning - उत्तरदायी ठहराना, श्रेय देना
English Meaning - ascribe, connect with, associate with; hold responsible for.

6.law and order (noun)

Hindi Meaning - कानून एवं व्यवस्था
English Meaning - lawful behaviour, order, lawfulness, discipline, peacefulness.

7.incentive (noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रोत्साहन
English Meaning - payment, compensation; motivation, encouragement, impetus, boost.

8.consolidate (verb)

Hindi Meaning - समेकित करना, संघटित करना
English Meaning - strengthen, reinforce, fortify.

9.rival (noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रतिद्वंद्वी, विरोधी
English Meaning - opponent, adversary, contender, competitor.

10.falter (verb)

Hindi Meaning - लड़खड़ाना
English Meaning - lose strength, lose momentum; blunder, flounder.

11.acceptance (noun)

Hindi Meaning - स्वीकृति
English Meaning - favourable reception, approval, welcome, adoption.

12.fall (noun)

Hindi Meaning - गिरावट
English Meaning - decline, deterioration, degeneration, downfall, ruination, collapse, failure.

13.tally (noun)

Hindi Meaning - हिसाब, गिनती
English Meaning - total, result, count.

14.counterpart (noun)

Hindi Meaning - समकक्ष
English Meaning - someone or something that has the same job or purpose as another; equivalent, equal, fellow.

15.possibility (noun)

Hindi Meaning - संभावना
English Meaning - chance, likelihood, hope, potential, potentiality.

16.seeping (adjective)

English Meaning - spreading, permeating, flowing, rushing.

17.prime (verb)

English Meaning - prepare, brief, notify, instruct, tell.

18.bring in (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - cause, bring about, result in, produce.

19.strike (verb)

English Meaning - achieve, reach, agree to (a deal/agreement).

20.a new lease of life (phrase)

English Meaning - an improved and energetic life after making something better than before.

21.TIPRA Motha (noun)

English Meaning - Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance abbreviated as TIPRA; It is a regional political party which was initially a social organization of Tripura, India.

22.allowance (noun)

English Meaning - payment, grant, financial support, subsistence.

23.the PMAY (Urban) (PMAY-U) (noun)

English Meaning - Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) Mission launched on 25th June 2015 which intends to provide housing for all in urban areas by year 2022.

24.unnerve (verb)

English Meaning - demoralize, discourage, dishearten, deject, frighten, distress, upset.

25.rise (noun)

English Meaning - growth, ascent.

26.charge (noun)

English Meaning - accusation, allegation, indictment.

27.alike (adjective)

English Meaning - similar, the same, identical.

28.outgoing (adjective)

English Meaning - departing, retiring, leaving.

29.stand/hold someone in good stead (phrase)

English Meaning - be beneficial, be advantageous, be useful.

30.foothold (noun)

English Meaning - grip, anchorage, purchase, support.

31.pale (adjective)

English Meaning - seem less significant or important, seem less serious; less impressive, ineffectual, ineffective.

32.a shadow of your former self (phrase)

English Meaning - If someone or something is a shadow of their former self, they are very much less powerful, strong, impressive than they used to be.

33.sceptical (adjective)

English Meaning - doubtful, distrustful, suspicious, disbelieving, doubting.

34.warm up (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - prepare, get ready, get into condition.

35.cease (verb)

English Meaning - finish, end, halt, stop.

36.rule out (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - prevent, exclude, eliminate, dismiss, reject.