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​Identity card: On the Jharkhand election campaign

Politics over tribal and religious identities are at the core of Jharkhand polls

With campaigning (अभियान) for the Jharkhand election in its final leg (चरण), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the ruling INDIA bloc led by the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), are locked in a debate on the State’s Adivasi identity (पहचान). The BJP’s sharp focus has been on the rhetoric (वक्रपटुता, अलंकारिक भाषा, भाषण कला) of “Bangladeshi infiltration (घुसपैठ)”, which it is linking not only to the State’s demographic (जनसांख्यिकीय) changes but also to crimes against tribal women, land alienation (भूमि हस्तांतरण), and what some Adivasi communities perceive (view, consider, think of, regard) as a gradual dilution (reduction in value/power/force of something) of their indigenous (स्वदेशी) cultural practices. The party accuses the JMM-Congress-RJD alliance (गठबंधन) of encouraging “infiltrators” to bolster (मजबूत करना) the alliance’s voter base (आधार). This campaign has been running (proceed/happen in a particular way) alongside the BJP’s efforts to stress (जोर देना) the importance of unity among SC, ST and OBC groups using the messaging of “ek hai to safe hai (safe when united”), suggesting (सुझाना) that the BJP’s campaign is targeted at having a coalition with more place for Adivasis alongside the party’s existing base of non-Adivasi Hindu voters. Amidst (के बीच में) the blitz (an intensive or sudden attack, offensive, assault, bombardment, onslaught) of campaign speeches by the BJP’s star campaigners, the ruling alliance’s campaign led by Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his wife Kalpana Soren, has squarely (precisely, exactly, just, directly) put the onus (जिम्मेदारी) of checking alleged “infiltrators” on the Centre, without explicitly (absolutely, directly, clearly, unambiguously, conclusively, unconditionally, unequivocally, unqualifiedly, categorically, outright) negating (invalidate, nullify, annul, cancel out, revoke, repeal, overrule) the claim (assertion, allegation, contention) of the BJP. The INDIA campaign also tries to drive home the point that as Jharkhand has no international borders, the onus of checking alleged (supposed, claimed, professed, purported, reported, ostensible) infiltrators should be on the Union, where the BJP is in power.

Another central theme (subject, topic, matter) in the INDIA bloc’s campaign strategy (plan of action (in order to achieve a more expansive set of political, economic, and security interests)) has been the promise of implementing land registries as they had been surveyed in 1932 for the purpose of determining domicile (a person’s permanent residence. In law, domicile is the status of being a lawful permanent resident in a particular jurisdiction (territory/region)). But the JMM and its allies are careful here too, as Jharkhand has had a history of settlement (an uninhabited place where people established a community/colony) with migration (the movement of people within the borders of the same country or across international borders in order to find work or better living conditions) from neighbouring (adjacent, adjoining, bordering, abutting) States in waves (in large quantities/amounts) ever since. Some senior BJP leaders have suggested a National Register of Citizens (It is a register that includes demographic information about all those individuals who qualify as citizens of India as per the Citizenship Act, 1955) in the State, though the party does not mention this in its manifesto ((policy) statement, declaration, pronouncement). The BJP is talking up charges (accusation, allegation) of corruption that sent leaders such as Mr. Soren and the Congress’s Alamgir Alam to jail. The JMM has been questioning the announcement of the election in the State a month before the term (tenure, period of/in office; period, time, stint, spell) of the current Assembly (Assembly/Vidhan Sabha; a legislative body in the states and union territories of India) ends, calling it as a BJP ploy ((cunning) plan, scheme, tactic/trick) to disrupt the welfare (a government program that provides (financial) assistance to individuals and families in need; social security, public assistance) schemes of the Soren government. While the BJP is going all out to attack the popularity of these schemes by questioning their implementation (execution, application, carrying out) at the fag end (last part of something, particularly when considered as less significant or interesting) of the alliance government’s term, its manifesto has tried to outdo (beat, defeat, conquer, outstrip, outdistance, do better than, go beyond, rise above) the JMM’s in terms of (with regard to, regarding, concerning, in respect of, with reference to) sops (a conciliatory gift, concession; something given/provided (which is ,often, of less importance) to pacify somebody) being promised for the youth, women and farmers in the State.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.campaign (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अभियान
English Meaning - canvassing, electioneering, an act of soliciting (asking for/requesting) votes; an organized effort that seeks to influence the decision-making progress within a specific group.

2.identity (noun)

Hindi Meaning - पहचान
English Meaning - a social category, a set of persons marked by a label and distinguished by rules deciding membership and (alleged) characteristic features or attributes; individuality, character, originality.

3.leg (noun)

Hindi Meaning - चरण
English Meaning - stage, phase, step, part.

4.rhetoric (noun)

Hindi Meaning - वक्रपटुता, अलंकारिक भाषा, भाषण कला
English Meaning - bombast, loftiness, hyperbole/extravagant language.

5.infiltration (noun)

Hindi Meaning - घुसपैठ
English Meaning - intrusion, encroachment, incursion, trespass, invasion.

6.demographic (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - जनसांख्यिकीय
English Meaning - relating to the statistical study/structure of populations, especially human beings.

7.land alienation (noun)

Hindi Meaning - भूमि हस्तांतरण
English Meaning - the transfer of land property, as by conveyance or will, into the ownership of another.

8.indigenous (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - स्वदेशी
English Meaning - native, original, aboriginal, ancient, primeval.

9.alliance (noun)

Hindi Meaning - गठबंधन
English Meaning - association, union, coalition, bloc, partnership.

10.bolster (verb)

Hindi Meaning - मजबूत करना
English Meaning - strengthen, make stronger, buttress, augment, fortify, support, underpin, reinforce.

11.base (noun)

Hindi Meaning - आधार
English Meaning - a group of people considered as supporting an organization/party.

12.stress (verb)

Hindi Meaning - जोर देना
English Meaning - emphasize, underline, underscore, highlight, draw attention to.

13.suggest (verb)

Hindi Meaning - सुझाना
English Meaning - indicate, point to, signal, signify, denote.

14.amidst (preposition)

Hindi Meaning - के बीच में
English Meaning - amid, in the middle of; during.

15.onus (noun)

Hindi Meaning - जिम्मेदारी
English Meaning - responsibility, commitment, accountability, obligation, liability.

16.identity politics (plural noun)

English Meaning - it is also called as identitarian politics, refers to political positions based on the interests and perspectives of social groups with which people identify. Identity politics is when people of a particular race, ethnicity, gender, or religion form alliances and organize politically to defend their group’s interests.

17.at the core of (phrase)

English Meaning - having the basic and most important part of something.

18.lock in (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - be involved in a argumentative/competitive situation.

19.perceive (verb)

English Meaning - view, consider, think of, regard.

20.dilution (noun)

English Meaning - reduction in value/power/force of something.

21.infiltrator (noun)

English Meaning - intruder, invader, trespasser, encroacher.

22.run (verb)

English Meaning - proceed/happen in a particular way.

23.blitz (noun)

English Meaning - an intensive or sudden attack, offensive, assault, bombardment, onslaught.

24.blitzkrieg (noun)

English Meaning - German word literally means ‘lighting war’, ‘blitz’ means ‘lightning’ and ‘Krieg’ means ‘war’; rapid attack; a sudden, particularly violent and frightening military attack in order to achieve a quick victory.

25.squarely (adverb)

English Meaning - precisely, exactly, just, directly.

26.alleged (adjective)

English Meaning - supposed, claimed, professed, purported, reported, ostensible.

27.explicitly (adverb)

English Meaning - absolutely, directly, clearly, unambiguously, conclusively, unconditionally, unequivocally, unqualifiedly, categorically, outright.

28.negate (verb)

English Meaning - invalidate, nullify, annul, cancel out, revoke, repeal, overrule.

29.claim (noun)

English Meaning - assertion, allegation, contention.

30.drive (something) home (phrase)

English Meaning - make someone realize, make someone understand, make someone aware of; draw attention to, underline, highlight, emphasize.

31.theme (noun)

English Meaning - subject, topic, matter.

32.strategy (noun)

English Meaning - plan of action (in order to achieve a more expansive set of political, economic, and security interests).

33.domicile (noun)

English Meaning - a person’s permanent residence. In law, domicile is the status of being a lawful permanent resident in a particular jurisdiction (territory/region).

34.ally (noun)

English Meaning - partner, supporter

35.settlement (noun)

English Meaning - an uninhabited place where people established a community/colony.

36.migration (noun)

English Meaning - the movement of people within the borders of the same country or across international borders in order to find work or better living conditions.

37.neighbouring (adjective)

English Meaning - adjacent, adjoining, bordering, abutting.

38.in waves (noun)

English Meaning - in large quantities/amounts.

39.National Register of Citizens (NRC) (noun)

English Meaning - It is a register that includes demographic information about all those individuals who qualify as citizens of India as per the Citizenship Act, 1955.

40.manifesto (noun)

English Meaning - (policy) statement, declaration, pronouncement.

41.talk up (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - to speak with interest about something; promote, publicize.

42.charge (noun)

English Meaning - accusation, allegation.

43.term (noun)

English Meaning - tenure, period of/in office; period, time, stint, spell.

44.(Legislative) Assembly (noun)

English Meaning - Assembly/Vidhan Sabha; a legislative body in the states and union territories of India.

45.ploy (noun)

English Meaning - (cunning) plan, scheme, tactic/trick.

46.welfare (noun)

English Meaning - a government program that provides (financial) assistance to individuals and families in need; social security, public assistance.

47.go all out (phrase)

English Meaning - use all your energy, effort, strength, and/or resources to do something (successfully)

48.implementation (noun)

English Meaning - execution, application, carrying out.

49.fag end (noun)

English Meaning - last part of something, particularly when considered as less significant or interesting.

50.outdo (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - beat, defeat, conquer, outstrip, outdistance, do better than, go beyond, rise above.

51.in terms of (phrase)

English Meaning - with regard to, regarding, concerning, in respect of, with reference to.

52.sops (noun)

English Meaning - a conciliatory gift, concession; something given/provided (which is ,often, of less importance) to pacify somebody.