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Message from voters: On Odisha, Uttarakhand bypoll results

Chief Ministers of Odisha and Uttarakhand have been strengthened by the bypoll results

It is not often that by-elections are of any significant consequence (परिणाम, महत्व, प्रासंगिकता). But Uttarakhand, where the Chief Minister was in a do-or-die (करो या मरो, अंतिम-मौका) battle; Kerala, where the main Opposition, the Congress, was fighting for survival; and Odisha, where the ruling party was seeking (मांगना, प्रयास, लक्ष्य) another vote of confidence (विश्वास मत); all saw high-stakes (उच्च दांव, खतरनाक) contests. An impressive victory in the Thrikkakara Assembly by-election has revived (पुनरुज्जीवित होना, वापस लाना, ऊर्जा देना) the Congress in Kerala from the slumber (नींद, सोना) and the chaos (अव्यवस्था, अस्तव्यस्तता, विघ्न) that had gripped (पकड़, पीड़ित करना, प्रभावित करना) the party following two consecutive (लगातार, क्रमिक) Assembly election defeats, in 2016 and 2021. The seat is a Congress stronghold (गढ़, किला) that stayed with the party even in 2021, when the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) won 99 of the 140 seats. The seat had fallen vacant following the demise (death, dying, passing away) of P.T. Thomas, who had shown great courage to stand up to (मुक़ाबला करना, विरोध करना, चुनौती देना) the Catholic Church on issues of public policy (सार्वजनिक नीति). His wife Uma Thomas was the Congress candidate. The LDF was criticised on grounds (reason, cause, basis, base, rationale, premise, factor, pretext, motive) that it sought to align its selection of candidate and campaign (अभियान, प्रचार) with the wishes of the Church. The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) also turned the election into a referendum (public vote; a direct vote in which people cast ballots to decide on a specific issue or policy) on the Silver Line semi-high speed railway project that the Pinarayi Vijayan government was championing (support, back, urge, promote, advocate, endorse, recommend, espouse). The victory, by an increased margin in comparison with 2021, reinforces (support, uphold, bolster, underpin, undergird, strengthen) the leadership of V.D. Satheesan, the leader of Opposition, and K. Sudhakaran, the President of the Congress State unit. The CPI(M) and the LDF must take the lessons from the results with humility (modesty, humbleness, lack of pride, unassertiveness) and appropriately recalibrate (reevaluate, reassess, revamp) their positions.

In Odisha’s Brajarajnagar Assembly constituency, the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate, Alaka Mohanty, won by a margin of 66,122 votes, defeating the Congress that pushed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to the third position. The bypoll was necessitated (require, demand, call for, be grounds for, warrant, entail, involve) by the death of the winner’s husband Kishore Mohanty. The result has further strengthened the hands (control, power, authority) of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, who revamped (reorganize, restructure, rearrange, rebuild, improve) his Council of Ministers immediately after the victory. The BJP that has been nurturing (encourage, promote, stimulate, foster, further, advance, boost, strengthen) ambitions to replace the BJD in the State had to eat humble pie (to admit your fault in a humiliating way and/or make a humble apology; back down, admit defeat, surrender, capitulate, yield, give in, cave in, submit) in the seat, though it is part of the Bargarh Parliamentary Constituency which it had won in 2019. In 2024, Mr. Patnaik will be on his way to becoming one of the longest serving Chief Ministers. In Uttarakhand, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami won the Champawat Assembly seat as expected, tightening (make stricter, make more rigorous, make more stringent, stiffen, toughen) his grip (control, stranglehold, domination (over something)) over the party. The BJP has been going through (undergo, experience, face, suffer, be subjected to, put p with) a churn (disorder/disorganization, confusion, disruption/chaos) in the State, leading to (result in, cause, bring on, bring about, call forth, give rise to) the elevation (promotion, rise) of Mr. Dhami who was not an MLA, after the Assembly elections in February-March. But the path ahead will depend on how smartly Mr. Dhami navigates (handle, manage) the dangerous roads in the hill State’s politics.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.consequence (noun)

Hindi Meaning - परिणाम, महत्व, प्रासंगिकता
English Meaning - importance, relevance, significance, substance, prominence, value, seriousness.

2.do-or-die (phrase)

Hindi Meaning - करो या मरो, अंतिम-मौका
English Meaning - last-ditch, last-chance, last-resort, final.

3.seek (verb)

Hindi Meaning - मांगना, प्रयास, लक्ष्य
English Meaning - try, attempt, aim.

4.vote of confidence (phrase)

Hindi Meaning - विश्वास मत
English Meaning - a vote of confidence, or a trust vote, is sought by the government in power on the floor of the House (legislative assembly or parliament) in order to prove the majority.

5.high-stakes (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - उच्च दांव, खतरनाक
English Meaning - high risk, dangerous.

6.revive (verb)

Hindi Meaning - पुनरुज्जीवित होना, वापस लाना, ऊर्जा देना
English Meaning - bring back, energize, revitalize, resuscitate, breathe new life into.

7.slumber (noun)

Hindi Meaning - नींद, सोना
English Meaning - sleep; light sleep, nap, doze, drowse, rest; a state of being inactive/dormant.

8.chaos (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अव्यवस्था, अस्तव्यस्तता, विघ्न
English Meaning - disorder, disarray, turmoil, disorganization, disruption.

9.grip (verb)

Hindi Meaning - पकड़, पीड़ित करना, प्रभावित करना
English Meaning - afflict, affect, beset, torment.

10.consecutive (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - लगातार, क्रमिक
English Meaning - successive.

11.stronghold (noun)

Hindi Meaning - गढ़, किला
English Meaning - bastion, fortress, fort.

12.stand up to (phrasal verb)

Hindi Meaning - मुक़ाबला करना, विरोध करना, चुनौती देना
English Meaning - defy, confront, challenge, oppose openly, resist, show resistance to, take on, put up a fight against, take a stand against.

13.public policy (noun)

Hindi Meaning - सार्वजनिक नीति
English Meaning - a combination of laws, regulations, actions, policies adopted by a government/establishment/institution.

14.align with (verb)

Hindi Meaning - संरेखित करना
English Meaning - join forces with, join up with, form an alliance with, ally with, align oneself with, link up with, combine with.

15.campaign (noun)

Hindi Meaning - अभियान, प्रचार
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.

16.of little/no/any consequence (phrase)

English Meaning - If something or someone is of little/no/any consequence, they are little/not/somewhat important or valuable.

17.demise (noun)

English Meaning - death, dying, passing away.

18.grounds (noun)

English Meaning - reason, cause, basis, base, rationale, premise, factor, pretext, motive.

19.referendum (noun)

English Meaning - public vote; a direct vote in which people cast ballots to decide on a specific issue or policy.

20.Silver Line project (noun)

English Meaning - Silverline project aims to improve connectivity between the two ends of Kerala by setting up a Semi High-Speed Rail corridor (a 530-kilometre, double line stretch) from Kasaragod to Thiruvananthapuram with the aim of reducing travel time from 10 hours at present to less than 4 hours.

21.champion (verb)

English Meaning - support, back, urge, promote, advocate, endorse, recommend, espouse.

22.reinforce (verb)

English Meaning - support, uphold, bolster, underpin, undergird, strengthen.

23.take lessons (phrase)

English Meaning - to learn (or) to be thought.

24.humility (noun)

English Meaning - modesty, humbleness, lack of pride, unassertiveness.

25.recalibrate (verb)

English Meaning - reevaluate, reassess, revamp.

26.necessitate (verb)

English Meaning - require, demand, call for, be grounds for, warrant, entail, involve.

27.hands (noun)

English Meaning - control, power, authority.

28.revamp (verb)

English Meaning - reorganize, restructure, rearrange, rebuild, improve.

29.the Council of Ministers (noun)

English Meaning - the supreme executive organ in a government. The term is usually equivalent to the word “cabinet”.

30.nurture (verb)

English Meaning - encourage, promote, stimulate, foster, further, advance, boost, strengthen.

31.eat humble pie (phrase)

English Meaning - to admit your fault in a humiliating way and/or make a humble apology; back down, admit defeat, surrender, capitulate, yield, give in, cave in, submit.

32.on one’s way (phrase)

English Meaning - move forward; coming, approaching; in the course of (a journey).

33.tighten (verb)

English Meaning - make stricter, make more rigorous, make more stringent, stiffen, toughen.

34.grip (noun)

English Meaning - control, stranglehold, domination (over something).

35.tighten your grip on something (phrase)

English Meaning - start to control something more strictly.

36.go through (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - undergo, experience, face, suffer, be subjected to, put p with.

37.churn (noun)

English Meaning - disorder/disorganization, confusion, disruption/chaos.