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Strong challenge: On the Telangana Assembly election 2023 in November

The Congress supplants (replace, displace, supersede, take the place of, take over from) the BJP as the key competitor to the BRS in Telangana

Osmosis (a slow & unconscious assimilation of ideas, knowledge, etc) is a rare word in politics. But it could well define the sudden rejuvenation (revival, re-emergence, renaissance, resurgence, revitalization, resurrection, resuscitation) of the Congress party in Telangana. Its win in Karnataka, by decisively (दृढ़तापूर्वक) defeating the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has given it an organisational fillip (प्रोत्साहन) and confidence that has allowed it to become a contender (प्रतियोगी) in Telangana within months of that victory. This is partially because the ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) has been in power for nearly a decade (दशक) and has run into the inevitable (अनिवार्य, अपरिहार्य) Indian challenge of anti-incumbency (विरोधी लहर), with dents (reduction, deduction, depletion) to its strong support base (आधार). The BRS had become a formidable (दुर्जेय) force (party, group, outfit) by having reaped (receive, obtain, realize; harvest) the benefit of leading the movement (आंदोलन, अभियान) that led to the formation (गठन, निर्माण) of the State, which was bifurcated (विभाजित करना, द्विभाजन) from the united Andhra Pradesh in 2014. But many fellow-travellers (सहयात्री, समर्थक) and partners in the agitation (protest, argument, fighting, commotion) parted ways with the regional party as it graduated (progress, advance, go up, move up, proceed, develop) into a typical single family-driven (परिवार संचालित) enterprise (organization, agency, group, outfit) that thrives (फलना-फूलना) due to the support for its “strong leader” K. Chandrashekar Rao. What has kept the support base for the party is its emphasis (importance, significance, priority) on welfare (a government program that provides (financial) assistance to individuals and families in need; social security, government/state benefit, public assistance) initiatives (plan, scheme, action) that included a number of dole payments (money/fund given regularly by the government) for various sections besides (in addition, furthermore, moreover, further) work in improving sectors such as irrigation (the process of (artificially) supplying water to farmland to grow crops & plants), one of the key issues that drove the agitation for a separate State in the first place. But with the Congress managing to win over (persuade, convince, satisfy, prevail (on or upon), talk (into)) voters in Karnataka through welfare guarantees (assurance, promise) and seeking to replicate (imitate, simulate, emulate, copy, mimic, recreate) this model for Telangana, the stage is set for an electoral battle driven by competitive populism (policies/schemes that supposedly represent the opinions of ordinary people), albeit (though, even though, however) of slightly varying kinds (sort, type, variety, style, form). With the BRS coming up with a number of welfare and cash transfer measures to rival (equal, emulate, be comparable to/with, compare with, be on a par with, be on a level with) the Congress’s guarantees, the election could well become a referendum (public vote; a direct vote in which people cast ballots to decide on a specific issue or policy) on who delivers welfare better.

Over the course of (as time goes by) this decade, the BJP has sought to become a major player in Telangana and only the electoral results will confirm the pervasive (prevalent, ubiquitous, omnipresent, rife, widespread, general/common) theory that the party’s support base in the State remains limited to a few seats. If the Congress steals a march over the BJP, it could reflect (indicate, show, display, demonstrate, represent, exhibit) the failure of the BJP to raise an agenda that appeals to the people of Telangana beyond its tiresome (dull, monotonous, boring, tedious, uninteresting, unexciting, mundane, laborious, run-of-the-mill, long-drawn-out) reliance (dependency, dependence, leaning on) on religious polarisation (separation of two contrasting groups (based on different opinions/beliefs)) and touting (endorse, praise, recommend, commend, speak of, urge) the virtues (power, advantage, benefit, efficacy, usefulness) of having a friendly Union government. This will also be indicative (symptomatic, expressive, suggestive, symbolic, representative) of the mood (state of mind, disposition) of the electorate (all the people in a country who are eligible to vote in an election) in the southern States where electoral competition is moored (fix firmly, tie up, fasten, anchor) in the politics of welfare and developmentalism (it refers to a particular ideology marked by a sense of inevitability about the nature of historical change and to political interventions to implement particular strategies of development) and less in the hysterics (hysteria, wildness, irrationality, loss of control, loss of reason, exaggerated reaction, emotional reaction) of communal mobilisation (the act of bringing forces/people/resources together for a particular cause), as evident elsewhere in the North. All said, the Congress might well have the wind in its sails to become a contender against a formidable BRS, but the electoral campaigns (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) and how they sway (persuade, prevail on, win over, influence, talk round, convert) the fence-sitter (someone who be neutral on something) and the undecided voter will determine the course (line of action, course of action, process, progress; means, way, direction) of the election in the State.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.Legislative Assembly (noun)

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

2.decisively (adverb)

Hindi Meaning - दृढ़तापूर्वक
English Meaning - emphatically, resoundingly, conclusively, markedly, definitely.

3.fillip (noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रोत्साहन
English Meaning - stimulus, boost, encouragement, incentive, impetus.

4.contender (noun)

Hindi Meaning - प्रतियोगी
English Meaning - competitor, challenger, rival.

5.decade (noun)

Hindi Meaning - दशक
English Meaning - a period of ten years.

6.inevitable (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - अनिवार्य, अपरिहार्य
English Meaning - unavoidable, unpreventable.

7.anti-incumbency (noun)

Hindi Meaning - विरोधी लहर
English Meaning - a situation which is against elected officials currently in power; discontent against ruling government/ party in power.

8.base (noun)

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

9.formidable (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - दुर्जेय
English Meaning - strong, powerful, mighty, indomitable.

10.movement (noun)

Hindi Meaning - आंदोलन, अभियान
English Meaning - campaign, drive, crusade

11.formation (noun)

Hindi Meaning - गठन, निर्माण
English Meaning - foundation, establishment, institution, creation.

12.bifurcate (verb)

Hindi Meaning - विभाजित करना, द्विभाजन
English Meaning - split, divide, separate.

13.fellow-traveller (noun)

Hindi Meaning - सहयात्री, समर्थक
English Meaning - supporter, advocate, well-wisher.

14.family-driven (adjective)

Hindi Meaning - परिवार संचालित
English Meaning - handled/managed by a family.

15.thrive (verb)

Hindi Meaning - फलना-फूलना
English Meaning - flourish, prosper, develop, expand, advance.

16.supplant (verb)

English Meaning - replace, displace, supersede, take the place of, take over from.

17.osmosis (noun)

English Meaning - a slow & unconscious assimilation of ideas, knowledge, etc.

18.rejuvenation (noun)

English Meaning - revival, re-emergence, renaissance, resurgence, revitalization, resurrection, resuscitation.

19.run into (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - experience, encounter, meet with, be faced with, run up against, be confronted with.

20.dent (noun)

English Meaning - reduction, deduction, depletion.

21.force (noun)

English Meaning - party, group, outfit.

22.reap (verb)

English Meaning - receive, obtain, realize; harvest.

23.led to past participle of lead to (verb)

English Meaning - cause, result in, bring about, bring on, give rise to.

24.agitation (noun)

English Meaning - protest, argument, fighting, commotion.

25.part ways with (phrase)

English Meaning - to separate, to depart, to end a relationship.

26.graduate (verb)

English Meaning - progress, advance, go up, move up, proceed, develop.

27.enterprise (noun)

English Meaning - organization, agency, group, outfit.

28.emphasis (noun)

English Meaning - importance, significance, priority.

29.welfare (noun)

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

30.initiative (noun)

English Meaning - plan, scheme, action.

31.dole payment (noun)

English Meaning - money/fund given regularly by the government.

32.besides (adverb)

English Meaning - in addition, furthermore, moreover, further.

33.irrigation (noun)

English Meaning - the process of (artificially) supplying water to farmland to grow crops & plants.

34.drove past of drive (verb)

English Meaning - prompt, compel, impel, pressure. spur.

35.win over (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - persuade, convince, satisfy, prevail (on or upon), talk (into).

36.guarantee (noun)

English Meaning - assurance, promise.

37.replicate (verb)

English Meaning - imitate, simulate, emulate, copy, mimic, recreate.

38.set the stage for (phrase)

English Meaning - prepare the circumstances for the beginning of something.

39.populism (noun)

English Meaning - policies/schemes that supposedly represent the opinions of ordinary people.

40.albeit (conjunction)

English Meaning - though, even though, however.

41.kind (noun)

English Meaning - sort, type, variety, style, form.

42.come up with (phrasal verb)

English Meaning - propose, put forward, present, submit, suggest, recommend.

43.rival (verb)

English Meaning - equal, emulate, be comparable to/with, compare with, be on a par with, be on a level with.

44.referendum (noun)

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

45.over the course of (phrase)

English Meaning - as time goes by.

46.sought past tense of seek (verb)

English Meaning - try, aim, attempt.

47.pervasive (adjective)

English Meaning - prevalent, ubiquitous, omnipresent, rife, widespread, general/common.

48.steal a march (noun)

English Meaning - to get an advantage over others (as you start doing something before someone else).

49.reflect (verb)

English Meaning - indicate, show, display, demonstrate, represent, exhibit.

50.tiresome (adjective)

English Meaning - dull, monotonous, boring, tedious, uninteresting, unexciting, mundane, laborious, run-of-the-mill, long-drawn-out.

51.reliance (noun)

English Meaning - dependency, dependence, leaning on.

52.polarisation (noun)

English Meaning - separation of two contrasting groups (based on different opinions/beliefs).

53.tout (verb)

English Meaning - endorse, praise, recommend, commend, speak of, urge.

54.virtue (noun)

English Meaning - power, advantage, benefit, efficacy, usefulness.

55.indicative (adjective)

English Meaning - symptomatic, expressive, suggestive, symbolic, representative.

56.mood (noun)

English Meaning - state of mind, disposition.

57.electorate (noun)

English Meaning - all the people in a country who are eligible to vote in an election.

58.moor (verb)

English Meaning - fix firmly, tie up, fasten, anchor.

59.developmentalism (noun)

English Meaning - it refers to a particular ideology marked by a sense of inevitability about the nature of historical change and to political interventions to implement particular strategies of development.

60.hysteric (noun)

English Meaning - hysteria, wildness, irrationality, loss of control, loss of reason, exaggerated reaction, emotional reaction.

61.mobilisation (noun)

English Meaning - the act of bringing forces/people/resources together for a particular cause.

62.have/put the wind in someone’s sails (phrase)

English Meaning - to make someone feel more confident to do something; to get support for someone/something.

63.campaign (noun)

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.

64.sway (verb)

English Meaning - persuade, prevail on, win over, influence, talk round, convert.

65.fence-sitter (noun)

English Meaning - someone who be neutral on something.

66.course (noun)

English Meaning - line of action, course of action, process, progress; means, way, direction.