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Turmoil and test: On Haryana politics

Haryana Governor must ask the government to prove its majority

Haryana is in political turmoil (उथल-पुथल, अशांति) after three independent MLAs withdrew their support to the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and its former coalition (गठबंधन) partner, the Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), offered support to the Congress to form an alternative government. In the 90-member State Assembly, which currently has an effective strength of 88, the BJP government led by Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini appears to be in a minority with 43 MLAs by its side — it needs 45 for a majority. But BJP leaders assert that their government is under ‘no threat’ and if there be any need, ‘other MLAs’ will support them — an indicator (संकेत, सूचक) of support from disgruntled MLAs of the JJP. The Congress and the JJP have come out all guns blazing at the BJP, but appear to be moving with a guarded approach by putting the onus to initiate the process of bringing down the incumbent (पदधारी) government on each other. Both parties have asked Governor Bandaru Dattatreya to intervene. While the Congress has demanded immediate (तत्काल, तुरंत) Assembly polls under President’s rule, the JJP has asked the Governor to seek (खोजना, ढूंढना) an immediate ‘floor test’ to determine the majority of the incumbent government in the Legislative Assembly.

The Congress and the JJP are trying to consolidate (मजबूत करना, सुदृढ़ करना) their base in the midst of the general election and in the run-up to the Assembly election, which is due to be held in normal course in October. At least two of the 10 JJP MLAs have declared their support to BJP candidates in the Lok Sabha polls, and it is getting hard for the JJP to keep its flock together. After parting ways with the BJP, the JJP, which draws its support largely from the agrarian (कृषि संबंधी) class, primarily the Jat community, has upped the ante (पूर्व, पहले का) against its former partner. In March this year, when the BJP replaced Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar with Nayab Singh Saini, it indicated the party’s strategy to sharpen its caste-based politics pivoting (केंद्रबिंदु, प्रधान आधार) towards the non-Jat constituency. Haryana witnessed a violent pro-Jat quota stir in the year 2016 and the agitation left Jats and non-Jats pitted against each other, straining inter-community relations. The Congress appears to be channelising its energy to form the next government for a full term of five years, instead of focusing on any possibility of a short-term gain. The political turmoil has cast a long shadow of doubt on the Saini government’s legislative majority. The Governor should take appropriate measures to clear the doubts regarding the numbers.

Courtesy: The Hindu

Important Word List With Meaning

1.Turmoil (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - उथल-पुथल, अशांति
English Meaning - A state of great disturbance, confusion, or uncertainty.

2.Coalition (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - गठबंधन
English Meaning - An alliance for combined action, especially a temporary alliance of political parties forming a government or of states.

3.Indicator (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - संकेत, सूचक
English Meaning - A thing, especially a trend or fact, that indicates the state or level of something.

4.Incumbent (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - पदधारी
English Meaning - Necessary for (someone) as a duty or responsibility.

5.Immediate (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - तत्काल, तुरंत
English Meaning - Occurring or done at once; instant.

6.Seek (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - खोजना, ढूंढना
English Meaning - Attempt to find (something).

7.Consolidate (Verb)

Hindi Meaning - मजबूत करना, सुदृढ़ करना
English Meaning - Make (something) physically stronger or more solid.

8.Agrarian (Adjective)

Hindi Meaning - कृषि संबंधी
English Meaning - Relating to cultivated land or the cultivation of land.

9.Ante (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - पूर्व, पहले का
English Meaning - A stake put up by a player in poker and similar games before receiving cards.

10.Pivot (Noun)

Hindi Meaning - केंद्रबिंदु, प्रधान आधार
English Meaning - The central point, pin, or shaft on which a mechanism turns or oscillates.