356: Dreams and a Desperate Terrain!
Rajeev Ranjan Chaturvedy, Research Associate, ISAS
7 January 2015
Excellent electoral strategising
,
coupled with
the political charisma of
India
's
Prime
Minister
Narendra Modi
, has
produced
an electoral majority for the Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP)
,
in coalition with its ally the All Jharkhand Students- Union (AJSU
), in the Indian state
of Jharkhand
.
After winning that majority, BJP has formed a government, naming Raghubar
Das, a five
-
time le
gislator from East Jamshedpur, as the first non
-
tribal
C
hief
M
inister
.
The
state, which has seen nine governments and three
interludes
of President's rule in 14 years,
has given a decisive mandate this time.
This is clearly a vote against political instabi
lity and a
vote for
better governance