{"id":9826,"date":"2022-11-01T15:58:04","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T10:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viewsonnewsonline.com\/?p=9826"},"modified":"2022-11-01T15:58:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T10:28:05","slug":"himachal-pradesh-assembly-polls-election-commission-of-india-bjp-aap-inc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/viewsonnewsonline.com\/himachal-pradesh-assembly-polls-election-commission-of-india-bjp-aap-inc\/","title":{"rendered":"The stage is set for the Himachal and Gujarat drama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
With the elections to the assembly of Himachal Pradesh announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) \u2013 elections will be held on November 12 and counting on December 8 \u2013 dates for one phase of the anxiety of people of India have been set. The other anxiety factor, elections to the assembly of Gujarat, hangs in the balance, with the ECI refusing to, again, tag it along with the Himachal dates. Whatever the extenuating reason or reasons that the ECI may have had for this decision, the other side of the entire exercise, which is the preparation of the political parties is in somewhat disarray.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The BJP, which rules in both states, expects to cling on to power. Despite Himachal having a sort of \u2018tradition\u2019 of anti-incumbency, the BJP feels that its \u2018development\u2019 policies will pay off. At the same time, the Indian national Congress, the only alternative \u2013 the Aam Admi Party (AAP) found this hill state too steep and has virtually given up \u2013 is in complete chaos, proceeding with determination with its implosion purpose. In a completely farcical \u2018election\u2019 it recently foisted old family faithful Mallikarjun Kharge as the party\u2019s president, and nobody doubts how much of a puppet this 80-year-old will remain in the hands of the Gandhi family. Incidentally, Rahul Gandhi has commented that his next move will be decided by the new party president. This means it will be decided by his mother, Sonia Gandhi. So, what changed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The erudition and effort put in by Sashi Tharoor went to waste, with Tharoor ending up congratulating Kharge. What Tharoor\u2019s future will be within the Congress only the Gandis can tell, but that he got more than 1,000 delegate votes makes a strong statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n