Rasta Aur Basta

Image Source: Catch News On the counting day, amidst the trends started pouring in favor of Samajwadi Party, I read a tweet by a random politics enthusiast, “BJP wins every state election, but loses every by-poll. People are confused! And that’s why they want simultaneous elections…” With an astonishing win registered in the red bastion of Tripura just a week ago, the saffron flag suffers a dent after a humiliating defeat in the home turf of “brand” Yogi. Gorakhpur being ruled by Goraknath Matt for 28 years, Yogi himself ruling since 1998 & prior to him by his Guru Mahant Avaidyanath, now goes into SP’s fragment even with a fall in vote-share of the BJP. With a pre-poll unconditional support coming in from Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party turns out to be a game changer, just a day after a dinner hosted by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to look into possibilities of “an anti-BJP” coalition.   Image Source: Ndtv.com Results in UP shows that the combine of SP-BSP which st

(Image Source: indiablooms.com Whatever seems to be impossible, for the duo: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah, turns out to be victorious, and sometimes with much bigger margin. With this, Tripura gives, the BJP it’s CM number 15. The journey from “Shunya” to “Shikhar”, in BJP’s ideological battle against the Left, in a region that is crucial to RSS plans, the Tripura result is more than another state victory. With PM Modi in Party’s Delhi Headquarters dedicating this victory to the slain party workers died in political clashes in the state, CPI (M) General Secretary, Sitaram Yechury blamed the “money and muscle power” used by the BJP in all northeastern States. After ruling for straight 20 years out of 25 years of Left Rule in Tripura, the outgoing Chief Minister Manik Sarkar would never have mused of such a fierce loss and that too from their arch rival. TRIPURA IN NUMBERS In the 60 member (elections were held on 59 seats) assembly of Tripu