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Mizoram

Zoramthanga Confident Of MNF Returning To Power In Mizoram

By LokMarg

After failing to exercise his franchise in his first attempt owing to an Electronic Voting Machine malfunction, Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga finally cast his vote at a polling station under the Aizawl North-II assembly constituency on Tuesday.

“I have cast my vote and I visited half of my constituency. I believe, from the political atmosphere on voting day, that we shall be able to form the government and in my constituency we hope we shall get an overwhelming victory,” Zoramthanga said speaking to reporters after casting his vote.

The MNF chief said that a scenario where the Mizo National Front would need to enter into a coalition with any other party to form the government would not arise.

“I certainly believe that we shall be able to form the government on our own without any coalition. Situation will not arise in which we will need other parties. MNF will be able to form the government” said Zoramthanga

The Chief Minister had gone to cast his vote in the morning hours at 19-Aizawl Venglai-I YMA Hall polling station. However, after coming out of the polling booth he said that the “machine” was not working.

“Because the machine was not working. I was waiting for some time. But since the machine could not work I said that I will visit my constituency and I will vote after the morning meal,” the Chief Minister said speaking to ANI.

Zoramthanga stands out as one of the most prominent figures in this election. Having previously won Aizawl East – I in the 2018 assembly elections, Zoramthanga is once again contesting from the same constituency.

Polling for the Mizoram Assembly began on Tuesday, the counting of which is scheduled on December 3. The state has recorded a voter turnout of 26.43 per cent till 11 am. Voting kicked off in the North-eastern state at 7 am on Tuesday and will continue till 3 pm. (ANI)

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‘Yogi Govt Tactics Can Break Samajwadis’ Bones, Not Our Resolve’

By LokMarg

Dilip Kumar Pandey, 27, president of Samajwadi Student Association, Mau, alleges that BJP won Uttar Pradesh by polarising people and manipulating EVMs

I have been associated with the Samajwadi Party for the past 10 years. I had joined the movement when I was just 18. A year after joining the party, in 2012, it formed the government in Uttar Pradesh under the leadership of Akhilesh Yadav ji. In those five years, he brought major developments in the state.

But all his development works were undone when the BJP came to power. The state has been set back by at least 25 years in terms of progress. In this election, we tried our best to win the people’s trust. We aimed to bring back the glory to the state.

In our manifesto, we focused on youths, education, jobs and farmers. We wanted to corner the government on these issues in which they failed badly.

And the response we got during election rallies and roadshows was immense. A sea of the crowd that was turning up to listen to Akhilesh ji was the vindication of his popularity and the change people wanted to see.

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We tried our best to win the elections but we failed. Probably, the BJP was able to polarise people on Hindu-Muslim issues. Or they managed to manipulate the EVMs. I don’t see any consolidated reason that made us lose the elections. I also seriously doubt the neutrality of the election commission. The elections are no more fair in this country. The entire country witnessed how EVMs were illegally ferried in lorries and were captured by our workers. The BJP has manipulated the entire system.

But, this failure has not broken the SP workers rather strengthened us. We are Samajwadis. Sticks and stones may break our bones, but they will not be able to crush our determination. We work among the people and for the people. It’s because of our continuous efforts, the party performed very well in the elections.

Our seats have gone up from 47 to 125. In 39 seats, which we lost, the vote margin was less than 2,000. Similarly, there were around 90 seats where the margin was less than 5,000 votes. The vote share of the party also rose from 22% to 32%. If you consider the postal ballots, 51.5 per cent of votes were cast in favour of the SP alliance.

We are now preparing for the general elections in 2024. The BJP has failed in every respect in governance at the Centre also. They can’t control inflation, they don’t have any foreign policy, China has intruded into our territory and this list goes on…

We believe that our leader Akhilesh Yadav ji will have a bigger role to play in the fight against the BJP at a country level.

Akhilesh ji has a vision for this country. When you meet him, you’ll become his fan. We believe that he can pull this country out of the current problems.

As told to Md Tausif Alam