Assembly by-polls clearly reflect the public mood

The results of by-elections held in Gujarat, Bihar and Delhi for assembly seats have sent a strong message to the ruling establishment at the Centre as well as the ruling political parties in Bihar and Delhi that if they did not look into the causes of their dismal performance,which is complete reversal of their stunning performance 5 months back in the Lok Sabha elections, they are doomed to failure. Gujarat has given strong indications that Lotus is again blooming to its full strength and the BJP in that state has improved remarkably on its lacklustre showing in the last Lok Sabha elections. The by-election results are a warning for the Centre that if they continued to conduct in this way , they have to pay the price for it. The Centre must not take the mandate of the people for granted. The performance of BJP in the by-elections in Gujarat under the leadership of Chief Minister Narendra Modi once again lifted up the morale of the party workers all over the country. By-polls are also indicative of the callousness set in ruling alliance at the Centre, and they are more interested in cheap polpularity than in real work for the people at the grass root level. The main reason behind the rout of the Cogress in by-polls is because of back breaking price-rise. The common people of the country have been hit hard by sky-rocketing price-rise. The price has risen the moment Congress-led UPA government took charge for the second consecutive time. The anger of the people on account of price-rise has been amply reflected in the by-poll results.As far as the rout of Congress in the by-poll for the two assembly seats-Okhala and Dwarika in Delhi- is concerned, the rising infightig in the Delhi Cogress party, the defects in electricity electronic meter , removal of subsidy from electricity and steep rise in its cost and sky-rocketing price rise have resulted in its defeat in both the seats after having washed-out 7-0 only five months ago in the Lok Sabha elections. It is a great humiliation for Delhi Congress. Sheila Dikshit had recorded execellent performance in the Last Lok Sabha elections by winning all the 7 parliament seats for the party from Delhi. But after that the Congress party and its regime became callous and insensitive to the problem of Delhiites. The Congress has lost the two seats to opposition parties where it had performed exceedingly well in the last Lok Sabha polls. In Bihar also despite bringing about renaissance in administration of the state after decades of stagnation by the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, his JD(U) and BJP alliance has been a looser in the by-polls for the 18 assembly seats, which were also called mini-assembly polls. The Bihar assembly is due to go to polls next year. Under the progressive leadership of CM Nitish Kumar, the JD(U)-BJP alliance had won 32 Parliamentary seats out of 40 from the states. But in the by-polls only after five months of LS election, the ruling alliance has won only 5 seats while the opposition RJD-LJP alliance has won 8 assembly seats and Congress two. The resurgent Lalu’s RJD and Ram Vilas Paswan’s LJP have shown the clear sign of strong return in the state and the by-poll results are reiforcing the view that RJD boss Lalu Prasad Yadav still holds enough political space in the state and he can never be politically written off. Both Lalu and LJP supremo Ramvilas Paswan are in upbeat mood over the by-poll results, and this rings alarm bell for Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. To check Lalu in his tracks is not an easy task. He still has his hands on the pulse of the people of Bihar.