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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Why Congress faced rout in tribal areas -Jitendra

Why Congress faced rout in tribal areas -Jitendra

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published Published on May 18, 2014   modified Modified on May 18, 2014
-Down to Earth
 

Faulty implementation of FRA said to be a reason for party winning just three of the 41 tribal seats in the country

However, most of the tribal seats this time have been won by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and regional parties such as the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), YSR Congress, Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) (see list of seats below).

It is strange that the Congress party has tried to use FRA as an election plank this time because it had not emphasised on the legislation as an achievement in the 2009 elections.

Experts say that anti-incumbency factors compounded by non-implementation of FRA in letter and spirit are behind Congress' poor show this time. Ravi Rebpragada of Samata, a Hyderabad based non-profit working on implementation of FRA, also blamed the faulty implementation of FRA as the main reason behind Congress' debacle. "Congress would have gained if it had implemented FRA in letter and spirit," says Ravi. "The claim of providing land patta to one million forest dwellers was mostly confined to papers only," he added.

Another activist from Jharkhand, Sanjay Basu Malik, also said that the loss was due to anti-incumbency factors as well as local issues.

"Congress failed to reach out to tribals or propagate its achievement. This gave right wing organisations like the Rastrya Swayamsewak Sangh a chance to milk the opportunity," said Malik. He also said that the BJP took advantage of a weak Left movement which led to the division of secular vote.

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Winners in tribal constituencies

Andhra Pradesh

 

 

Aruku-Kothapalli: Geetha of YSR Congress defeated incumbent Union Tribal
minister by huge margin
Adilabad-TRS
Mehboobabad- TRS
Assam

 

 

Autonomous district-Congress
Kokrajhar- Independent
Gujarat

 

 

Dohad- BJP
Chhota Udaipur-BJP
Mandvi-BJP
Bulsar-BJP
Madhya Pradesh

 

 

Sidhi-BJP
Shahdol-BJP
Mandla-BJP
Ratlam-BJP
Maharashtra

 

 

Nandurbar- BJP
Dindori- BJP
Gadhchiroli-chimur:- BJP
Palghar-BJP
Manipur

 

 

Outer Manipur- Congress
Mizoram

 

 

Congress
Odisha

 

 

Koraput-Congress
Mayurbhanj- BJD
Nowrangpur-BJD
Sundargarh-BJP
Keonjhar-BJD
Rajasthan

 

 

Banswara-BJP
Sawaimadhopur-BJP
Salumber-BJP
Tripura

 

 

Tripura- CPI (M)
West Bengal

 

 

Alipurdas- TMC
Jhargram-TMC
Chhattisgarh

 

 

Surguja- BJP
Kanker-BJP
Bastar-BJP
Raigarh-BJP
Jharkhand

 

 

Rajmahal-BJP
Dumka-JMM
Singhbhumi-BJP
Khunti-BJP
Lohardagga-BJP
Dadra and Nagar Haveli

 

 

BJP
Lakshadweep

 

NCP


Down to Earth, 17 May, 2014, http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/why-congress-faced-rout-tribal-areas


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