2021: Puducherry lastly comes out of the shadow of Tamil Nadu and finds its personal existence

The politics of Puducherry has for lengthy been within the shadow of Tamil Nadu. Ever for the reason that early Sixties, when the union territory obtained its first Chief Minister, the state has been dominated by Dravidian events from Tamil Nadu (DMK and AIADMK) with occasional inroads by Congress. The state normally goes to polls together with Tamil Nadu and with just a few exceptions, the identical occasion varieties the federal government in each states. However, within the 2021 meeting election, the sport has been utterly reversed with a BJP led coalition set to come back to energy in Puducherry and a Stalin led DMK in Tamil Nadu. Now the items could have events in energy that stand diametrically reverse on the political spectrum. This will certainly assist the union territory discover a distinct existence of its personal. (Source: Election Commission of India)Congress’ rule in Puducherry previously 5 years has been marred with misgovernance and alleged corruptions, epitomised greatest when the state is hit by frequent spates of pure calamities, sending day-to-day life in a tizzy, courtesy of the indifference with which the earlier governments have dominated the union territory. Reportedly, the misgovernance of Congress has annoyed the residents of Puducherry to such an extent {that a} fisherwoman took to complaining in opposition to former Chief Minister Narayanasamy whereas Rahul Gandhi was participating with the group, just a few months again. The fisherwoman complained that the Chief Minister didn’t even go to her household within the aftermath of a cyclone. “The Sea is like this only. Nobody gave as any support. Even him [CM Narayanasamy], did he visit us during cyclone aftermath?” she was heard saying. The translator, who was a minimum of the Chief Minister of Puducherry himself, in opposition to whom the fisherwoman was complaining, had the audacity of turning her grievance into reward for himself. CM Narayanasamy informed Rahul Gandhi that the lady stated, “During Cyclone Nivar, I [Chief Minister] came and visited the area, I gave her relief. That is what she is telling.”Days later, Narayanasamy was pressured to stop the put up of Chief Minister as a result of his occasion misplaced the bulk within the meeting, and this led to South India changing into Congress-mukt. South India, which used to maintain Congress’ losses within the Hindi belt since post-Mandal/Kamandal politics emerged, has remained Congress-mukt with the loss confronted by the occasion within the 2021 meeting election in Puducherry and Kerala – the 2 states the place it was a contender. Since the Nineties, caste-based political events (generally known as Mandal events as a result of they emerged within the nationwide scene after the advice of the Mandal Commission was carried out) emerged because the dominant political forces within the Hindi belt states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana. BJP, which tried to counter Mandal politics with Hindutva, additionally rose exponentially within the final three many years and is the dominant power in North India immediately.Congress, which was slowly worn out from the Hindi belt, sustained on the power of its presence in South India. Except for Tamil Nadu, the grand outdated occasion had a robust presence in all of the states and UTs – Kerala, Karnataka, united Andhra Pradesh, and Puducherry.However, in the previous few years, it misplaced one state after different and now it has been utterly worn out of South India aside from being a junior coalition associate of DMK which appears to have gained Tamil Nadu. If the 2021 meeting elections are any signal, Rahul Gandhi is about to complete Congress from South India, too after being elected from Wayanad.