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After five years in the political wilderness, Congress is once again dreaming of staging a comeback in Chhattisgarh. The Bharatiya Janata Party is facing a tough fight from former Chief Minister and Congress leader Ajit Jogi. He tells TSI's Anil Dwivedi that if the party comes to power, it would ban Salwa Judum, the anti-Naxalism force of tribals, who are now targeted by the much better armed and trained Naxals
Where does the Congress stand in this election in Chhattisgarh?
What I understand from the areas I have toured so far, the people in this state want a change. I am totally convinced that we shall come to power with a majority, but our focus will remain the traditional Congress voters, the tribal communities. Our main aim to oust this corrupt government and all the party workers are focused on that and working hard.
What are the electoral issues that Congress is stressing on?
The Bharatiya Janata Party has failed in all fronts and face serious charges of corruption. They have failed to deliver, whether on their promise of distributing cows or distributing rice at Rs three a kilogram to the poor people. If we come to power, we shall launch the scheme of selling rice at Rs two a kilo, and without any ceiling on the amount they want to buy. We shall also order inquiries into all the scams of the incumbent government. The BJP says your Congress government was tyrannical and casteist.
Statistics show under whose regime the crime graph has jumped. Not only are there murders, burglaries and other crime, shamefully, we are seeing at least two rapes every day. Increasingly, the common man is becoming insecure.
You have become the self-appointed chief ministerial candidate of the Congress and the BJP is raising this lack of inner-party democracy as an electoral issue.
Unlike other parties, we do not impose a chief minister from the High Command. As is customary, our chief minister is elected by winning MLAs and that is what will be this time too.
One one hand, there are allegations of nepotism against you. On the other, rebels are dogging BJP's prospects.
This is not true. These are allegations by people who have been denied tickets. The Central Election Committee has selected only those who they are sure would win. We have fielded old as well as fresh faces for the polls, and this will yield rich dividends. As far as rebels are concerned, we shall take care of all of them. People must realise that the party is above all.
You had challenged Ram Singh to a contest from any constituency in the state, but now you have stuck to your own bastion Marwahi. Why this tactical shift?
Indeed, I had challenged him to do so, but the High Command felt that I am needed for campaigning throughout the state, because our target is not to defeat one single person, but to uproot an entire regime. And that is what I am doing.
You are fighting your own elections and fighting for your candidates. Do you think you will successfully manage both, with 51 of your own candidates (out of a total of 90 seats) looking up to you?
At the time of ticket distribution, some senior party colleagues had suggested that either I contest or help others contest. This issue had been raised in the High Command as well. But I had made it clear that they should have enough faith that I will manage both. The sole consideration behind this was the benefit of the party. I have full faith that the Marwahi voters will elect me with a huge margin.
The main basis of the Congress party stands on the feet of women and minorities, but that is not reflected in the distribution of tickets. Both have been ignored…
I do not agree. We have given tickets to those candidates who we felt would win from specific constituencies. It was Congress that advocated reservation for women, and keeping that in mind, adequate number of ladies have been given tickets.
Some leaders are trying to upstage you in media coverage.
I am not sure how much of this is true, but there are many who are politically over-ambitious. So it is possible that such games are on. But my focus is the benefit of the party and all the top leaders are unitedly doing this.
There are allegations of Naxalism flourishing during the Raman Singh regime and doubts have been raised over the ethics of the Salwa Judum movement against Naxalites. Where do you stand?
If we come to power we shall ban Salwa Judum because this is damaging for the tribal communities. Sixty-five thousand tribal people have come practically under house arrest. Their lives, lifestyle and culture are all under threat. In three Assembly constituencies, at least two persons have been murdered every day over the past one year. And the BJP government is solely responsible for ruining law and order in the state.
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After five years in the political wilderness, Congress is once again dreaming of staging a comeback in Chhattisgarh. The Bharatiya Janata Party is facing a tough fight from former Chief Minister and Congress leader Ajit Jogi. He tells TSI's Anil Dwivedi that if the party comes to power, it would ban Salwa Judum, the anti-Naxalism force of tribals, who are now targeted by the much better armed and trained NaxalsWhere does the Congress stand in this election in Chhattisgarh?
What I understand from the areas I have toured so far, the people in this state want a change. I am totally convinced that we shall come to power with a majority, but our focus will remain the traditional Congress voters, the tribal communities. Our main aim to oust this corrupt government and all the party workers are focused on that and working hard.
What are the electoral issues that Congress is stressing on?
The Bharatiya Janata Party has failed in all fronts and face serious charges of corruption. They have failed to deliver, whether on their promise of distributing cows or distributing rice at Rs three a kilogram to the poor people. If we come to power, we shall launch the scheme of selling rice at Rs two a kilo, and without any ceiling on the amount they want to buy. We shall also order inquiries into all the scams of the incumbent government. The BJP says your Congress government was tyrannical and casteist.
Statistics show under whose regime the crime graph has jumped. Not only are there murders, burglaries and other crime, shamefully, we are seeing at least two rapes every day. Increasingly, the common man is becoming insecure.
You have become the self-appointed chief ministerial candidate of the Congress and the BJP is raising this lack of inner-party democracy as an electoral issue.
Unlike other parties, we do not impose a chief minister from the High Command. As is customary, our chief minister is elected by winning MLAs and that is what will be this time too.
One one hand, there are allegations of nepotism against you. On the other, rebels are dogging BJP's prospects.
This is not true. These are allegations by people who have been denied tickets. The Central Election Committee has selected only those who they are sure would win. We have fielded old as well as fresh faces for the polls, and this will yield rich dividends. As far as rebels are concerned, we shall take care of all of them. People must realise that the party is above all.
You had challenged Ram Singh to a contest from any constituency in the state, but now you have stuck to your own bastion Marwahi. Why this tactical shift?
Indeed, I had challenged him to do so, but the High Command felt that I am needed for campaigning throughout the state, because our target is not to defeat one single person, but to uproot an entire regime. And that is what I am doing.
You are fighting your own elections and fighting for your candidates. Do you think you will successfully manage both, with 51 of your own candidates (out of a total of 90 seats) looking up to you?
At the time of ticket distribution, some senior party colleagues had suggested that either I contest or help others contest. This issue had been raised in the High Command as well. But I had made it clear that they should have enough faith that I will manage both. The sole consideration behind this was the benefit of the party. I have full faith that the Marwahi voters will elect me with a huge margin.
The main basis of the Congress party stands on the feet of women and minorities, but that is not reflected in the distribution of tickets. Both have been ignored…
I do not agree. We have given tickets to those candidates who we felt would win from specific constituencies. It was Congress that advocated reservation for women, and keeping that in mind, adequate number of ladies have been given tickets.
Some leaders are trying to upstage you in media coverage.
I am not sure how much of this is true, but there are many who are politically over-ambitious. So it is possible that such games are on. But my focus is the benefit of the party and all the top leaders are unitedly doing this.
There are allegations of Naxalism flourishing during the Raman Singh regime and doubts have been raised over the ethics of the Salwa Judum movement against Naxalites. Where do you stand?
If we come to power we shall ban Salwa Judum because this is damaging for the tribal communities. Sixty-five thousand tribal people have come practically under house arrest. Their lives, lifestyle and culture are all under threat. In three Assembly constituencies, at least two persons have been murdered every day over the past one year. And the BJP government is solely responsible for ruining law and order in the state.
For more articles, Click on IIPM Article.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008
An Initiative of IIPM, Malay Chaudhuri and Arindam Chaudhuri (Renowned Management Guru and Economist).
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