Finding grains of their agenda in the war of words of politicians

Common man agenda loses sheen in Tamar

Vijay Deo Jha Ranchi Sunday, December 21, 2008

The politics of Jharkhand shifted its base from the State capital to Tamar with the contingent of State politicians rushing down there with a near-consensus view to snatch victory for their candidates. But between the so called litmus test of the UPA candidate Shibu Soren, the sympathy wave of Vasundhara Munda of JD (U) and proclaimed popularity of Raja Peter of Jharkhand Party and others; the people of Tamar wait their just dues amid the smear campaign among the candidates.

Knowing well that their every single vote would decide the fate of the political stalwarts and the State Government; voters are confused amid the blitzkrieg electioneering, as the agenda of aam admi seems to be loosing its shine before the political vendetta and priority of the party and leaders.

Bijli, sarak aur pani the new edition in the political lexicon found little space in the political discourse even though Tamar is an agricultural belt where people have been demanding irrigation facilities from quite some times.

The campaigning here has been veering around the local versus outsider. Even despite his all Jharkhand acceptability, Soren has been largely projected as an outsider. The detractors of Soren are still not allowing him to go beyond his Santhal identity. However, the JMM sources said that they would be able expand their bandwidth and trying to impress the people with the gain they could get if their constituency is represented by the Chief Minister.

Congress which literally forced Soren to kick out two of his Cabinet Minister Ainosh Ekka and Harinarayan Roy has come to his aide. The in-charge of State Congress Abdul Mannan along with other party leaders toured Tamar on Saturday.