NDPP-BJP eye 'uncontested' win for Chief Minister Rio and Kahuli

 Conquest of 'consensus' and uncontested wins

NDPP-BJP eye 'uncontested' win for Rio and Kahuli

New Delhi 

Now that the 20:40 deal is sealed and candidates have been named, in all fairness it is big time 'advantage Neiphiu Rio'.

His politics has been pretty good in terms of charming neo-mentors in Delhi.

Now, it will be prudent for him to work for elections sincerely and like the Indian communists and his new saffron party friends, Rio also knows that art especially in Nagaland context very well. 

But before we move ahead, a humble friend's suggestion will be sir, even the Left -- one time indisputable masters in poll management lost 2011 Bengal polls.

Sitting Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya was himself humbled in his pocket borough constituency by a former Chief Secretary who worked under him. And in 2021, the Marxists score was zero in Bengal.

Even a party once run by the likes of S C Jamir and Hokishe Sema is a 'zero' member strong outfit. Now what he needs to do. 

Rio must have examined the ground situation and drawn out plans to ensure 'consensus and uncontested win' for himself in Northern Angami II.

To make his friends like Himanta Biswa Sarma smile and make neo-saffron mentors from Gujarat happy, the Chief Minister will have to work on a similar 'consensus' win for a few BJP candidates.

My suggestion will be -- play up the 'Beti Bachao' card of PM Narendra Modi and give a mega push for an 'uncontested' win for Kahuli Sema in Atoizu. 

Former Chief Minister K L Chishi has perhaps unwittingly helped this cause by deciding to stay away from the Feb 27 contest.

In Sema bastions there would be a few more such seats where working for 'consensus' looks feasible.

Let us take Aghunato and Akuluto to start with. The first list released on Thursday had Pukhayi Sumi's name.

On Friday morning, Feb 3, veteran president of NDPP - Chingwang Konyak - broke his silence practically and issued a corrigendum stating that his party's nominee will be instead Ikuto Zhimomi.

The former bureaucrat Ikuto can easily match the emerging requirement or competition. But there is a twist as Ikuto was 'given' LJP ticket but he decided to accept the offer from Chief Minister Rio's party.

There are also reports that Pukhayi is not keeping well health wise.

 

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Now, LJP will give the ticket to former NPF candidate Hukiye Tissica, who lost the seat to Pukhayi in 2018 of NDPP with a margin of 1421 votes. 

In Akuluto, BJP nominee is Kazheto Kinimi. By random, seven out of 10 Sema voters will say the seat is "Uncontested..almost" in favour of Kazheto, a kin of former flamboyant deputy Chief Minister I K Sema.  The LJP is not fielding any candidate for Akuluto.

In Zunheboto town, NDPP nominee is a former civil servant K T Sukhalu.

Here the LJP is fielding its nominee. Zunheboto town because of political peculiarity has an 'insider-outsider' angle and 17 villages may come together to decide future political trajectory. 

The Sema leaders like well informed Bengalis and Marxism hit Keralites have 'crab syndrome'. And so, it will be left to Rio's political moves to make use of that.

Pughoboto could have been another consensus seat now in favour of NDPP nominee Y. Vikheho Swu.

But the card here lies with a medico with utmost 'faith' in himself and his team. As a careerist and earlier as a student, Dr A Sukhato has played his cards well and now I am sure he is enjoying every bit of politics.

Even in Mokokchung district, there are talks of 'consensus and uncontested' politics, but the voters there have own way of thinking. 

There was a strong pro-BJP wave in the district and that's something the saffron party leadership has voluntarily sacrificed.

According to many, the NPF first list of 16 candidates does not inspire much confidence of 'fighting cocks'. 

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