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## [OS] INDIA - Ruling party wins Indian states despite scandals

Released on 2012-09-03 09:00 GMT

Email-ID | 3007905
Date | 2011-05-13 16:07:34
From | rachel.weinheimer@stratfor.com
To | os@stratfor.com
List-Name | os@stratfor.com

Ruling party wins Indian states despite scandals
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110513/ap_on_re_as/as_india_state_elections
05.13.2011 - 11 mins ago
NEW DELHI - The ruling Congress party and its allies weathered a string of
corruption scandals to win three major state elections Friday - ousting
Communists from two strongholds in the process - but voters still showed
they would punish for graft.
The southern state of Tamil Nadu rejected Congress' regional ally for
re-election after some of its top officials were implicated in one of the
past year's biggest scandals involving the cut-rate sale of cell phone
licenses.
"The message for Congress is very clear and loud, that corruption is
indeed a major issue," political analyst Inder Malhotra said. "If Congress
doesn't watch out, they will be in very serious trouble" in the next
general elections in 2014.
The most-watched race was in India's fourth most-populous state of West
Bengal, where Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress toppled a 34-year
Communist-led government after an aggressive campaign that hammered the
leftist coalition on stagnation, corruption, agricultural malaise and
industrial decline.
Wild jubilation swept the state Friday, with Trinamool supporters blowing
conch shells and tossing green powder in the air - the party's color.
Considering the simultaneous defeat of Communists in Kerala state, the
Bengali verdict appeared to vindicate Congress' national pro-market
policies by the weakening its most consistent opponent of globalization
and economic reform.
But Kerala's race was tight, and Bengal's more a protest against Communist
corruption and ineffectiveness during more than three decades of
entrenched power. State elections in India are largely fought on local
issues, and in many cases Congress plays a junior role in state
coalitions.
Opponents had been trying to unseat the Bengali Communists since 1977, and
Trinamool's fiery leader Mamata Banerjee said Friday's results reflected a
prolonged "freedom struggle."
"We want to dedicate our victory to our people and motherland," said
Banerjee, who is likely to quit as national railways minister to become
West Bengal's chief minister. "We will give good governance and good
administration, not autocracy."
She asked her supporters to abstain from alcohol and victory rallies to
help maintain calm in the volatile state. Security was tight to deter any
violence by Communist supporters upset about losing their source of
patronage, though no incidents were reported by Friday evening.
Outgoing Chief Minister Buddhadev Bhattacharya conceded defeat, while
national Communist lawmaker Sitaram Yechury said it was normal for
Bengalis to seek change after 34 years and that the party would be back.
Yechury also played down the loss of Kerala by saying the narrow margin
showed it was "one of the closest-fought elections" in the southern
state's history.
Analysts said the party must now rethink its policies and inject new blood
into its aging leadership if it wants a fighting change in future polls.
The Communists now control only the small, northeastern state of Tripura.
Congress comfortably won re-election over a fractured opposition in
northeastern Assam, where it has been holding peace talks with
secessionist militants that have helped calm decades of violence.
Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram called the result "spectacular,"
while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulated both Banerjee and
Assam's incumbent chief minister, Tarun Gogoi.
"Voters have reaffirmed their faith in the Congress government," after its
efforts to each out to the militants, Gogoi said.
But in Tamil Nadu, Congress and regional ally Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
were beaten badly, and the DMK leader conceded by resigning as chief
minister. The DMK was deeply implicated in a cell-phone licensing scandal
that cost the nation an estimated tens of billions of dollars and forced
one of its leaders to quit as national telecoms minister in November
before being charged with conspiracy and fraud.
The tiny neighboring state of Pondicherry, also called Puducherry, voted
along with Tamil Nadu against the Congress bloc.
The leader of Tamil Nadu's winning party thanked voters for the "victory
for democracy."
People were "just waiting for a chance to vent their anger" against the
DMK, Jayaram Jayalalitha said.
But the DMK's loss could be a blessing in disguise for Congress should it
be seeking to cut ties with a scandal-plagued partner, though it also
would add to public demand for good governance and accountability.
Congress has also come under fire for alleged mismanagement and corruption
tied to the staging of last year's Commonwealth Games and to the takeover
of valuable Mumbai apartments intended for poor war widows by powerful
bureaucrats and politicians' relatives. It has even been castigated by the
Supreme Court and pressed to do more on investigating complaints.
"Congress has become very good at spin doctoring," analyst Malhotra said.
"But the reality is they are protecting people, and whatever action is
being taken is being taken by the judiciary."
--
Rachel Weinheimer
STRATFOR - Research Intern
rachel.weinheimer@stratfor.com