Current Affairs for IAS Exams - 12 March 2017
:: National ::
BJP wins crucial states of UP and Uttarakhand
- In what is regarded as a ringing endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, voters handed the BJP a three-fourths majority in both India’s most populous State, Uttar Pradesh, and the neighbouring hill State of Uttarakhand.
- The BJP took 312 of the 403 Assembly seats in U.P., and its allies another 13 seats; in Uttarakhand, it won 57 of the 70 seats at stake.
- Goa and Manipur delivered fractured mandates as the Congress fell short of the halfway mark in both States. In Goa, the party tallied 17 seats in the 40-member Assembly, with the BJP close behind at 13.
- The Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party were on Saturday poised for a power tussle in Goa and Manipur with both the States throwing up a fractured verdict.
- While in Goa the Congress won 17 seats in an Assembly of 40, in Manipur the party got 28 seats in a 60-member House. The BJP was close behind with 13 and 21 in Goa and Manipur respectively.
- Given the scenario, smaller parties hold the key to government formation. In Manipur, political observers said despite the Congress being tantalisingly close to the majority mark of 31, it would be advantage BJP.
- The National People’s Party (NPP) and the Naga People’s Front (NPF) have won four seats each and both are inclined towards the BJP.