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| editorial. | 26/09/02 |
A quick look at the new VC creation
The Cabinet's decision to create new Village Councils is obviously from pressure from the public in most cases and necessesity due to a too large population under one VC in some of the cases. However, the creation of new village council/courts is wanting in the fact that the most vocal for a new VC, that of the Khatla 'F' line was not considered.
During the last VC elections, the people of this area had boycotted the elections in demand of a separate VC or at least in the transferance of their area to another VC area. However, the Cabinet meeting of September 24 obviously thought it better to ignore this, braving another boycott in the coming VC elections.
The political aspects of the creation of new VC areas is seen, in one instance, in the town of Serchhip. Though the VC in this town is greatly in need of downsizing and bifurcation, the sudden creation of 4 VC areas in a place which used to be under a single VC is clear indication of a political move. The Serchhip VC, now governed by the Congress after the recent VC elections under the directive of the High Court, is viewed as an opposition VC by the MNF ministry. With the creation of 3 additional VCs, there is little chance of the Congress capturing all the VC areas in this town.
With VC elections viewed by the political class as a mirror of an assembly election, the number of VC areas political parties capture is going to be most important for all political parties. If the ruling MNF does badly in the VC polls, its image is going to be tarnished badly. As a result, the MNF need a good VC result and since every number counts, the division of Serchhip town into 4 VC areas has been made out of public demand and political necessity.
However, even with nineteen new VC areas, the MNF may be hard put capture one-third of the VCs with MLA elections just round the corner and the incumbancy factor coming into play. Nonetheless, VC elections, being quite different from MLA elections in that candidates' social standing is more important than their political affiliations, the outcome may not be quite as predicted.
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