hey guys help me out but no rubbish answers Q-why did Chaudhury Devi lal's party win in the elections of 1987 in the state assembly of Haryana?
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The white sofa in the VIP room of Delhi's Haryana Bhavan was empty. It awaited the arrival of the new Chief Minister Devi Lal for his first press conference. As journalists waited, the portraits of four national leaders hanging on the wall behind the sofa caught the attention of Devi Lal's nephew, Raj Kumar Rania. Climbing quickly on to the sofa, Rania wrenched the pictures of Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi off the wall and laid them face down in a corner of the room. Nehru and Mahatma Gandhi retained their place only because the Nehru picture proved difficult to unhook.
This simple act symbolised not only the ideological change that had swept Haryana, but also the dramatic reversal in the fortunes of the Congress(I) which, like its leaders' photographs, had been dumped unceremoniously by the voters of the northern state. It was the hardest knock yet for Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, weakened as he is by scandals of kickbacks from defence deals. And it raised the prospect of the party's base in the Hindi heartland shrinking.
The party's rout at the hands of the Lok Dal (Bahuguna group)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine was total. Of the 86 seats for which results were announced, the Congress(I) could win only a humiliating five. And across the electoral divide, the triumph of Devi Lal's Lok Dal(B) was as complete. With four seats remaining to be filled in the 90-member legislature, the Lok Dal(B) now controls a hefty block of 58 seats and the BJP controls 15: an unprecedented four-fifths majority for the partners.
It was a victory almost without parallel, a thunderclap which produced a new political superman, an N.T. Rama Rao of the north. The analogy appeared apt because here too the verdict had something to do with a perception of hurt Haryanvi pride. As in Andhra Pradesh, a regional party had ridden to power on the crest of an assertive regional identity. The man from Meham had created mayhem on the country's political stage.
The turbulence caused by the Lok Dal(B) win spread well beyond Haryana Bhavan. The fragile edifice of the Punjab Accord was further buffeted by Devi Lal's assault. "We don't accept the Punjab accord," he thundered, after being sworn in. The new chief minister also rejected the Eradi Commission's verdict on sharing the Ravi-Beas waters, threatened to hold on to Chandigarh and reopen the question of Fazilka-Abohar which had been delinked from Chandigarh by the Mathew Commission (see interview).
In response to all this, the architect of the accord, Communications Minister Arjun Singh gently reminded Devi Lal that "there is no alternative to the path shown by the accord. The new players must realise this." Bhajan Lal too advised the new government against a confrontation with the Centre. And defeated chief minister Bansi Lal retorted: "Devi Lal has no authority to reject the accord which was endorsed by a duly constituted Haryana Government".
This simple act symbolised not only the ideological change that had swept Haryana, but also the dramatic reversal in the fortunes of the Congress(I) which, like its leaders' photographs, had been dumped unceremoniously by the voters of the northern state. It was the hardest knock yet for Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, weakened as he is by scandals of kickbacks from defence deals. And it raised the prospect of the party's base in the Hindi heartland shrinking.
The party's rout at the hands of the Lok Dal (Bahuguna group)-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine was total. Of the 86 seats for which results were announced, the Congress(I) could win only a humiliating five. And across the electoral divide, the triumph of Devi Lal's Lok Dal(B) was as complete. With four seats remaining to be filled in the 90-member legislature, the Lok Dal(B) now controls a hefty block of 58 seats and the BJP controls 15: an unprecedented four-fifths majority for the partners.
It was a victory almost without parallel, a thunderclap which produced a new political superman, an N.T. Rama Rao of the north. The analogy appeared apt because here too the verdict had something to do with a perception of hurt Haryanvi pride. As in Andhra Pradesh, a regional party had ridden to power on the crest of an assertive regional identity. The man from Meham had created mayhem on the country's political stage.
The turbulence caused by the Lok Dal(B) win spread well beyond Haryana Bhavan. The fragile edifice of the Punjab Accord was further buffeted by Devi Lal's assault. "We don't accept the Punjab accord," he thundered, after being sworn in. The new chief minister also rejected the Eradi Commission's verdict on sharing the Ravi-Beas waters, threatened to hold on to Chandigarh and reopen the question of Fazilka-Abohar which had been delinked from Chandigarh by the Mathew Commission (see interview).
In response to all this, the architect of the accord, Communications Minister Arjun Singh gently reminded Devi Lal that "there is no alternative to the path shown by the accord. The new players must realise this." Bhajan Lal too advised the new government against a confrontation with the Centre. And defeated chief minister Bansi Lal retorted: "Devi Lal has no authority to reject the accord which was endorsed by a duly constituted Haryana Government".
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