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Dummies and the ground reality
There may be widespread disillusionment among voters, but netas have grabbed the opportunity presented by election.
This, in the opinion of the people here, however, is nothing new. "Frequent elections offer a golden opportunity for leaders waiting in the wings for a chance to enjoy the trappings of power," says Chandrakant Jha, retired lecturer of political science at LNJ College, Jhanjharpur.
The February edition of the polls, for example, provided as many as 107 leaders of all hues a chance to enter the portals of the Assembly for the first time, he pointed out.
Many among them were political rookies and first-timers entering the poll fray. "The more regularly elections are held, the more the number of chances losers get to make up for their defeats in quick succession," he added.
Another common phenomenon in elections is the presence of a number of dummy candidates with little to lose and little at stake, points out Jitendra Narayan, PG lecturer at LNMU.
According to him, there are two key reasons why a candidate fields dummy players: "It's done either to make available more vehicles for the main contender's campaign or to cut into the votes of an opponent."
In some cases, "dummies" file papers to compel serious candidates into bribing them to withdraw. To check misuse of the vehicle quota, the DM has issued orders to monitor poll vehicles. Any violation will invite punitive measures.
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