The
people of Bhutan had voted in People’s Democratic Party (PDP), the then first
Opposition Party of the Bhutan, perhaps the least Opposition in the world it had
been. PDP won 32 seats casting in as the ruling government for next five years,
where Druk Phuentsum Tshogpa (DPT), the then first democratically elected
government secured 15 seats, making up the Opposition.
It
was a matter of immense surprise to witness unexpectedly huge victory over DPT,
which had proved formidable if primary result is anything to indicate, wherein
DPT received...
18 July, 2013
15 July, 2013
Ill-timed Events and clarifications witnessed during General Election 2013
At the eve of General Election 2013, Bhutan had witnessed
numerous events that might have factored into the election result.
The Royal Government of India decided to withdraw subsidies
on LPG and Kerosene skyrocketing the prices to more than cent percent increase.
This had raised a suspicion among the voters. A room for suspicion was made
spacious when People’s Democratic Party (PDP) related the issue with
deteriorating relationships with India when Druk Phuentsum Tshogpa (DPT) was a
ruling government. The Indian government had untimely decided...
10 July, 2013
When you go to Poll Day
Pre-poll days, the politicians traveled any lengths to sway voters. The general public, the voters also saw themselves along two party lines in the fray. They too went rumoring around to lure in the voters to the party of their choice. Amidst these activities, a lot of complaints inundated the desks of District Dispute Settlement Bodies in various districts. The most of the complaints, as reported through media outlets by ECB, was found baseless, it was about trying to down bring the opponents as a vantage point to further political mileage....
09 July, 2013
Torrential rain to drench the purse(of Bhutanese)
It is like torrential rain in the abundance of water, a saying in
Dzongkha. People of Bhutan shares brunt of Rupee Crunch, Frozen Loans,
Ban on Vehicle Import. The pang of the pinch these had brought is still heard
in the hearts of every Bhutanese whatever be the noble reasons asserted forth
by the concerned.
Those are not an exhaustive list, today it is about doubling the
prices of LPG gas and Kerosene. Yet another catastrophe that thunder-stormed
the sentiments of the people. No sooner than the news rustled the ears of
people,...
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