The Hindu Editorial (The battle for the Sena) – Feb 20, 2023

The faction of Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde has, at least for now, won the battle for the Shiv Sena legacy, with the Election Commission of India (ECI) allotting the party name and the bow and arrow symbol to it. For further reading, visit “The Hindu”. Below is today’s word list-1 for The Hindu Editorial (The battle for the Sena) – Feb 20, 2023.

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ruling (noun) – decision, judgement, finding, verdict, resolution.
cede (verb) – surrender, concede, relinquish, yield, give up, hand over.
faction (noun) – group, side, camp.
legacy (noun) – something received from a predecessor or from the past.
overrule (verb) – reject, cancel, reverse, revoke, nullify.
plea (noun) – petition, appeal, urgent/earnest request, entreaty.
withhold (verb) – stop, check; to refuse to give something; to refrain from giving permission.
interlinked (adjective) – joined (together), interweaved, intertwined.
split (noun) – division, rift, break-up, partition.
led past participle of lead to (verb) – result in, cause, bring on, bring about, give rise to.
Chair (noun) – the person in charge; the post of a chairperson.
in favour of (phrase) – in support of, to the advantage of, approving of.
go into (phrasal verb) – investigate, inquire, examine, look into something.
touchstone (noun) – criterion, standard, measure, point of reference.
indictment (noun) – claim, allegation, charge, accusation.
unilaterally (adverb) – used to indicate something done by a person/country without approval/agreement from other people/countries involved in the situation.
self-servingly (adverb) – selfishly, boastfully; self-seekingly,
setback (noun) – problem, difficulty, issue.
schedule (verb) – arrange, organize, plan, make arrangements for.
hearing (noun) – trial, inquiry, litigation, (judicial) proceedings.
claim (verb) – state, profess, affirm, assert.
authority (noun) – power, right, jurisdiction, command, control.
coerce (verb) – compel, obligate, pressure, pressurize.
legislator (noun) – a member of a legislature (parliament/legislative assembly); lawmaker, representative.
whip (noun) – a member of a political party who is in charge of providing that written notice is called as “Whip”. (it also means that “a written notice provided by the party (Whip) to their members in in Parliament/Legislative Assembly to vote to support the act/policy”).
as in (conjunction) – in the sense of.
provision (noun) – clause, stipulation, condition, specification, requirement.
Anti-defection law (noun) – The 10th Schedule to the Constitution, popularly referred to as the ‘Anti-Defection Law,’ was inserted by the 52nd Amendment in 1985. The grounds of disqualification are specified in Paragraph 2 of the 10th Schedule. A member would incur a disqualification under paragraph 2 (1) (a) when he “voluntarily gives up his membership of a party” and under 2 (1) (b) when he/she votes (or abstains from voting) contrary to the directive issued by the party.
take control of (phrasal verb) – take over, take charge of, assume responsibility for.
rebellion (noun) – dissenter, objector, protester, nonconformist.
defect (verb) – desert, change allegiances, change loyalties, change sides, turn traitor, rebel.
as is (phrase) – as it is, as it turns out, as it stands.
presiding officer (noun) – Speaker is the presiding officers of state legislature. (The Speaker is the presiding officer in the Lower House (Lok Sabha). The Vice-President of India is the ex-officio Chairman/presiding officer of the Upper House (Rajya Sabha)).
legitimacy (noun) – reasonableness, justification, validity.
under a cloud (phrase) – under suspicion; in trouble; disgraced, discredited, shamed.
cloud (noun) – trouble, problem, worry; menace/threat, gloom.
go on (phrasal verb) – continue, carry on, proceed.
likely (adverb) – possibly, potentially, probably.
tussle (noun) – argument, disagreement, quarrel, contention.
combat (noun) – battle, conflict.
base (noun) – a group of people considered as supporting an organization/party.
count (noun) – a point or matter (for discussion/consideration).
hold (noun) – control, grip, power, authority, dominance.
evidently (adverb) – obviously, clearly, absolutely, certainly.
alliance (noun) – association, union, partnership.
palatable (adjective) – acceptable, satisfactory, pleasing, agreeable.
feed on/upon (phrasal verb) – gain energy from something; gain strength from something.
dose (noun) – an amount/quantity of something.
extremism (noun) – radicalism, fanaticism, dogmatism.
fanaticism (noun) – fundamentalism, radicalism, dogmatism.
opportunistic (adjective) – selfish, self-centred, self-seeking, egocentric, inward-looking.