Modi is changing some old ideas of Bharatiya Janata party(BJP) , this was evident as Jothish Nair, the national executive of BJP’s national intellectual cell said about Vidarbha. When asked about the statement made by the PM about assuring an undivided Maharashtra, which is contradictory to the Party’s earlier advocacy for a separate Vidarbha, he said, “Modiji will only be supporting ideas that help the country to grow in a faster pace. Many earlier BJP impractical decisions were vetoed by Modiji and Vidarbha could be another”.
Hectic campaigning by Modi and other BJP leaders show the way in which BJP is gearing up for assembly elections in Maharashtra and Haryana. The party is very positive about emerging victorious. Media is also speculating BJP emerging as the single largest party, yet falling short of seats to form a government; a hung assembly can’t also be ruled out. According to the National Executive member of BJP’s national intellectual cell, Mr. Jothish Nair, “Political observers give BJP the edge and it will be the single largest party. BJP would garner 110-120 seats which mean it will be short of 25-30 seats for forming government”.
In such a situation the party will search for possible allies Mr. Nair opines that NCP will be marginalized and will become irrelevant;so they will give support from outside.But post poll alliance between Sena and BJP can’t also be dismissed.
The statement seems surprising as shivsena and BJP recently called off their 25 years of togetherness but according to Mr. Nair, “It is a strategy of Hindutva parties to fight separately. In future, there will only be BJP and Sena as major parties in Maharashtra. Ultimately the ideology of Sena and BJP is not much different. In 2019 elections too Sena and BJP would again fight separately”.
He said that Modi is a super strategist and one of his main agenda is to remove Congress party run by the Nehru dynasty from Indian political scene. He also criticized the Congress governments as mere extensions of the British policies and it is important to free India from the Congress rule. Also in the game of politics no one is a permanant friend or enemy In 1999 also Congress and NCP fought separately & joined hands after polls to form government.
This election may appear promising for BJP yet critics say that it’s necessary for BJP to move beyond ‘brand Modi’ and give a face to the Chief Ministerial candidates in this elections, else the party may have to pay the price, since faces are important in Assembly elections. Mr. Nair mentioned a couple of faces in Maharashtra like Vinod Tawde, Devendra Fadnavis and Pankaja Munde. But also accepted that there were no leaders to the stature of late Gopinath Munde or Gadkari in this elections, hence Modi was a safer bet. He also accepted that in Haryana too there is a dearth of strong leaders since BJP was not in power until 2014 Lok Sabha (LS) elections.
After landslide victory in LS elections the party lost many by polls and assembly elections, notable among them are Uttarakhand, Rajasthan. It is said that BJP has become complacent after victory in LS elections. Some also attribute it to the party talking about ‘love jihad’ and raking up communalism. “Losing by elections is not because of being complacent or not due to raking love jihad and stuff. These analyses are done by anti Modi brigade especially the media. When the voter turnout is extremely low BJP has lost. If you see the results of by elections held just before LS polls BJP had fared badly too”, Mr. Nair said.
Moving away from assembly election, the party has no stronghold in states like Kerala, Bengal and Odisha, it does not seem BJP is thinking about any particular strategy now; due to its preoccupation with elections. Mr. Nair also said that he is not aware of the strategies planned in these states but he mentioned that “Amitji has asked Kerala cadre to start working on booth level and BJP’s immediate aim is to capture Trivandrum Corporation”.
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