Riding on the popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his organizational strength as well as the goodwill created by the Shivraj Singh Chouhan government’s welfare schemes, the BJP appears to have taken a comfortable lead in Madhya Pradesh.
Despite the so-called anti-incumbency factor in Madhya Pradesh, where the party has been in power for two decades, barring a 15-month gap from 2018, during which the Kamal Nath-led Congress was in power, the BJP is marching towards power. a historic victory in Madhya Pradesh, a state that the BJP and RSS consider another bastion of Hindutva after Gujarat.
According to BJP leaders, the party’s big surge happened in the four weeks before the November 17 vote. “It was almost like a surgical strike, but with our organizational strength and mobilization capacity,” said a BJP leader involved with the party. planning elections in Madhya Pradesh.
As early trends from Rajasthan show the BJP ahead in the state, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot is looking forward to his political future being at stake.
Gehlot, 72, has held the state’s top post three times, but never consecutively, given the state’s tendency to reject the incumbent government.
Despite internal conflicts within the Rajasthan Congress due to Gehlot’s tussle with former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot, the CM left no stone unturned to secure another term. Taking a cue from the BJP, Gehlot banked on the social programs launched by his government and a publicity blitzkrieg around them as his greatest weapons.
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