After the Lok Sabha elections, there was a perception about the BJP that its decline had begun.
But the Haryana and Jammu elections have broken this myth. The way the opposition campaigned in the assembly elections of the two states Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana immediately after the Lok Sabha elections and the exit poll data after the voting showed BJP’s victory. Predicted defeat and success of Congress alliance. There were signs that the BJP has now become weak.
Various myths were being created about the weakness of the BJP leadership. It was being said that the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh is now going to take control of the BJP and now Narendra Modi is not the choice of the Sangh, the Sangh will make the new president of the BJP. But these myths were shattered by BJP’s victory in Haryana. The election results of Jammu Kashmir and Haryana have changed everything. BJP has come out of the shock of defeat in the Lok Sabha elections and surely the morale of its leaders and workers will be high.
This is the first time in the history of Haryana that a party has come to power for the third consecutive time. Never before had a party won three consecutive terms. Out of the 90 assembly seats in Haryana, the BJP has won 48 seats for the third time in the state, while the Congress has to be patient with only 37 seats. – The ASP alliance has been wiped out. The bail bonds of the big political leaders of both the parties were also confiscated. Along with this political history, there were many other things, from which it seemed that the BJP was on the backfoot. The BJP had replaced the chief minister in March, making it look like the anti-incumbency movement against Manohar Lal Khattar’s nearly nine-and-a-half-year-old government was high.
After this, when the Lok Sabha elections were held, the BJP lost 5 out of 10 seats. Congress went from zero to five seats, sending a message that Congress is ahead and BJP is lagging behind. During the elections, BJP was fighting to win, while Congress leaders were fighting to become the Chief Minister. The victory of the Congress was considered so certain that during the elections there was a fight over who would become the Chief Minister.
The general perception was that the BJP would lose and even the state BJP leaders did not seem very confident. Despite this, the central leadership of the BJP put in full force. Modi Shah micromanaged and made many efforts to create social equations. Non-Jatt and OBC narrative became the reason for BJP’s victory. This victory of BJP has re-energised its workers for the Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections and boosted the morale of its supporters. The effect of this result will also be seen in the assembly elections to be held in Delhi after four months.
Apart from Haryana, the result of Jammu and Kashmir is not too disappointing for the BJP. It has won 29 seats. Last time it got 25 seats. This was the time when Narendra Modi’s magic was at its peak. In May 2014, he formed the government at the center and after that the assembly elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir, in which the BJP emerged as the second largest party with 25 seats.
This time BJP has won 29 seats. Although it could not form a government, it greatly weakened the Congress, which was considered strong in the Jammu region until this election. Congress has won a total of six seats in Jammu and Kashmir. Farooq and Omar Abdullah’s Party National Conference has managed to win 41 seats on its own. Note that last time another regional party PDP was the largest party with 28 seats. This time the National Conference is the largest party. BJP has maintained its position.
A big impact of these two results of the Vidhan Sabha is being seen. This will affect the internal politics of the BJP as well as the relationship between the Sangh and the BJP. After the Lok Sabha elections, the taunts being made about Modi by everyone from RSS chiefs to BJP ideologues will surely subside. Assembly elections are going to be held in two other states Maharashtra and Jharkhand next month, the impact of these results will be seen in those states as well.
The Haryana election results should be a matter of concern for the Congress because the kind of positive conditions that the Congress had in Haryana cannot be found anywhere else. Haryana had a good pitch for him. There are three groups that decide the politics there. Jawans, farmers and wrestlers these three groups influence the politics of Haryana the most and out of these three groups BJP was infamous. These three factions were seen helping the Congress. Despite this, Congress could not win the elections. This is a time of self-reflection for the Congress. Future elections will be even more difficult. When she couldn’t win the battle so easily, what would happen in future battles?
