Looking for a 3rd term in the April-May 2024 nationwide election, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s hold on the nation is becoming stronger every day.
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His party, the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), maintained power in Madhya Pradesh and defeated the Indian National Congress in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, according to state election results the other day (Dec. 3). All 3 states are in north and central India’s Hindi-speaking belt, which has been Modi’s steadfast focus since he began campaigning for his very first election in 2014.
The other day’s outcomes showed that Congress clinched a win in Telangana, which wasn’t a BJP fortress but wasn’t ruled by Congress, either. It’s the opposition’s 2nd win in the south after Karnataka, the state that’s home to IT capital Bengaluru. Results from the last state in the last major tranche of state elections before the federal surveys, Mizoram, are expected today (Dec. 4). There, the battle is among local parties, not giants BJP and Congress.
Both parties have been providing near-identical pledges and rewards to citizens, however what sets the BJP apart is the clarity of ideology and leadership. It’s bolstered by the support that national media shows for Modi and the contempt it reveals for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
It’s important to note that state elections do not always have a bearing on general ones. Last time, BJP won even the states that Congress had caught in the state elections when the national vote rolled around. State votes can be a barometer of strength and spirits, when it comes to both internal house cleaning and external scrambling. Specifically when Modi has changed regional leaders as the face of BJP’s campaigns countrywide.
Congress has tried to paint the Telangana win as an indication of its resurgence. “It is a fact that the Bharat Jodo Yatra [Unite India Rally] led by Rahul Gandhi spurred the cadres in Telangana,” Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah stated
While Congress celebrated the wins in the south, some members of the INDIA bloc– an acronym for the union Congress formed with many smaller parties that unfurls to Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance– didn’t cheer, revealing geological fault in the budding accord
The allies berated Congress for not using its knowledge and resources to fight the leviathan that is BJP in the northern states.
Modi’s campaign to dismantle the opposition continues as he leaves no opportunity to call out Congress’ corruption and dynasty politics. This, while his own party is doubling down on the Hindutva program
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