Instead of introspecting on poor performance, mutual criticism took the lead at the party meeting
Instead of introspecting on poor performance, mutual criticism took the lead at the party meeting
Growing unease in the West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the party’s electoral defeat in the recently concluded civic polls has triggered a blame game among senior party leaders.
Organizing a party on Saturday contemplation sittingWhere calls for introspection of the party’s electoral defeat grew louder. In 108 municipal elections, the BJP could not win a single municipality while the Trinamool Congress won 102 municipalities. In terms of vote percentage, the Left overtook the BJP. Received marginally better votes than and even won a municipal body.
BJP state general secretary and Hooghly Lok Sabha MP Locket Chatterjee was among those who were most vocal. contemplation sittingMs Chatterjee also questioned the appointment of new office bearers of the party and said that these appointments were not on “merit” but on a “quota system” where the priorities of individual leaders were given priority. “Let us introspect on this point. It must be what caused such a drastic drop in our vote share. What went wrong? We need to fill those gaps and prepare ourselves for the next Lok Sabha elections.
On Sunday, former state BJP president and national vice-president Dilip Ghosh said Ms Chatterjee’s remarks were not “introspection” but “criticism”. Ms Chatterjee hit back by saying Mr Ghosh should have reacted to her remarks while the meeting was on. The dismal performance of the state BJP is reflected in the voter turnout of the saffron party from 38% in the 2021 assembly elections to 13% in the municipal elections. Leader of Opposition and BJP MLA from Nandigram Suvendu Adhikari, who has remained silent on differences in the party, said, contemplation sitting“A miss.
Amidst demands for introspection, state president Sukant Majumdar has come up with an interesting explanation for the party’s defeat. “Today we see a new slogan” Trinamool notes postal, Kasta Haturi sold well [Trinamool’s new slogan, Let Left remain relevant],” said Mr. Mazumdar. According to the Balurghat MP, while indulging in electoral malpractices, while the Trinamool workers had got eight votes for the Trinamool, they were voting two in favor of the Left parties. State BJP leader Mr. Mazumdar’s explanation and is of the view that blaming the Trinamool for the party’s disastrous performance is not going to solve the issues for the BJP in West Bengal.