The success of the Bharatiya Janata Party is due to the lack of imagination of its rivals.
The success of the Bharatiya Janata Party is due to the lack of imagination of its rivals.
Results of by-elections in seven assembly seats Held on November 3 in six states is encouraging for the BJP, while a cause for concern for all its opponents. BJP won four seats – Three which he had earlier, and an additional seat which was added to the party by defectors. The results are a shot for the party that is defending its turf in the two states that go to polls – Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. party in haryana Adampur won, who has been with the Bhajanlal family since 1966. The BJP candidate is the grandson of a former Congress satrap. BJP retains Gopalganj In Bihar, but this time without an alliance with the JD(U), is now in power with the RJD in the state. In Mokama, where the RJD-JD(U) alliance candidate won, the BJP put up a tough fight, showing that it remains formidable even after the alliance with the JD(U) ended. In Uttar Pradesh’s Gola Gokarnath, the BJP won by a wide margin, showing that it has an edge in a direct fight against the Samajwadi Party. BJP at number two in Munugode assembly constituency of Telangana!, where it is trying to displace the Congress as a major challenger to the current Telangana Rashtra Samithi. In Odisha, the party retained Dhamnagar with a wide margin.
The signs are not convincing for the Congress, JD(U), RJD, SP and BJD, who were the opponents of the BJP in these bypolls. The defeat in Telangana put the Congress in a position – it finished third behind the BJP. In Odisha, its position further dropped to the fourth position. The results point to the challenges of converting the enthusiasm of Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodi Yatra into votes. For the new alliance of RJD and JD(U), the edge of the politics of social justice it wants to make, if the results are any indication, appears to be an uphill task. Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao has been trying to form a national front against the BJP, but the by-elections have exposed his vulnerability on his home turf, despite the victory. The dominant BJD in Odisha has given more space to the BJP, which is nurturing its ambitions to emerge later. The SP under the leadership of Akhilesh Yadav is struggling to recover from the shock of the serial. No longer with his father Mulayam Singh, Mr. Yadav is fighting with his back against the wall. The BJP has the resources, the resolve, and the willingness to brazenly use state power under its control, this only partially explains its victory. The lack of imagination limits its opponents.