The Jharkhand poll outcome should serve as a wake up call,to BJP’s leadership,to reset its priorities and focus on more pressing public issues,instead of harping on the agenda ,widely perceived as divisive.After,Haryana and Maharashtra,it’s a big jolt to it in the tribal dominated Jharkhand.BJP’s poll campaign,more focused on issues of national interest ,Ayodhya,Art370 abrogations in J&K,CAA,NRC etc But it couldn’t find traction among voters. If you see the pattern of voting, it fared very poorly in tribal dominated areas and even in urban segments also its performance was far below the expectations.It must be noted that only six months,before, for LokSabha elections,the same people gave resounding mandate,but when it comes to state assembly,local issues must have been prevailed
This was first election after Ayodhya verdict by SC,and parliament passed contentious CAA, and PM,HM extensively used these two, in all public meetings,but avoided mentioning major issues,like Unemployment,Economic situation,and anything pertaining to development issues, etc If you remember,even in Haryana,and Maharashtra also they extensively mentioned about scrapping of Art 370 in J&K to drum up strident nationalism,to boost up its votes.After successful run that saw BJP forming governments in majority states,the final leg of Amit shah’s tenure as Chief ,has seen the party slide in one state election after another, .In 2018,BJP lost Rajasthan,MP,and Chhattisgarh,to Congress,and this year it has already lost power in Maharashtra.Although it has hung on to power in Haryana,thanks to postpoll tieup with Dushyant Chowthala, it’s performance didn’t measure up to the expectations.
Given the large number of lynchings incidents ,the divisive plank also must have misfired for BJP particularly when it sought to divide Cristian’s and non-Christians tribals.The urban vote which had tilted towards it last time,has drifted away proving that people are not buying into Jumlabazi .
While BJP needs to be rational,the opposition shouldn’t be exulting either because all its successes are coming from a default systematic setting rather than any active effort.But the major challenge for the new government will be on handing out doles,which never seem practical for implementation.
This was first election after Ayodhya verdict by SC,and parliament passed contentious CAA, and PM,HM extensively used these two, in all public meetings,but avoided mentioning major issues,like Unemployment,Economic situation,and anything pertaining to development issues, etc If you remember,even in Haryana,and Maharashtra also they extensively mentioned about scrapping of Art 370 in J&K to drum up strident nationalism,to boost up its votes.After successful run that saw BJP forming governments in majority states,the final leg of Amit shah’s tenure as Chief ,has seen the party slide in one state election after another, .In 2018,BJP lost Rajasthan,MP,and Chhattisgarh,to Congress,and this year it has already lost power in Maharashtra.Although it has hung on to power in Haryana,thanks to postpoll tieup with Dushyant Chowthala, it’s performance didn’t measure up to the expectations.
Given the large number of lynchings incidents ,the divisive plank also must have misfired for BJP particularly when it sought to divide Cristian’s and non-Christians tribals.The urban vote which had tilted towards it last time,has drifted away proving that people are not buying into Jumlabazi .
While BJP needs to be rational,the opposition shouldn’t be exulting either because all its successes are coming from a default systematic setting rather than any active effort.But the major challenge for the new government will be on handing out doles,which never seem practical for implementation.
