Electoral scene
Historians suggest that the heroes the BJP is invoking to allegedly attract castes either do not exist or their role is being exaggerated.
The Bharatiya Janata Party was on Sunday forced to replace a ceremonial banner it had erected in Karnataka’s Mandya district to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi after Opposition leaders pointed out that it featured two purported 18th-century Vokkaliga chieftains who the saffron party claims had killed Mysuru ruler Tipu Sultan. According to the historical record, the Mysuru king was killed by the British.
18/03/2023
Rahul Gandhi पर हमला करना BJP को पड़ा भारी ! PM Modi | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rS7yZvFC-M
After Bharat Jodo, why some key parties are turning against Congress by Darpan Singh in India Today https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/after-bharat-jodo-why-some-key-parties-are-turning-against-congress/ar-AA18SHdA The Congress wants to lead the Opposition pack and leave a little for others. Others want their lion's share but that doesn't suit the grand old party's stature, even though in a shambles at this point in time. It's a battle for political survival for regional parties. And they can sniff an opportunity provided by a Congress at its weakest and the two terms of anti-incumbency shadowing the BJP, if such a thing exists for the saffron bloc.
The Congress sees two terms of the BJP as its opportunity to return to glory, substantially if not wholly. Nothing wrong with that. But essentially, it has two options: risk a BJP return by letting a third front emerge or bow to regional players who don't really want, beyond their pressure posturing, to leave it out. In fact, the Congress might be a gainer going with the second option.
The crux of the matter is, the bigger the spotlight on Rahul, especially as the lead of the pack, the shriller the third-front talk will get. The hallowed principle of equidistance is nothing but advantage BJP.
What explains the Congress-BJP fracas over Rahul Gandhi? Bharat Bhushan March 20, 2023 https://www.business-standard.com/article/opinion/what-explains-the-congress-bjp-fracas-over-rahul-gandhi-123032000253_1.html The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) cites the cash-for-questions scandal as a precedent to expel him...for bringing disrepute to the House . In the long term, the action against him might contribute to the BJP's election narrative, to claim that he had been found "guilty" and anti-national by Parliament. However, neither the BJP nor its government may be able to control the fallout of their action entirely...
On the other hand, the impact on the Congress party could re-energise it. The Congress, by its nature, is a reactive party – it responds to external stimuli.
One has to understand that shutting up and sitting at home is no longer an option for the Congress. It is engaged in a battle for survival
Method in madness in BJP's use of ED to target AAP, Lalu & Kavitha https://youtu.be/jCemjYxMJHg?t=815 Mar 11, 2023
ThePrint's Senior Consulting Editor Jyoti Malhotra speaks to Yashwant Deshmukh, political analyst and director of C-Voter polling agency and on why the Enforcement Directorate has arrested Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, is raiding the homes of the family of Lalu Prasad Yadav and has summoned K Kavitha of the Bharath Rashtra Samithi and daughter of Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for questioning. Deshmukh & Verma explained why there is a method in the madness in what the BJP is doing
Rahul Verma, Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research think-tank in Delhi https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCemjYxMJHg The compact between political parties that while they were in power they would not go after family, or go to the extent of jail while using agencies is broken.. it also plays well with the BJP base..
why is BJP going south in Telgana for instance.. https://youtu.be/jCemjYxMJHg?t=703
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Indian Electoral Politics: Shifting Sands
Seven decades down the line the electoral scene has changed for the worse and is currently dominated by emotive issues. The foundation of derailing the ‘this worldly’ issues was the Ram Temple movement. This movement became stronger after the implementation of Mandal Commission report. Since then the domination of emotive, identity issues is on the rise. This is reflected by the fact that in 2019, no party dared to utter the word secularism, as claimed by the winner of 2019 elections, Mr. Narendra Modi himself. He presented it as a trophy for the efforts of RSS-BJP’s political success.
https://countercurrents.org/2022/11/indian-electoral-politics-shifting-sands/
It is in this track that any issue can be given a religious turn as we witnessed its peak in the coining of phrase ‘Corona Jihad’. This showed how electoral politics can be reduced merely to game of identity issues. BJP has mastered this art over a period of last few decades. The media, which is prostrating to BJP ideology, is putting its best efforts to magnify the doings of communal stream.
Not to be left behind, Arvind Kejrival is trying to compete which these divisive efforts revolving around identity issues, in his own unique smart ways. The AAP, which in a way, is an alternate model of communal politics; is playing its Hindutva/communal card with shrewdness. Kajriwal party is also an example of blind subservience to the dictator by the other leaders of that party. As Kejriwal demanded this; all his cronies, stated saying the same. The peak of this was Atishi Marlena, who stated that this demand of Laxmi-Ganesh is not merely Kejriwal demand, it is the aspiration of 130 crore Indians! Most of the dictatorial tendencies believe they are speaking for the whole country. This is a duplicate of what Narendra Modi, when he was Chief Minister of Gujarat, used to say that he is talking on behalf of Five Crore Gujratis. India needs a party which can accommodate all sections of society with equality and dignity, apart from welfare; it also promotes employment and proactively deals with marginalized sections of society. We need a party where religion is not mixed with politics. For many, AAP began with a big promise for a better politics, but its reality is there for all to see with its trajectory leading to demanding Laxmi and Ganesh on currency notes and dumping of Jan Lokpal in the dustbin of Hisotry!
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