Prashant Kishor Exclusive Interview On Election Results With Rajdeep Sardesai & Rahul Kanwal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMKLedgQzhs Mar 15, 2022
Battle for centre will be decided in 2024 not in the state elections.. While there is no opposition in the wings? Two years is a long time.. Also there is no ready made answer, but the alternative is possible as there is high inflation, low growth, high unemployment and 600 million people do not make Rs. 100 per day. While this did not get play in the 2022 as it was not highlighted they did not work for 2022. but could be made to be highlighted..
We should not create the narrative that BJP is the only party. Even today it holds sway in less than 50% of the area, or population. The Opposition could not put together a leader who is trusted, alongwith a compelling narrative, supported by strong party and a sustained campaign. In UP there was not real counter narrative beyond the fact that you want to defeat Modi and campaign was completely missing. Election rally is not the same a campaign. The traditional method of waking up just two or three months before an election, and do 200 public rallies, and only do bashing the BJP it is not going to work.
So opposition first of all should not take elections as a one month or two months exercise. You need face, but far more important is to build the narrative. Start as soon as possible with organisation work, revamp your candidates, booth level workers to be mobilised,
The idea of Congress will always have a future. Congress is not the one person. Congress has been in secular decline since 1985, and not all of it is because of one person. They require to change fundamentally the way they organise themselves, the way they conduct themselves, the way they do their mass outreach, the way they fight elections, everything needs to change and undergo significant change -- it will not come out .. it is like you have a cancer and you cannot treat with an anti-biotic.
If Congress has to revive itself it has to be a Long term approach - seven ten years. that doesnt mean that you cannot be a fighting machine in 2024 ( probably opportunistic?) But you have to have a long term plan for proper revival.