New Delhi: The BJP is trying assured for the Lok Sabha elections after the development of the Ram temple in Ayodhya. The get together is making an attempt to win as many seats as attainable within the Hindi-speaking areas. It can be not hesitating to woo the allies of the Congress. We have seen the examples of Maharashtra and Bihar, the place the BJP has fashioned governments with the assistance of former Congress allies. There are additionally rumours of the Rashtriya Lok Dal, which is a part of the Akhilesh-Rahul crew in UP, becoming a member of palms with the BJP. However, this development shouldn’t be restricted to the North solely.
Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu is travelling to Delhi on Wednesday and is more likely to meet Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda, sources mentioned. Meanwhile, Bihar CM Nitish Kumar has additionally left for Delhi. He is coming by a chartered aircraft from Patna airport. This is his first Delhi go to after returning to the NDA. He will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. During this go to, the seat-sharing for the Lok Sabha elections could also be mentioned.
BJP’s ‘Mission South’
The BJP can be working exhausting to extend its vote base within the southern states, albeit at a gradual tempo. Just earlier than the inauguration of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, PM Narendra Modi had visited the temples in Kerala. He had addressed the BJP staff in Kochi. He had praised the BJP staff for conserving the BJP flag flying in Kerala regardless of the hostile circumstances. He had bowed his head earlier than them.
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Now, a giant political occasion goes to happen in Kerala on February 13. The Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) get together will merge with the BJP within the presence of Home Minister Amit Shah. The get together’s chief PC George mentioned that on the identical day, 112 members of the get together’s state committee can be given the membership of the BJP. This occasion will happen within the capital Thiruvananthapuram. Shah goes to go to there subsequent week.
The BJP is specializing in 84 out of 131 seats in South India. The excursions of PM Modi and Shah are a sign of this. The BJP’s place is sweet in Telangana and Karnataka, the place it should attempt to win greater than 35 seats. Some specialists additionally say that the BJP shouldn’t be trying on the Lok Sabha elections however the meeting elections in Tamil Nadu and Kerala. As far as Kerala is anxious, the BJP is predicted to get 4-5 seats this time. Last time, the get together was second on two seats.
The truth is, the saffron get together has a charismatic face within the type of PM Narendra Modi. The crowd that gathers within the rallies in North India interprets into votes, however not in South India. The BJP is shifting forward within the course of forming alliances with the regional events of the South. Something comparable has been seen in North India as nicely to realize the political equations. Repeating this experiment, the BJP could get some new allies within the South.
Chandrababu Naidu’s Delhi Visit
Naidu, who was as soon as a key ally of the BJP, had parted methods with the NDA in 2018 over the difficulty of particular standing for Andhra Pradesh. He had joined palms with the Congress and different opposition events to type a grand alliance in opposition to the BJP. However, his get together, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), suffered a humiliating defeat within the 2019 meeting and Lok Sabha elections, dropping energy to the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) led by Jagan Mohan Reddy.
Since then, Naidu has been going through a sequence of challenges, each political and authorized. His get together has been accused of corruption and mismanagement by the YSRCP authorities, which has additionally launched investigations in opposition to a number of TDP leaders. Naidu himself is going through a CBI probe in a disproportionate belongings case. His get together has additionally witnessed defections and desertions, as a lot of his former loyalists have switched sides to the ruling get together.
In this situation, Naidu is in search of a political revival and a attainable reconciliation with the BJP. He could search the BJP’s help to counter the YSRCP’s onslaught and to guard his get together’s pursuits. He may additionally provide to help the BJP within the Lok Sabha elections in trade for some concessions from the Centre. There is a powerful chance of him becoming a member of the NDA once more, if the BJP agrees to his phrases and situations.
Former AIADMK leaders be a part of the BJP within the presence of Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Tamil Nadu BJP President Ok Annamalai, in Delhi.
#WATCH | Former AIADMK leaders be a part of the BJP within the presence of Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Tamil Nadu BJP President Ok Annamalai, in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/luFuXalMdn
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BJP’s Tamil Nadu Strategy
On Tuesday, the BJP welcomed a number of former AIADMK leaders into its fold, within the presence of Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Tamil Nadu BJP President Ok Annamalai, in Delhi. Among them have been former ministers KP Munusamy, C Ve Shanmugam, CV Sankar, and Nainar Nagendran, former MPs Ok Malaisamy and Manoj Pandian, and former MLA Vetrivel. They got BJP membership playing cards and saffron scarves by the BJP leaders.
The BJP hopes that these leaders will assist the get together to increase its base and affect in Tamil Nadu, the place it has been struggling to make a mark.
