The BJP has secured 163 seats within the Madhya Pradesh election. The consequence got here as a shock to the Congress which was anticipating an in depth combat or victory with an excellent margin. While the BJP leaders have credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan for the win, the BJP laid the technique for the win three years in the past when it appointed Vishnu Dutt Sharma because the state social gathering chief in 2020, months earlier than the collapse of the Kamal Nath authorities.
An MP from Khajuraho, Vishnu Dutt Sharma was the General Secretary of BJP earlier than being appointed the state chief. Widely often known as VD, Sharma is a devoted adherent of the RSS. He is acknowledged for bolstering the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the scholar wing affiliated with the RSS, in the course of the Nineties in Madhya Pradesh.
Sharma performed a major function on this election, starting from ground-level consolidation to candidate choice, after which taking Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s welfare schemes to the folks.
After the defeat within the 2018 Assembly elections, the BJP was way more vigilant. Following the loss, the social gathering underwent important organizational modifications and appointed Sharma on the helm. Sharma has been the BJP’s organizational chief for almost 4 years and has not solely formulated methods to strengthen the social gathering on the grassroots degree however has additionally been seen touring smaller cities and villages, moderately than simply specializing in Bhopal.
When Sharma was handed over the reins of the state by the BJP’s nationwide management, varied questions arose, hinting on the issue of retaining the social gathering heading in the right direction. However, with time, Sharma tailor-made campaigns in keeping with the nationwide management’s discretion and the state’s necessities.
The marketing campaign to broaden the social gathering’s base grew to become noticeable in different states as nicely as a result of Sharma’s model of functioning, which began drawing comparisons with the work model of Kushabhau Thakre. Outreach and communication grew to become Sharma’s important energy, very like it was for Kushabhau Thakre. Initially, Sharma did not obtain assist from senior leaders, main him to both contemplate staying at house or selecting the trail of opposition. Despite this, the group’s momentum started to select up. His tenure because the president introduced a major achievement to the social gathering — forming the federal government within the state after Jyotiraditya Scindia had left the Congress in 2020.
Since then, neither Sharma nor the BJP regarded again and his relentless work on the grassroots degree yielded the specified consequence for the saffron social gathering.
