Lok Sabha Elections 2024: This time in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) can increase the tension between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her led Trinamool Congress (TMC). There are speculations that BJP can do that by means of the Citizenship (Modification) Act i.e. CAA and the get together has additionally ready a plan for this. A particular technique has been made to seize 35 out of whole 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Political analysts have talked about the challenges going through the BJP, claiming inner variations in the state unit, organizational weaknesses and the reshaping of the Left-Congress alliance. Within the final Lok Sabha elections, the get together had carried out brilliantly by profitable 18 seats in the state and securing 40 p.c votes and this time it has set a goal of profitable 35 seats.
BJP needs to take benefit of Narendra Modi's recognition
Though BJP needs to take full benefit of the recognition of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, it additionally needs to money in on CAA in the state. Political specialists say that this regulation can show to be helpful for BJP on one hand and difficult on the opposite. He believes that whereas CAA can unite the Hindu group, it could additionally convey adversarial response from minorities.
Sukant Majumdar claims- We will win 35 Lok Sabha seats
The BJP's prospects in West Bengal additionally largely rely on the efficiency of the Left-Congress alliance, which political analysts see as already in good condition in the state's 42 Lok Sabha constituencies. State BJP President Sukant Majumdar mentioned that the get together is just not solely hopeful but additionally assured that it will win 35 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Nonetheless, a bit of BJP leaders additionally pointed to a number of inner and exterior challenges coming in the best way of reaching the goal in the state.
What are the challenges earlier than BJP in West Bengal?
Former BJP nationwide secretary Anupam Hazra mentioned, “The largest problem for the get together is to arrange the group which is scattered after the defeat in the 2021 meeting elections. We wouldn’t have folks to nominate brokers at greater than 80,000 cubicles in the state.'' Hazra's relations with the present state BJP management aren’t thought-about good. He claimed that inner strife and lack of coordination on the grassroots stage has hampered the get together's efforts to consolidate in the state and this has been mirrored in varied defeats since its defeat in the 2021 meeting elections.
This was the efficiency of BJP in Mamata Banerjee dominated Bengal.
Since 2021, eight MLAs and two MPs of the get together have joined Trinamool Congress. Of those, just one MP Arjun Singh has returned to BJP. BJP had secured 40 p.c votes in 2019. Nonetheless, in the 2021 meeting elections this share fell barely to 38 p.c. Regardless of a ten p.c vote share and an increase from three meeting seats in 2016 to 77 seats in 2021, they failed to achieve energy.
Believing that Matua dominated areas will profit by means of CAA
BJP's vote share began with the Bhabanipur by-election the place its vote share dropped from 35 p.c in Might 2021 to solely 22 p.c in October the identical yr and the scenario continued. BJP may get solely 12.57 p.c votes in the elections of 108 different our bodies. In final yr's Panchayat elections, she stood third with 22 p.c vote share. The share of votes it acquired was one p.c lower than that of the Left-Congress-ISF alliance. Nonetheless, BJP leaders hope to learn from polarization among the many majority group. He’s particularly assured that the CAA concern will be helpful in Matua dominated areas.
A suggestion got here to make the trail of BJP tough
State BJP President Majumdar mentioned, “CAA will assist BJP get good success in the elections in the state.” Alternatively, BJP doesn’t have the organizational capability like Trinamool Congress and it will not help this marketing campaign of the ruling get together in the state in opposition to CAA. It doesn’t appear to be profitable in answering that this regulation goes to remove citizenship. All India Federation of Matua group suggested its members to use for Indian citizenship beneath the brand new regulation solely after the formation of the brand new authorities on the Centre. That is additionally a suggestion that will make issues tough for the BJP.
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