Six months forward of the essential Lok Sabha Elections 2024, 5 states went to polls and the outcomes for them might be out on December 3. Whereas the exit ballot outcomes have been declared in the present day, the survey paints a grim image for the BJP which might be in search of a 3rd time period for Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2024. In 2023 alone, six mid-sized to huge states went to the polls. This contains Tripura, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. Whereas the BJP managed to retain Tripura with a decreased vote share, it confronted a humiliating defeat in Karnataka. The celebration has additionally been pressured to ally with the JJP in Haryana after failing to safe a majority. Now, the celebration is dealing with a stiff problem in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan whereas it seems to have failed in uprooting the Congress authorities in Chhattisgarh. Then again, its dream of profitable a great quantity of seats in Telangana additionally seems to have crash-landed with the Congress being projected because the winner.
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Whereas the saffron celebration’s ballot guarantees made throughout campaigning in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh confirmed that it is able to concede floor on sure points, the exit polls trace that the injury has already been accomplished. The important thing difficulty that’s swinging the ballot outcomes are paper leaks, excessive costs of LPG cylinders and petrol which impacts the poor and the center class essentially the most. Whereas the BJP promised to additional subsidize LPG and minimize VAT on petrol if voted to energy in Rajasthan, the problems will not be restricted to the desert state solely. The excessive LPG and petrol costs have an effect on Indians throughout demography and the inflation has added salt to the injuries of the poor.
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Then again, the BJP is dealing with a problem to match the guarantees like month-to-month monetary help, free electrical energy and bus rides as promised by the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Get together (AAP). The saffron celebration tried to mitigate that problem by launching the Ladli Behan Yojana in Madhya Pradesh, the training got here solely after the celebration confronted an enormous setback in Karnataka. Since 2019, the BJP has already suffered setbacks in lots of states and the variety of states dominated by the saffron celebration has decreased considerably with the celebration dropping Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, and Jharkhand and Tamil Nadu (alliance with AIADMK).
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The BJP has indicated that it is keen to decrease the LPG & petrol costs (in Rajasthan) whereas doubling the PM Kisan Samman Nidhi quantity. Nevertheless, the celebration must show its intentions by implementing these guarantees regardless of the December Three outcomes of the 5 states. Then again, Congress has alredy been offering free electrical energy and cheaper LPG within the states it guidelines.
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The Congress celebration seems to have emerged stronger within the final 4 years with the celebration profitable Himachal, Karnataka and now Telangana as nicely if the exit polls are to be believed. If it manages to retain Chhattisgarh as predicted, the celebration will emerge stronger and assured among the many INDIA alliance. The Congress has already realised that welfare schemes and guarantees do play a important position in polls and the identical has already been proved in Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh as nicely. By retaining Chhattisgarh and profitable Telangana, the Congress would possibly give some sleepless nights to the BJP forward of the 2024 parliamentary polls.
