HYDERABAD: The BJP’s greatest ever efficiency in Telangana was in the course of the 2019 basic elections when it gained 4 Lok Sabha seats. However retaining them will likely be an enormous problem for the occasion, which in latest instances, has been dogged by infighting. The occasion’s efficiency within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in Telangana will rely upon the way it fares within the Meeting elections scheduled to be held later this 12 months. And as issues stands now, the prospects are usually not shiny.
The BJP’s defeat within the the Karnataka Meeting polls held in Might and an obvious upswing within the Congress’s political fortunes, have dealt a blow to the saffron occasion’s morale in Telangana. The BJP is seen relegated to the third place. Not way back, the saffron occasion was in an aggressive mode and was projecting itself as the primary challenger to Telangana’s ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS).
Nevertheless, it now appears to be dropping steam. The defeat in Karnataka and inside bickering in Telangana main to alter within the state management have dealt twin blows to the occasion’s morale. The style by which Bandi Sanjay Kumar was eased out to make Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy the president of the occasion unit has not gone down nicely with supporters of the previous.
Some leaders throughout the occasion have privately admitted that the change of guard was a suicidal step as they consider that it was Sanjay who lifted BJP to what it within the state immediately. Recognized for his aggressive Hindutva politics, the MP from Karimnagar had led the occasion to victories in two Meeting by-elections and the spectacular efficiency in Larger Hyderabad Municipal Company (GHMC) polls.
Sanjay had additionally gained reward from Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union House Minister Amit Shah for strengthening the occasion by way of his “praja sangram yatra” and by aggressively taking over ruling BRS. Nevertheless, the BJP’s debacle in Karnataka appears to have modified the path of the wind. The dissidents from BRS and different events, who have been wanting on the BJP earlier, dropped their plans and as a substitute most popular the Congress.
Khammam MP Ponguleti Srinivasa Reddy, former minister Jupally Krishna Rao and several other different leaders becoming a member of the Congress has rattled the BJP. Huzurabad MLA Eatala Rajender and a few others sad with Sanjay’s type of functioning felt emboldened to power a change of guard. Kishan Reddy’s appointment as the brand new occasion chief appeared to have dampened the keenness of BJP cadres as a piece of occasion leaders understand him as a gentle chief.
Final week, the BJP obtained one other jolt when its chief and former minister A. Chandra Sekhar stop the occasion and determined to affix the Congress. Some extra leaders, together with former MPs Komatireddy Rajagopal Reddy, Konda Visweswar Reddy, Vijayashanthi, and G. Vivek Venkataswamy, are additionally believed to be ready for an acceptable time to cross over.
The latest developments have slowed down the BJP juggernaut. With a concentrate on inside bickering and the affect of the Karnataka debacle, the central management additionally appeared to have developed chilly toes. Prime Minister Modi’s go to to Warangal to launch varied tasks and handle public assembly was overshadowed by infighting and alter of management.
Shah’s journey to the state was additionally postponed twice and h is now scheduled to go to on August 29 to handle a public assembly in Khammam. Political analysts have stated the BJP, which was working aggressively with the goal of capturing energy in 2023, is dealing with an uphill activity to bounce again.
With the BRS marching forward and Congress additionally upbeat, the saffron occasion seems to be lagging at third place. Some pre-poll surveys have given BJP solely 7-10 seats. In 2018, the BJP had bagged just one seat in 119-member Meeting. Nevertheless, within the Lok Sabha elections held just a few months later, the occasion delivered its best-ever efficiency by profitable 4 seats.
Telangana BJP leaders hope that Shah’s go to later this month will infuse new enthusiasm within the saffron camp. The occasion can also be planning a yatra from September to achieve out to folks and provides momentum to the marketing campaign. Political analyst Palwai Raghavendra Reddy believes {that a} poor efficiency by the BJP within the upcoming Meeting elections will certainly hit its prospects in 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
He identified that the occasion might win 4 out of 17 Lok Sabha seats within the state final time because of the Modi wave however retaining them is not going to be straightforward this time, if the BJP fails to make a mark in Meeting polls. Within the Lok Sabha polls, the BJP is prone to go to voters with the achievements of the Modi authorities over the past two phrases and varied welfare schemes carried out by it.
Nevertheless, the occasion could discover it troublesome to counter the BRS, which has been concentrating on BJP for its discrimination in the direction of Telangana and its failure to satisfy the assurances given to the state in 2014 on the time of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. In Andhra Pradesh, there’s hardly any political area for nationwide events. The political scene is dominated by ruling occasion YSR Congress and predominant opposition Telugu Desam Occasion (TDP) with Jana Sena Occasion (JSP) of actor-politician Pawan Kalyan attempting to emerge because the third power.
The BJP, like Congress, drew a clean in Meeting and Lok Sabha elections held concurrently in 2019. There was no change within the fortunes of the saffron occasion within the state over the past 5 years. Pawan Kalyan, an ally of the BJP, is attempting to forge a grand alliance of TDP-JSP-BJP in opposition to the YSR Congress.
The saffron occasion remained unclear on reviving alliance with Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP. Even when the grand alliance materialises, the BJP will likely be a small participant within the mix. Although the BJP final month appointed former union minister Daggubati Purandeswari as the brand new state president, analysts say this isn’t prone to yield any main good points for it on the bottom.
Purandeswari is sister-in-law of Naidu and daughter of later TDP founder N.T. Rama Rao. Her appointment is seen as an try and woo the Kamma neighborhood. Kammas have been conventional supporters of the TDP and they aren’t prone to sail with the BJP.
