Emerging from the meeting of the party national executive , President Amit Shah declared that the BJP will take Telangana when it goes to the polls in 2019, with the general elections in the country. But what if the TRS goes for elections in 2018?
TS BJP President and some other top leaders from Telangana attended the National executive. They briefed the party President Amit Shah and had phots with Yogi the CM of UP.
From “panchayat to parliament,” he said, the party is geared up to win every election that the country sees between now and then. Shah’s confidence was echoed by every leader at the two-day conclave, which saw chief ministers from 13 states and almost the entire cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in attendance.
The crowds at Modi’s roadshow from the airport to the venue of the meeting prompted some analysts to draw parallels with the popular support Indira Gandhi had once won in this eastern state.
While there might be some truth in all of this, a closer scrutiny of the reality on the ground would suggest winning Telangana is still a long shot for the BJP.
Much of the confidence that the BJP exudes over Telangana comes from the UP victory. The BJP won UP, riding on an anti-incumbency mood against the Akhilesh and Mulayam. The BJP’s gain came mostly at the Congress’s expense.
For now, the BJP is quick to hype the party’s performance and project itself as the principal challenger to KCR in the next election to the state assembly.
The biggest challenge for the BJP will be to sustain the momentum until the assembly elections, which are two years away. It benefits from a strong presence of the RSS and other Hindu outfits.
The BJP and its leaders grab the headlines by saying that they will come to power in the next elections. The next elections come and go but they still wait for the next elections.
