Prime Minister Modi is under severe stress after completing 7 years in office. After handling the first wave of Corona in a befitting manner, he could not manage the second wave.
Narendra Modi’s governance model has been put to test over the handling of the second wave of Covid-19, while the political pressure on him is set to mount after the dismal show in the current round of assembly elections.
The big challenge for the BJP and Modi will be in 2022 when states like Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Manipur go to the polls. The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has already had a scare when the panchayat election results were announced.
The Samajwadi Party was ahead of the BJP in the overall tally.
Mamata Banerjee’s spectacular victory in Bengal against the formidable BJP election machinery has the potential to rejuvenate the opposition Camp. She seems set to become the pivot of the anti-Modi grouping, a role she has been waiting for.
Even before the elections, Didi had written to 15 opposition leaders to unite against the BJP. Along with her, the emergence of M.K. Stalin in Tamil Nadu and Pinarayi Vijayan in Kerala as strong anti-BJP regional politicians could occupy the opposition space that Congress has been struggling to fill.
But leaders like Jagan from AP and KCR from Telangana are backing Modi.
But will Modi get the next term is the big question. The RSS is already looking for an alternative to Modi it is learnt.
