The elections in three small states of the North-East have signalled a turning point in India’s electoral map clearly.
But the South is not happy and it has challenged the leadership of Modi.
Telangana CM KCR and AP CM Babu have started equating BJP with the Congress and they have started pointing out the attitude of BJP at the centre.
While Amit Shah’s strategies have triumphed once more, Rahul Gandhi’s inability to work on strategies and tactics has resulted in further erosion of the party’s support base.
The loss of Assam strategist Himanta Biswa Sarma has been more damaging than the Congress president could have imagined. If the Congress also loses Karnataka in the next few months, the idea of a “Congress-mukt Bharat” would be almost fully achieved, barring odd Punjab, saved by a strong local leader.
But people say it is not easy to challenge the Jodi of Modi and Shah. Now they are working on Punjab also. With Congress base eroding across the nation and with communists losing the core areas, there is no way the Congress can sustain.
The leaders from the South may question the centre, but the centre will definitely find a way to contain them in the near future. The 2019 is clearly for Modi and Shah Jodi.
The BJP is here to stay for another term.
U.Srinivas
Editor
