And the most awaited results to elections are finally out.
BJP was set for big gains according to exit polls in all 4 northern states that
went on for elections but the party that actually has played a shocker for both
national parties is AAP with a phenomenal debut in Delhi. Leave every other
state’s results except Delhi and we would come to know that a revolution is
underway in our country with its first footprints in Delhi. Congress and BJP
had been continuously trying to neglect and undermine AAP but this party
actually has decimated BJP and Congress with such smashing results on their
debut. These results will definitely have long running implications on
political scenario of our country but one thing is very clear that Congress has
dug its own grave in its second tenure with a series of scams, rampant corruption,
issues of women security, national security and above all the ever growing
inflation.
Though I am not a political pundit but I would once like to
give a try to briefly analyze results of these elections. Starting with the
state that has shaken the politics of this country and has taken all
political pundits with surprise is the phenomenon known as AAP. Although they
haven’t reached to majority on their own but this party led by an unknown face
in politics (till mid 2013), Mr. Arvind Kejriwal has made BJP and Congress rethink
on their strategy and dented their prospects. Before the election results the arrogant BJP and Congress
leaders were not ready to acknowledge the growing clout of AAP , but by now
when they have defeated the bigwigs of BJP and Congress in their own
constituencies they do have a lesson to learn. Whichever party sits in govt now
will actually have to work on promises made to public just because of the
standards raised by AAP. The biggest takeover from Delhi is that people
actually are fed up of BJP and Congress and are looking for another viable
option that really is “one of them and for them”.
With a hat trick of BJP in MP and Chattisgarh it would be
very tough for the congress leaders to boost the morale of its cadre. Likewise
in Gujarat the opposition has been decimated, the same story seems to be repeating
in MP and Chattisgarh as well. The issue with congress in these areas is that
they don’t actually have credible local faces to connect with the masses which
BJP considerably does have. Moreover Congress’s
“Rahul Gandhi” and “Secular” cards seem failing miserably in these areas and they
need to have a rethink on their strategy in these states.The takeover from these states for Congress is that, they need to dump the
likes of Digvijay and Kamalnath and induct some fresh and credible faces to
take on Shivraj and Raman Singh.
Finally BJP has won the fort of Rajasthan as well. Though Rajasthan
does have the trend to throw out the running govt everytime it votes but what
might be worrying for congress is the victory of margin for BJP which is
whopping in every sense. Alhough Congress does have a face like Gehlot in
Rajasthan but he too seems to be sandwiched between the party high command in
Delhi and his local detractors within the party. With too many populist schemes
doling out since last year he is unable to save his fort. The second factor
that worked for BJP here was the Modi factor which everyone has accepted as a
decisive factor. In Rajasthan as well they need to work from the very scratch and
that too immediately if they want to make some outside chances for 2014.
Having said that I would conclude my article in one liner that
“This is called true democracy, for the people and by the people and we really
have to be part of the system to change the system. Rise Up”.
Jai hind !!
