Outcomes proved {that a} majority of voters refused to ditch the ‘Daughter of Bengal’ for BJP’s promise of turning state into ‘Sonar Bangla’
New Delhi: For West Bengal, the BJP continues to be an “outsider” as Mamata Banerjee-led TMC registered its third consecutive win within the state which had witnessed one of the vital acerbic and high-decibel campaigns by each the events.
Although the outcomes indicated consolidation of minority votes in ruling TMC’s favour, the BJP, when it comes to Meeting constituencies, gained overwhelmingly, with the occasion bagging greater than 70 Meeting seats as in comparison with its earlier tally of mere three seats within the 292-member Meeting.
Outcomes proved {that a} majority of voters refused to ditch the “Daughter of Bengal” for the BJP’s promise of turning the state into “Sonar Bangla” they usually additionally refused to simply accept the saffron occasion’s imaginative and prescient for “Asol Poribortan”.
In West Bengal, which has a historical past of character pushed politics, the BJP’s bevy of “star campaigners”, together with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, didn’t overshadow Ms Banerjee’s character and management regardless of anti-incumbency, expenses of corruption and deteriorating regulation and order plaguing the ruling occasion.
The TMC had labelled the BJP as a celebration of “outsiders” and the latter failed miserably to gauge the temper of Bengalis.
After the outcomes, Mr Modi, who was main the cost towards Ms Banerjee in the course of the campaigning, tweeted: “Congratulations to Mamata Didi for AITC win in West Bengal. The Centre will proceed to increase all potential help to the West Bengal authorities to satisfy folks aspirations and likewise to beat the Covid-19 pandemic.” The PM additionally thanked folks of the state for blessing the BJP, whose “presence has considerably elevated” and applauded occasion cadre for “their spirited effort within the polls.”
Defence minister Rajnath Singh and finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman additionally congratulated Ms Banerjee. BJP state in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya credited Ms Banerjee for her occasion’s victory.
For the BJP, which had been elated after its efficiency within the state in 2019 Lok Sabha polls, when it received 18 out of 42 Lok Sabha seats and its vote share grew to 40.25 per cent, the Meeting outcomes had been stunning because the occasion prime brass was claiming to bag 200-plus seats.
Whereas the BJP’s marketing campaign was excessive on “Hindutva” and occasion leaders saved highlighting the TMC’s minority appeasement, the problem didn’t obtain the anticipated response from the “Bhadralok,” which the BJP ballot managers had been making an attempt arduous to woo.
Whereas it made huge inroads within the rural belt, which the occasion claimed had been affected by “TMC’s corruption, tolabazi and cut-money,” the BJP didn’t challenge itself because the “keeper of delight of Bengal” among the many majority of voters within the state. Additionally, the BJP’s “Hindutva” didn’t impress even the culturally robust Hindu vote-bank.
Not like within the Lok Sabha polls, girls voters, thought of one of many strongest votebanks of Mr Modi’s, continued to rally behind Ms Banerjee who virtually single-handedly fought one of many fiercest battles towards the complete BJP Central management.
For BJP ballot managers, consolidation of minority votes additionally dented the ballot prospects massively.
“Drawback isn’t with a mode of worship or followers of a selected faith however when folks vote as a spiritual neighborhood it defeats the very fundamental precept of democracy. Is it not taking place in Indian democracy?… TMC’s victory in WB is a post-truth phenomena… Get up name: Minority veto in electoral politics can be devastating for our secular democracy,” tweeted Rajya Sabha MP and BJP chief Rakesh Sinha.
Nonetheless, sustaining optimism, Mr Sinha stated “Democracy generally endorses undemocratic leaders, this occurs in politically conservative society. However ultimately democracy regains its respectable area. BJP is the way forward for Bengal. We are going to tirelessly proceed our mission in Bengal.”
Some BJP leaders additionally felt that the outcomes indicated the BJP “received contaminated” with anti-incumbency and anger towards the TMC and its leaders as greater than two dozen of TMC leaders, together with sitting MLAs, had joined the saffron fold previously couple of years.
“Whereas TMC fielded new faces to beat anti-incumbency, BJP fielded TMC leaders who had been dealing with anti-incumbency and folks’s anger over numerous points,” stated a senior BJP chief. “Additionally, the outcomes have proved that the Congress and the Left sacrificed themselves to ensure that the BJP doesn’t seize energy,” added the chief.
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