The results of polls in Assam, Kerala, West Bengal and Tamil Nadu showed that decline of Congress since the Lok Sabha elections has not ebbed. When the Congress got a drubbing in the Lok Sabha in 2014, it had ruled in 13 states. But now it is down to six where the population of Indians is only 6%.
These states are - Karnataka, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram.
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) dream of ‘Congress Mukt Bharat’ is almost a reality now. The party has lost 9 assembly elections after 2014 polls. The Congress was on the winning side in Bihar elections but as the third junior partner of the alliance. The saffron party or allied state governments now hold 69% of India's territory while Congress has been forced to retreat to 14%.
After last year’s back-to-back electoral defeats in Delhi and Bihar, the BJP focused on getting both the local leadership and its alliances right in Assam and Kerala. This historic win in Assam is expected to bolster Modi-Shah’s jodi after criticism following last year’s poor performance. Party chief Amit Shah, soon after the results were declared, said that the BJP is closer to its aim of creating a ‘Congress Mukt Bharat’.
The BJP has enough number in Assam and it is all set to form its first ever government in the state and the Northeast region of the country. The BJP also improved its tally in West Bengal and won its first-ever seat in Kerala.
“The BJP’s performance in assembly polls is in a way people’s stamp on performance of Modi govt in the last two years,” Shah said.
The results also bolstered the BJP’s claim of being a national party, having expanded its base outside the traditional stronghold of north India. “Assam’s victory is important in many ways, given that it is a border state. The government is committed to the development of the state,” Shah said.
BJP’s chief ministerial candidate in Assam, Sarbananda Sonowal, will take oath on May 24. The party secured absolute majority along with its allies in the assembly elections. While the BJP won 60 seats on its own in the 126-member House, its ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has won 14 seats and Bodoland People's Front (BPF) 12 seats.
Meanwhile, Sonowal is likely to meet newly elected party MLAs in Guwahati today. Later, he will fly to New Delhi to meet the party leadership.
In West Bengal, the BJP and allies bagged 6 seats. Its vote share is up to 11% as compared to 4% in the last elections. In Kerala, it got just one seat with a 15% vote share, up from a little over 6% the last time.
Source: IndiaTV
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