What happened that BJP won a record breaking victory?, Know three reasons behind the history created in Gujarat politics – The double engine government of the Bharatiya Janata Party has achieved a huge victory by winning 156 seats this time. BJP has broken all records with historic seats and historic vote share. On the other hand, the credibility of Congress has been questioned. Congress has ended up with only 17 seats. So the results of Aam Aadmi Party are not as per the campaign, but yes, its arrival has caused a big loss to Congress. What were the reasons behind BJP’s landslide victory? Why Congress faced such a situation and what is the position of Aam Aadmi Party now in the state, click on the above photo for answers and accurate analysis of all these questions.
Once again the people of Gujarat have trusted BJP for the seventh time in a row. This equals the record of a Left government being elected for seven consecutive terms in West Bengal. This time an atmosphere was created that Gujaratis will not vote for BJP. Corona, inflation, unemployment, Morbi, this list was very long, but these are the people of Gujarat. These people do not think like everyone else. This time the average turnout was less than 2017. The people who came out among the few voters reluctantly voted for the BJP, why did this happen?
Two implications emerge from this result. One, this time Gujaratis felt that those whom they had trusted for three decades were in trouble. Modi repeatedly kept saying that you know me, you have faith in me right? And the Gujaratis were stubborn, believing that no other outsider should go. Gujaratis always believe that what we think today the country thinks tomorrow. This has also been true in the case of BJP and Modi. Gujaratis felt that even though BJP has been in power here for 27 years and whatever problems we have, we will take care of it, but why should we hand over our state to someone?
Secondly, should the Aam Aadmi Party (meaning Kejriwal) be allowed to make some inroads here? It has been proved again that third party has no place in Gujarat. This time, the main rival party, Congress, was defeated by the third party’s “Kankarichala”.
Why do people trust BJP, why did Congress do nothing and why did Gujaratis not like the free ride… Let’s understand… Analysis of the entire election in five reasons
1) Modi-Magic: Emotional Connect of Gujaratis
After the 2001 Kutch earthquake, Keshubhai resigned and Narendra Modi became the Chief Minister. Modi himself was a candidate and contested in every subsequent assembly election of Gujarat 2002-2007-2012. In 2014, Gujarat made Modi the Prime Minister and sent him to Delhi, but Gujaratis still consider Modi to be from Gujarat and Modi himself has remained emotionally connected with Gujarat, that is why Modi remained the face of BJP in Gujarat in 2017 and 2022 as well. Gujaratis think that Modi has come and said once, that’s it, no one is needed anymore. This time, Modi seemed to be fighting the election single-handedly. Modi held the country’s longest road show of 54 kilometers in Ahmedabad. Conducted 3 roadshows and 31 meetings and campaigned in more than 100 assemblies of Gujarat. If you look at Modi’s strike rate, BJP has won in 95 percent of the areas where he held meetings. BJP’s star campaigners included Amit Shah, Yogi and other Chief Ministers, but for Gujaratis there is only one star, Narendra Damodardas Modi. It is no exaggeration to say that the number of Modi fans in Gujarat is many times greater than BJP fans. Modi and the people of Gujarat are constantly creating new records and benchmarks.
2) Failed strategy of Congress : Silence in campaign and silence in EVMs, lost villages too
From the very first day, the Congress adopted the strategy that members of the Gandhi family would remain as far away as possible in the campaign of Gujarat. Gujarat was the first to reject nepotism and the Congress, which had suffered losses in the previous three elections due to controversial statements, kept the Gandhi family at bay this time. Rahul Gandhi held only two meetings. Much of the emphasis was on the leaders and in-charges of the region. Another strategy of the Congress was to go to the villages and hold cot sit-ins and communicate directly with the people. At one stage it seemed that the Congress was working silently, but it seems that the dialogue they made did not go down the throats of Gujaratis, on the contrary, it happened that even in the villages, which were considered to be their strong vote bank, the Congress was eroded like never before. Even Priyanka Gandhi never blinked. Rahul Gandhi remained busy in the Bharat Jodo Yatra and the Congress lost its relationship with the people in Gujarat.
3) Delhi free model of AAP v/s Gujarat model
The Aam Aadmi Party had a 3-pronged strategy: 1st point, to sell the free model of Delhi to Gujaratis against the Gujarat model and to attract lower class and lower middle class voters while taking the brunt of inflation.
The second point is to come to Gujarat and not get seats, but to increase the vote share of the party and get the status of a national party. As per the initial trend of the results, the party has got 13 percent voteshare. His wish may come true.
The third issue is to take the place of the opposition in place of the Congress which has been losing continuously for two decades in Gujarat and gain a foothold in terms of seats in the upcoming elections. The Aam Aadmi Party has played a role in defeating the Congress in most of the seats in the villages and tearing apart the Congress vote bank. However, for Kejriwal, the power of Gandhinagar is still far away.
With rising inflation and the Delhi model of free education and health, your strategy to gain a foothold in Gujarat has failed. Gujaratis have given a message that they want value for money, not free. It was decided that no outside party should be allowed to enter Gujarat. Kejriwal tried to sell the Delhi model to the Gujaratis against the Gujarat model, but the Gujaratis have favored the Delhi model. Within a month, Aam Aadmi Party coordinator and Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal held many rallies and meetings from traders and rickshaw pullers to rural areas as well. Also went to eat at the rickshaw puller’s house and sat in the diamond factory with the diamond workers. Thus, Kejriwal did not spare any kind of political stunt. The Aam Aadmi Party was also the first party to announce the Chief Minister’s face in Gujarat. In the campaign, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Maan handled the campaign mostly in the urban areas, while Jesusdan Gadhvi and Gopal Italia, who are the face of the Chief Minister, handled the campaign in the rural areas.
With rising inflation and the Delhi model of free education and health, your strategy to gain a foothold in Gujarat has failed. Gujaratis have given a message that they want value for money, not free. It was decided that no outside party should be allowed to enter Gujarat. Kejriwal tried to sell the Delhi model to the Gujaratis against the Gujarat model, but the Gujaratis have favored the Delhi model. Within a month, Aam Aadmi Party coordinator and Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal held many rallies and meetings from traders and rickshaw pullers to rural areas as well. Also went to eat at the rickshaw puller’s house and sat in the diamond factory with the diamond workers. Thus, Kejriwal did not spare any kind of political stunt. The Aam Aadmi Party was also the first party to announce the Chief Minister’s face in Gujarat. In the campaign, Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Maan handled the campaign mostly in the urban areas, while Jesusdan Gadhvi and Gopal Italia, who are the face of the Chief Minister, handled the campaign in the rural areas.
During the campaign, he promised to waive the electricity bill, increase the system in government hospitals and provide free education. Bhagwant Ma waived zero electricity bills in Delhi during the campaign. It also presented thousands of zero-billed proofs. Even after a month of continuous campaigning, the Aam Aadmi Party could not gain ground in Gujarat. AAP also managed to win double digit seats.
What happened that BJP won a record breaking victory?, Know three reasons behind the history created in Gujarat politics
It has been four decades. For the first time, BJP came to power on the issue of Hindutva in 1995. After that there was internal opposition in the party. After Modi came to power in 2001, he created a development package along with Hindutva. After the Godhra riots in 2002, the BJP won a historic victory on the Hindutva issue and Modi won a maximum of 127 seats in Gujarat. The question was that it was difficult to form a continuous government on the issue of Hindutva alone. Modi started the Vibrant Gujarat Summit in 2003 after winning the elections. He created a new model of development. In many fields, he invited giant companies from all over the country and then abroad to Gujarat for investment and created a debate in the country. As the chief minister of a state, an image emerged that Modi has a longer-term vision of development than the country’s Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Modi launched major projects in Gujarat by bringing in investments and made the issue of business and development the center of discussion, forgetting the communal riots of 2002. After that, Modi took the path of development. He gave a package of Hindutva and development in the campaign and Gujaratis continuously gave him power. In 2014, Modi explained the same model to people across the country when he became the prime ministerial candidate. It is because of this model of Modi that BJP did not lose power in 2017 in caste-divided Gujarat. The combination of Hindutva and development then rendered caste-caste equations largely useless in every state of the country. Uttar Pradesh is the best example.
Everyone knows the rest of the history. On coming to power in Delhi, Modi started implementing the original issue of Hindutva’s laboratory. He fulfilled the wishes of the majority Hindus of Gujarat and across the country on the abolition of Ram temple, triple talaq and Article 370. Modi is still running on the same model. He has prepared a formula for the BJP to stay in power, which has worked for voters not only in Gujarat but across the country.
Governance, leadership and organization all in one direction
Modi has created a model covering these three issues in the party in Gujarat. Continuous new ideas and new schemes in the government and how to reach the people directly, Modi started during his work in Gujarat. The leadership was active in everything and he himself proved by working long hours that he who is in the hands of leadership should also keep running. He created an ideal structure of the organization, using people like Amit Shah and now in this election CR Patil in the organization. There was booth level management, but this time the BJP organization worked up to the page president and page committee, so its voters remained in their grip. A system was also set up so that the voter who believed in the ideology of the BJP could not escape in any way and could reach the feedback of what he was thinking. To take the government’s plan to the people, the organization was used extensively and the feedback received by the organization was conveyed to the government to give shape to the plan.
Finally…what impact will the Gujarat election have on the country’s politics?
BJP has been in government for 27 years in Gujarat. The Chief Minister and the entire cabinet were replaced a year before the elections to resolve anti-incumbency. A historic victory has been seen as a result. Under these circumstances, it is likely that this experiment will be repeated in the BJP-ruled states, including the elections to be held in Madhya Pradesh next year. Apart from this, the confidence of the country and the BJP is increasing on the pair of Modi-Shah. With this, the BJP seems to be moving faster on its agenda ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.