New Delhi: Gujarat Congress leader Raghu Sharma has resigned following the party’s defeat in the 2022 Gujarat assembly elections. The trends indicate that AAP has done more damage to the party’s electoral prospects in the state than expected. The silent campaign of the party seems to have lost ground with the voters. The party primarily focused on door-to-door campaigning for votes as its leader, Rahul Gandhi, who campaigned aggressively in the 2017 elections, focused on the Bharat Jodo Yatra, like other senior party leaders. Chose to stay away to concentrate. Two prominent leaders of the Congress party in Gujarat, Paresh Dhanani and Jignesh Mevani are trailing in their respective constituencies of Amreli and Vadgam. However, Arjun Modhwadia, the senior-most leader of the party in the state, emerged victorious in Porbandar. The Congress was not expected to repeat its commendable performance in the 2017 assembly elections.
thanks porbandar
Many thanks to all the voters of Porbandar, brothers, sisters, youth, elders, I will be indebted to you for believing in me and giving your blessings. At the same time, I express my gratitude to all the workers, leaders and well-wishers who worked day and night. pic.twitter.com/ZjqRXNEspe— Arjun Modhwadia (@arjunmodhwadia) December 8, 2022
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party was on course for a record victory in Gujarat on Thursday, with the ruling party leading on 100 seats and winning another 57 in the 182-member state assembly. The Congress party was expected to finish second, winning six seats and leading in ten others, while the Aam Aadmi Party was leading in five. According to the Election Commission, others, including independent candidates, were ahead in four seats as counting of more than three-fourth votes was completed in most of the seats that went to polls in two phases earlier this month. Out of the votes polled so far, BJP has got 53% votes, while Congress has got 27% and AAP has got 13% votes.
If the trend continues, the BJP will not only beat its best performance of 127 seats in 2002, but also surpass the all-time record set by the Congress party in 1985, when it won 149 seats under the late Madhavsinh Solanki. Was , By winning the seventh term, the party will also match the achievement of the Left Front in West Bengal. “The people of Gujarat have once again reposed their faith in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP leadership. If the people of Gujarat have chosen the BJP, then we will have to live up to the expectations of the people. The BJP has already announced that Patel will head the next government in the state. BJP has not lost a single election in Gujarat since 1995.
Sanjay Kumar of the New Delhi-based Center for the Study of Developing Societies said Thursday’s big win would be a morale booster for the party. Kumar said it would enthuse the rank and file of the BJP and strengthen the belief that the party would win the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Though the Modi government is grappling with rising inflation, slow growth and unemployment, the economic woes have had no impact on the BJP’s popularity in Gujarat. That said, the results of the two-phase elections earlier this month were being watched more for the performance of the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), both locked in a battle to usurp main opposition party status. in the state.
“Salutations to the Mandate”
Historic victory in Amreli and Gujarat
Thanks to Bharatiya Janata Partysorry for the lack of democratic service
All workers who supported the common struggle
Thanks to supporters and well wishers,Public service opportunity for last 20 years
Heartfelt thanks to Amarveli.#thanks_amarveli— Paresh Dhanani (@paresh_dhanani) December 8, 2022
It remains to be seen whether AAP’s performance in these elections will help its leader Arvind Kejriwal cement his place as a major challenger to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the 2024 parliamentary elections. Elections in Gujarat are also an opportunity to position itself as a pan-national party. While the contest in Gujarat has traditionally been between the BJP and the Congress, this time it has become triangular with the entry of the AAP. Many sitting BJP MLAs are also included in those moving forward. Apart from Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Home Minister Harsh Sanghvi, Purnesh Modi, Kanubhai Desai and Hardik Patel were prominent.