Amidst the spectacular victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the Gujarat Assembly Elections, a low point has come to the fore – the party’s defeat in the Gujarat Assembly Elections hill state Himachal PradeshIt is also the home state of party chief JP Nadda and Union minister Anurag Thakur, where the party gave the slogan ‘Raj nahi, rivaj badlenge’.
While the party got a clear majority in Gujarat, it was expecting form a government The process, with the help of independents, began soon after polling ended and left national general secretary Vinod Tawde for the hill state last night.
However, the hopes were dashed as the Congress clear majority,
Sources said that there are rumors that differences among the top leaders of the state are responsible for this.
We accept the mandate with humility. Special thanks to the respected Prime Minister and the Central Government for their valuable cooperation in the last five years.
Thanks for the five years given by the people of the state for service.
We will always be ready for the all-round development of Himachal.
– Jairam Thakur (@jayramthakurbjp) December 8, 2022
no changing of the guard
Sources said that even when the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand was changed a few months ago, there was a plan for change. Himachal CM, However, sources said that the top party leaders did not make that change in the state.
To beat the anti-incumbency wave in the last elections, B J P Just a year before the assembly elections, the Chief Minister and the cabinet were also changed and won. Be it Uttarakhand, where it has been successful in changing tradition, or Gujarat, where it has changed CM and cabinet.
And then, there were states where the BJP decided not to change the existing candidates or the CM and lost. For example, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh and Delhi.
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in DelhiIn the last municipal elections, every sitting corporator was replaced to beat the anti-incumbency wave, but this time the strategy was not adopted and many saw it as the reason for AAP’s defeat.
I thank the people of Himachal Pradesh for the love and support extended to the BJP. We will continue to work to fulfill the aspirations of the state and raise the issues of the people in the times to come. @BJP4Himachal, Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 8, 2022
despair among the ranks
The grief of losing the hill state is also being seen in the party leadership.
“We messed up in ticket distribution. The rebels have defied our record to change the tradition where the ruling party never comes to power. Had we not experimented with ticket distribution, we would have definitely won the state.
There are about 13 seats where senior leaders believe that if the right candidate was given the ticket, the party could have avoided defeat.
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The defeat in the Himachal Pradesh assembly elections will be a cause of trouble for the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as well.
The saffron party was hoping to improve its tally in all LS constituencies from three in 2019 to 2024 as the Narendra Modi government seeks its third term.
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