RIDING ON PRIME Minister Narendra Modi's popularity and his guarantees blending welfare politics and development with Hindutva, the BJP on Sunday swept the Hindi heartland in key state elections, returning to power in Madhya Pradesh at the head of a landslide and ousting the ruling Congress in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
It also announced its arrival in Telangana where the Congress toppled the ruling BRS.
Hailing the Assembly victories as "historic" and "unprecedented", Modi told BJP workers at the party headquarters in New Delhi that "this hattrick of victories has given the guarantee for the 2024 hattrick" - referring to the approaching Lok Sabha elections where he will spearhead the party campaign for a third consecutive shot at power in a few months from now.
The emphatic wins in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan, where leader after leader credited Modi for the party's impressive showing, also raise questions about the leadership of the Congress, especially Rahul Gandhi, and the role they seek in the Opposition INDIA bloc to take on the BJP and Modi.
There are already rumblings within the alliance over how the Congress chose to go solo in the state elections, and the outcome Sunday will only add to the grievances of others in the bloc.
Although the Congress has seized Telangana, the BJP has made its presence felt and is positioning itself as a key player in the southern state - BJP's Katipally Venkata Ramana Reddy defeated BRS chief and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao and state Congress chief A Revanth Reddy, a frontrunner for the post of the next CM, in the Kamareddy constituency.
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