MP Elections 2023 / Akhilesh-Mayawati increased the tension - will Kamal Nath's wishes come true?

Zoom News : Nov 07, 2023, 08:30 PM
MP Elections 2023: There seems to be a close contest between Congress and BJP in Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections. While Congress is hoping to return to power, BJP is trying to maintain its dominance. Due to lack of seat sharing with Congress, Samajwadi Party is alone in the electoral fray while BSP is once again trying to become kingmaker with the help of Dalit votes. The way Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati have now opened a front against the Congress, will it spoil the hopes of the Congress getting better success and Kamal Nath coming to power?

As the date of Madhya Pradesh elections is coming closer, the contest between Congress and BJP is also becoming interesting. The challenge for Congress is also increasing. On one hand, Congress rebels have become a cause of concern, while on the other hand, the alliance of BSP and Gondwana Party has also spoiled the calculations of Congress on many seats. The way Akhilesh Yadav has toughened his stance towards Congress, the challenge for Kamal Nath has increased.

BSP and Gondwana Party are contesting the elections together. BSP has fielded candidates on 178 seats while Gondwana Republic Party is contesting on 52 seats. SP has fielded candidates on 71 seats. In the 2018 elections, SP managed to win one seat with 1.30 percent votes while BSP was successful in winning 5 percent votes with two MLAs. In this way, Congress had to be taken along last time to form the government, but this time due to the way relations with SP deteriorated due to seat sharing, Akhilesh Yadav has intensified the attacks tremendously.

Aggressive stance of SP and BSP

On the one hand, dozens of Congressmen, angry over not getting tickets, have rebelled against the party in MP, while on the other hand, Congress's tension has increased after SP and BSP have taken an aggressive stance. Mayawati was seen fiercely attacking Congress in the election rally in Ashoknagar, Madhya Pradesh. Mayawati said that during the election campaign, senior Congress leaders say that caste census should be conducted to provide full benefits to the extremely backward classes. They should know that when the Congress Party remained in power for a long time after the departure of the British, the survey which was first conducted to provide reservation to the backward class people during the Congress rule, was not implemented by the Congress Party government. Did.

If the talks on seat sharing did not work out, they parted ways.

Samajwadi Party and Congress were earlier going to contest elections together in Madhya Pradesh, but the matter of seat sharing could not be worked out. Akhilesh Yadav was expected to get 6 seats, but Congress fielded candidates on all the seats. In such a situation, SP has also fielded its candidates on 71 seats and has started creating an atmosphere against Congress by holding massive rallies. Akhilesh Yadav was seen calling Congress a running party and a fraud and asking them to be cautious of it. Besides, without taking Kamal Nath's name, he also took taunt on his age.

In the last elections there was a triangular contest on 20 seats.

In the last elections, BSP-SP had created a triangular contest on 20 seats, due to which Congress remained away from majority. In this election, not only SP and BSP, but Aam Aadmi Party, Narayan Tripathi, who has separated from BJP and formed his own party, the contest can be interesting. BSP has won seven seats in Madhya Pradesh assembly elections in 2018, four in 2013 and two in 2018. Won seats. SP also managed to win seven seats in 2003 and one seat in 2018.

BSP has fielded candidates on 173 seats

BSP has fielded its candidates on 173 seats, due to which there may be triangular contests at many places. Political analysts believe that these rebel candidates can create problems for Congress and SP and BSP can create concern. In this way, a triangular contest can be seen on about 70 seats. However, even before this in 2018, there was a triangular contest on about 55 seats in Madhya Pradesh, in which BJP had won most of the seats.

This time there may be a triangular contest on more seats than before

This time there will be a triangular contest on more seats than before; Congress is aware that it may suffer losses due to this. This is why it is making every possible effort to weaken these rebels and Congress is trying to do damage control by accusing SP-BSP, who are campaigning aggressively, of being the B-team of BJP. In Madhya Pradesh, adjacent to Uttar Pradesh, SP seems to be challenging Congress on many seats, while the biggest loss to Congress can be caused by the alliance of Gondwana Gantantra Party and BSP. Let's see how Congress does damage control?

SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER