Elections 2024 / Why is PM Modi on 'Mission South'? BJP's plan set to cross 400

Elections 2024: This time, crossing four hundred. This is Prime Minister Narendra Modi's motto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, but how will this happen? Because it will be very difficult to reach four hundred seats without winning five states of South India. Perhaps that is why this time, Prime Minister Modi's victory chariot has set out in South India with the slogan 'Chaar Hundred Paar'. Prime Minister Modi has set out on a victory campaign of five days and 120 hours.

To achieve the target of 400, Prime Minister Modi has increased the focus on 129 Lok Sabha seats of South India. Under this campaign, PM Modi held his first election rally in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. People's love for PM was also visible in the rally in Palanadu. PM Modi also attacked the Jagan government of the state and the Congress and said that my aim is to develop India and Andhra Pradesh. PM said, I am getting the blessings of Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh. With this blessing of the Trinity, the country will take even bigger decisions in the third term of our government.

How is BJP's mathematics in Andhra Pradesh?

In Andhra Pradesh, BJP has an alliance with TDP and Jana Sena Party. Therefore, leaders and workers of all three parties were present in the rally in Palnadu. With the coming together of Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan, BJP has become in a very strong position in Andhra Pradesh with 25 seats. BJP's organization is strong in Karnataka and Telangana. After forming the alliance in Andhra, BJP's expectations from this southern state have also increased.

Why Prime Minister Modi is called the best communicator was visible in the rally in Palanadu. Pawan Kalyan of Jana Sena Party was giving his speech. During this time some people climbed the tower. PM Modi stopped Pawan Kalyan midway, and then came on the mike and asked the people to get down. PM said, Pawan, please police people, take them down, there are electrical wires there, what are you doing? Please, come down. Your life is precious for us. You come down.

PM will cover 129 seats in 120 hours

In this election, PM Modi's entire focus is on the South because Tamil Nadu has 39, Kerala 20, Telangana 17, Andhra Pradesh 25 and Karnataka 28 Lok Sabha seats. If the seats of these five states are combined, there will be 129 seats in the Lok Sabha. In such a situation, if BJP succeeds in getting maximum seats from here, then it can easily achieve its target. PM Modi has prepared a plan to cover 129 seats in 120 hours.

After the show of strength in Andhra Pradesh, PM Modi is going to spend the next 48 hours in Telangana, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. During this time he will hold big road shows and rallies. PM Modi will hold a public meeting tomorrow i.e. on March 18 at 11.30 am in Jagtial, Telangana. His rally will be held in Shivamogga, Karnataka at 3.15 pm. After Telangana and Karnataka, PM will go to Tamil Nadu. He will have a huge road show in Coimbatore at 5.45 pm. Prime Minister Modi will spend the night of March 18 at the Circuit House in Coimbatore. On March 19, at 10.30 am, the Prime Minister will hold a road show in Palakkad, Kerala. He will again go to Tamil Nadu at 1 pm on the same day. Where he will have a big rally in Salem.

BJP is in a strong position in Karnataka

Karnataka and Telangana are two such states in the south, from where BJP MPs have been reaching the Lok Sabha. BJP is in a strong position in Karnataka and has been consistently performing well in the Lok Sabha elections. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, BJP had got 17 seats in Karnataka, its vote share was about 43 percent. BJP became stronger in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Its seats increased to 25, while the vote percentage reached 51.38 percent. Prime Minister Modi is trying to not only repeat this performance of BJP in Karnataka with 28 seats, but also increase this figure further.

Last time, BJP had won 29 out of 129 Lok Sabha seats in South India's Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala and Telangana. Of these, 25 were from Karnataka and four from Telangana. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP did not get even one of the 84 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. This is the reason why PM Modi and BJP are paying attention to these southern states.