11 states going to
polls in 2022-23
Modi in Mission mode
to win all
Without waiting for
the outcome of the Assembly polls in Gujarat, the BJP leadership has put its
machinery in top gear in nine other states which will go to polls in the run up
to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The Assembly polls in Himachal were held on
November 12. Prime Minister Modi has conveyed to the BJP leadership to put the
winning plan in operation in these nine states and BJP’s core group meeting was
held earlier this month.
It was decided that
Assembly polls will be fought under Modi’s leadership. The BJP has already
ordered internal surveys in these states. A BJP win in these states will
increase party' numerical strength in Rajya Sabha too.
Nine other states
which are to go to polls in February 2023 include Tripura, Meghalaya and
Nagaland while Karnataka will go to polls in May 2023. The Prime Minister
has already visited Karnataka twice and would undertake more visits in the
months to come in order to retain the BJP bastion. Tripura is also ruled by the
BJP while in Nagaland, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio (NDPP) is a BJP ally.
However, in Meghalaya, the BJP suffered a setback when Chief Minister Conard
Sangma's party quit the NDA. The BJP will have to find a new turf to be part of
the ruling groupings. Thereafter, five states, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh,
Rajasthan, Mizoram and Telangana will go to polls in
November-December 2023. The BJP is in power in Madhya Pradesh while in Mizoram
ruling MNF is part of the NDA. The Congress is ruling Chhattisgarh and
Rajasthan while K Chandrashekhar Rao of TRS is ruling Telangana. The Assembly polls will be held along with
Lok Sabha in May 2024 in Andhra Pradesh (YSR-Congress), Arunachal (BJP), Odisha
(BJD) and Sikkim (SKM –NDA).
