NDA allies are worrying the BJP's 400 paar.... wish
The BJP's 40-odd allies are turning out to be its bane in some of the states who are contesting around 100 seats in 2024 polls. The allies are contesting around 100 seats and unable to perform, forcing the BJP to put its own “Abki Baar 400 Paar” slogan on the back-burner.
The BJP's allies in Bihar contesting 23 out of 40 seats are unable to campaign jointly as Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has not forgiven Chirag Paswan, president LJP (Ram Vilas) for his role in the 2020 Assembly polls. Chirag is contesting five seats. The other two allies, RLM and HAM are also facing a challenge and JD (U) may not win 16 seats it is contesting.
In Karnataka, Janata Dal (S) of H D Deve Gowda has become a liability for BJP after the sex scandal broke out and may not win 25 seats it won in 2019.
The most worrying state is Maharashtra where no pollster is giving 41 seats to the NDA it won in 2019 out of 48. It is said that Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) and NCP (Ajit Pawar) may not deliver out of 19-odd seats it is contesting though BJP may do well.
In UP, the BJP has given six seats to its allies (Apna Dal-2, RLD -2, SBSP-1 & Nishad-1) and hopes to improve its 2019 tally of 64 seats.
Andhra Pradesh is perhaps the only state where the BJP will do well and may win a majority of 25 Lok Sabha seats as alliance partners are working in tandem. The BJP is contesting six seats and doing well. In Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the BJP is hoping to open its account with the help of eight smaller parties there.
In Jharkhand, like in 2019, the party has given one seat to ally AJSU and looks comfortable and same goes for North East as well where it has nearly 7-8 allies.
