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Assembly poll results show ‘Modi magic’ remains strong in Hindi heartland
12/3/2023 11:22:39 PM
Agencies

New Delhi, Dec 3: The assembly poll results on Sunday have delivered a ringing endorsement of the BJP’s strategy centred on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal and governance plank, quashing the Congress’ hopes of revival in the Hindi heartland and boosting the impression that the ruling party is favourite to retain power for a third straight term in 2024.
The BJP had taken the gambit of not projecting any chief ministerial face and built its campaign around grander narratives involving the Modi government’s works despite misgivings in some quarters, as the five state polls came months after the Karnataka elections where a similar strategy came unstuck. A big win in Karnataka had fuelled the Congress’ hopes that it had finally found a counter-punch powered by local leadership and welfare guarantees to put the BJP on the defensive but Sunday’s verdict makes it clear that the ‘Modi magic’ remains strong and can turn the tide in the states where it enjoys strong organisational presence. If anything, the BJP amplified its pitch around the prime minister during these polls as its manifestoes featured his guarantees, with Modi crisscrossing the poll-bound states, except for Mizoram, to seek popular support to deliver on his welfare and development promises.
He addressed 14 rallies each in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh and five in Chhattisgarh after the polls were announced. He held two massive roadshows in Rajasthan and one in Madhya Pradesh and his entries in many of rally venues were marked by a drive through cheering supporters.
The extent of the party’s win in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh has taken even some of its leaders by surprise, as most exit polls gave the Congress an edge in the former and were mixed in their forecast for the latter. A campaign devised by its central leadership with Home Minister Amit Shah focussing more on Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh worked like a magic, party leaders said. It tapped into anti-incumbency against Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel-led government and countered the perceived indifference in some segments of voters with Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan-led dispensation, with intensive ground work and having many regional satraps and MPs, including Union ministers, contest the polls. However, Chouhan has succeeded in making a point against detractors by spearheading his campaign around his government’s schemes, especially ‘ladli bahna’ scheme, and making an emotional connect with voters. He has fashioned himself as people’s avuncular ‘mama’ and, by most accounts, the strategy worked, more so as his image of an affable and everyday man contrasted nicely for him against Congress’ chief ministerial face Kamal Nath, termed by critics as someone who is arrogant and not a team man. It will draw particular satisfaction from the Congress’ decimation in the three Hindi-speaking states as the opposition party, especially its leader Rahul Gandhi, had made a big issue around the demand of caste census to reach out to Other Backward Classes voters.
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