Breaking into the electoral fort of punjab has always been a challenge for the bharatiya janata party (BJP), due to which it has
always contested elections in alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD). But this time bjp has made up its mind to enter the
electoral battle alone. The news of forging an alliance again has been denied by the Akali Dal. But looking at the political
calculations, it is still discussed in the state that it is 'compulsion' for the Akali Dal and the bjp to come together to break the
fort of Punjab. Let's understand the inside thing from the figures...
bjp preparing political ground
After the big defeat in the last assembly elections, the bjp has managed to get a large number of Sikh and Hindu leaders from
other parties to join its fold. But it doesn't seem to be helping much in the lok sabha elections. If the bjp has to prepare its
political ground in punjab, then it will have to go back to the alliance with the Akali Dal. But bjp does not want to do this
under any circumstances. BJP's punjab unit vice-president Subhash Sharma says that his party is growing in Punjab. It has
been only 2 years since the alliance with Akali Dal ended, in such a situation, his party is an emerging party in the state. It
takes some time for a party to be able to show political results.
Know what the figures say?
If we talk about statistics, in the 2014 lok sabha elections, bjp and Akali Dal together won 6 seats in Punjab. On the other
hand, in the 2019 lok sabha elections, the Akali alliance got 4 seats. The BJP-Akali Dal alliance got 37.08 per cent votes. On
the other hand, according to IDC director Pramod Kumar, the bjp has a vote share of between 6 percent and 8 percent in
punjab, which is not going to increase even now.
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