Reportedly after discussions have started about BJP-JDS alliance in the upcoming lok sabha elections, discussions have also started about whether JDS will support sumalatha if she contests as bjp candidate from Mandya constituency. Sumalatha, who is currently a non-party mp, has only announced external support for the BJP. He is certain to join the bjp by the time of the 2024 lok sabha elections. bjp high command has decided to field sumalatha from Mandya lok sabha constituency. For that, bjp politician chanakya Amitsha has rolled the dice against JDS chief HD Deve Gowda to give up Mandya constituency.
A point of prestige for JDS: Mandya is a point of prestige for JDS. It has more organizational power and more voters than BJP. There is no example of bjp winning the Mandya lok sabha seat till now. Now the bjp has devised a strategy to open the account for the first time by fielding Sumalatha. In the 2019 lok sabha elections, Nikhil Kumaraswamy, the son of chief minister HD Kumaraswamy, was fielded as the candidate of the JDS-Congress alliance. sumalatha entered the fray as his rival. At that time, bjp had announced full support to Sumalta without fielding a candidate. sumalatha who was a non-party candidate was victorious. Will all the former MLAs agree?: The question naturally arises whether JDS seniors and local leaders will fully support Sumalata Ambarish, who was responsible for the defeat of JDS then, as the bjp candidate in the 2024 lok sabha elections. The bjp high command told Deve Gowda that he had promised to give up the Mandya constituency to mp sumalatha Ambarish, and said that Deve Gowda should discuss this with the local leaders i.e. the former JDS MLAs of Mandya district. Even after sumalatha won the last lok sabha elections, the JDS party was her direct target. Former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy and JDS MLAs were attacked. It is a significant point that all former MLAs of JDS including HD Kumaraswamy will try hard to win Sumalatha, forgetting all that happened in the past.
Dosti to tie the Congress: The main goal of the BJP-JDS is to tie the congress party in power with a majority in the lok sabha elections. So JDS has chosen bjp as its partner. So it is imperative for JDS to work hard for Sumalatha's victory. Even if the local leaders do not agree, it is curious that the generals will make them surrender. On the other hand, there are no strong candidates from the congress party to contest the Lok Sabha. Realizing this, bjp is planning to field sumalatha and win the constituency with the support of JDS. In the non-existent Mandya district, the bjp created a record by winning the KR Pet by-election held in 2019. Similarly, in the lok sabha, too, there is a passion for opening accounts.
Struggle for survival: JDS is weak after losing 6 assembly constituencies in Mandya district in 2023 assembly constituency elections. Mandya has won only one lok sabha, two Vidhan Parishad elections and 7 general assembly elections in 5 years in Mandya. Now Mandya is looking forward to winning the lok sabha elections to maintain its presence in the district. Now the BJP's condition that the Mandya constituency should be given up has turned cold water on the dream of the JDS, which has been struggling to survive in the Mandya district.
If the former MLAs of JDS, who have been criticizing mp sumalatha for four years, give in to the pressure of the leaders, they will have to stand in support of Sumalatha. It is said that it is possible but there is a saying that anything can happen in politics. Once Mandya's former MLAs do not support Sumalatha, then what decision will the Dalpatis make or bjp will leave Mandya to JDS and field sumalatha from another constituency? victory is not easy for Sumalathari: The political situation in Mandya in 2019 is no longer there for Sumalata Ambarish. So the 2024 election is not easy for them. Again, there is no favorable political environment to win as a non-party candidate. On that day some of the congress, bjp, Raitha Sangh and JDS stood in support of Sumalatha's victory. Now such situations are gone. Sumalatha, who is a non-party mp, wants to find a political base in the bjp by the next election.
Congress will field its candidates against him. If the JDS agrees to support Sumalatha, it will be inevitable that all former MLAs like former cm HD Kumaraswamy will have to be taken into confidence by Sumalatha. Recently, mp sumalatha has been taking a soft stance on JDS. He is showing a stand against the congress party in the Cauvery struggle. So far against JDS.
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