With the bjp coming to power in 3 out of the four state election results, it has increased its strength by running the government in a total of 17 states and is gearing up for the upcoming lok sabha elections with renewed vigour. With the bjp coming to power in 3 out of the four state election results, it has increased its strength by running the government in a total of 17 states and is gearing up for the upcoming lok sabha elections with renewed vigour.
On the other hand, congress leader rahul gandhi has tried to connect with the people through many initiatives, but the number of states in which the congress party is in power has fallen to only 4. bjp is in power in 12 states on its own while in 5 states it is ruling by alliance. The congress is in power only in Himachal, karnataka and the recently won telangana which has seen a drop to just 3. On the other hand aam aadmi party (AAP) is ruling in 2 states.
Uttarakhand, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Goa, Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, rajasthan and chhattisgarh are 12 states where bjp is in power. maharashtra, Meghalaya, Puducherry, Nagaland and sikkim are five states where the bjp is in power with an alliance.
Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh. jharkhand and telangana are now the 4 Congress-held states, while punjab and delhi are the Aam Aadmi Party-held states. Other parties are in power in tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, bihar and West Bengal. Mizoram election results was announced yesterday.
In the wake of the post-election polls analyzing that an independent assembly may be created in most of the states, the national parties had devised a heavy strategy to hold the MLAs of their parties. But all the parties got a clear majority everywhere and the strategy of resort politics has been undermined.
Anticipating the creation of an independent Legislative assembly in telangana, the congress party had sent a delegation of ministers from karnataka to telangana and had booked rooms at the Taj krishna luxury hotel in hyderabad to protect their party candidates. They also brought luxury buses to transport the winners to other places and prepared to wait for the election results and then leave. But all these tactics are watered down and with a clear majority in telangana, there seems to be no appetite for horse trading. Also BJP's calculation which was dreaming of a kingmaker in telangana has also been turned upside down and it has only succeeded in opening accounts there.
Even in rajasthan, national parties held talks with their rebel candidates, independents and smaller parties. Now clear majority has come to the extent of one-party rule in all the states without anyone's hangup, rendering the strategy of resort politics useless as part of the operation that was going on when the Anantara Legislative assembly was created. Also, since the bjp has won in 3 states this time, there is no chance of change in the future even in states like maharashtra with a surprise change of government.
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