BJP trying to fortify its presence in poll bound states

The Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to focus on states that have elections in the coming few months. Through central leaders, the party high command has greatly increased the intervention in these states, and from time to time by calling the Chief Ministers of these states and sending the central leaders there, the party is setting the guidelines for those states. Let's have a look at this report filed by ETV Bharat's Anamika Ratna.

Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath during his visit to the National Capital was briefed about the guidelines related to the expansion of the cabinet and other activities that are underway in the party. Earlier, the Chief Minister of Uttarakhand was changed in a hurry by the party and now the eyes of the party's central leaders are on Gujarat. Hence, the party's senior national general secretary and in-charge of Gujarat, Bhupendra Yadav, was sent to the state on Tuesday itself, after having returned from his Gujarat tour only two days ago.

If sources are to be believed, Bhupendra Yadav had prepared a report related to the dissatisfaction that arose over the Gujarat government's mismanagement during Covid-19 and submitted it to the high command. He even attended the meeting of the legislative party which was held there on Tuesday. Generally, the state in charge is not very important in the meeting of the legislative party.

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If sources are to be believed, the elections in Gujarat will be held at the end of 2022 and before that, the party high command wants to make a radical change in the organization and government, so that there would be no obstacles for the party to assume power in the home constituency of both the Prime Minister and the Home Minister. Even before this, in his last visit, Bhupendra Yadav had held a meeting of the Gujarat Core Committee, in which he had warned the leaders to begin preparations for the Gujarat Assembly elections.

It is known that the BJP had changed the leadership in Uttarakhand, on the contrary, the guidelines for the work of the UP Chief Minister have been fixed, and it is likely that the elections will be fought under the leadership of Yogi Adityanath. Now, it has to be seen whether the party adopts the formula of Uttarakhand or Uttar Pradesh in the upcoming 2022 Gujarat elections. The party is not able to decide on this issue yet and this is the reason why efforts are being made to explain the situation to Vijay Rupani through discussions and meetings, regarding the dissatisfaction that has arisen inside the party.

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Not just that, the high command amid rumblings within the party in Karnataka has sent National General Secretary Arun Singh to Bengaluru on Wednesday, where Mr Singh will interact with the MLAs and Chief Minister Yeddyurappa to prepare a review report. However in Gujarat, since the time MP CR Patil has been given the command of the state as Gujarat state president, there has been no difference of opinion among the leaders to a large extent, according to sources.

Speaking about the preparations for upcoming polls, Gujarat State President CR Patil, said that when elections are held in any state, preparations should begin way in advance. He added that the BJP prepares well in advance for elections, unlike other parties which begin just before elections. Mr Patil said that his party does not work only for the elections, but has been working in the state for the whole 5 years and this is the reason for the preparations for the 2022 elections to have begun. It is in this context that Bhupendra Yadav is arriving in Gujarat.

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On being questioned whether there has been some dissatisfaction within the party over covid 19 mismanagement by the Rupani government, the Gujarat State President CR Patil said that none had anticipated the deadly pandemic and despite the challenges faced, the Gujarat government handled the situation well. He also said that all efforts were taken to ensure a sufficient supply of oxygen and medicines. Also, when asked whether elections in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand will be held before Gujarat, and its impact on the elections, Patil said that the state has its own culture and system. There is nature and this state has its own identity and tradition and the voting trend here is also different from other states. Elections are held here only in the name of development, that is why it would be fair to say that the results of Gujarat will definitely affect the whole country, but the results of other states do not affect Gujarat much, Patil said.