2024-09-24 19:08:10
Chandigarh : The Bharatiya Janata Party is going to adopt many experiments on the electoral chessboard of Haryana. The BJP is also doing some new experiments to keep the key to power in its hands at all costs. The BJP, which is eyeing the Dalit and Jat votes along with the Vaishya and backward caste votes, has also done an innovative caste experiment in this election.
Vaishya and backward became the base
In this election too, the Bharatiya Janata Party has focused on Vaishya and backward castes. This time, the strategists of the BJP have fielded 22 OBCs from the group of 42 percent OBCs. Focusing on the Vaishya caste, the Bharatiya Janata Party has played the game of victory with the help of Nayab Singh Saini. However, by fielding five candidates from the Vaishya caste, the BJP has focused on some other castes. Under the guise of CM Face, the BJP wants to make inroads into some other castes.
Sideways glance at Jat
This time BJP has not relied much on Jat votes. The reason for this distrust is the continuous support of Jats to Congress. This is also the reason why BJP strategists have given very few candidates from Jats as compared to the 2014 assembly elections. A total of 24 candidates were fielded in the 2014 Haryana assembly elections. In the 2019 Haryana assembly elections, BJP has made its vision clear by trying its luck on a total of 19 candidates.
Targeting Brahmin vote bank
BJP, which is constantly experimenting, has also targeted some minority voters to influence the majority in the Haryana Legislative Assembly. This time the BJP’s target is Brahmin votes. Their percentage is only 12, but they have a hold in many assembly constituencies. And to turn them towards the BJP, Brahmin candidates have been fielded from 12 assembly constituencies.
Along with this, as a part of a well thought out strategy, BJP has also projected a strong Brahmin leader Anil Vij as the CM in the eyes of Brahmins. However, this expectation has been raised by senior BJP leader Anil Vij himself. It is a different matter that Union Home Minister Amit Shah has declared in favour of Shri Saini, yet the inclination of Brahmin votes remains towards BJP.
resorting to the politics of disarray
Apart from all this, BJP’s focus is on every situation of division of Congress votes. It is being discussed that BJP’s role is important in the alliance of INLD and BSP. Apart from this, the alliance of JJP and Chandrashekhar’s party has also revived BJP’s hope that there will be division of Dalit and Jat votes in the state.
The lack of agreement between Aam Aadmi Party and Congress also seems to be indirectly helping BJP. Wherever Aam Aadmi Party fields candidates, they will only make a dent in Congress votes.
BJP benefits from Selja controversy!
The internal conflict in Congress can also hinder the aggressive voting of Congress. It would not be an exaggeration if the effect of the differences between Bhupendra Singh Hooda and Kumari Selja regarding the Jat and Dalit leadership is also seen in the elections. In the Lok Sabha elections, the effect of Kumari Selja was seen on the Dalit votes and with the consolidation of Jat votes, Congress won five seats out of 10 Lok Sabha seats. But this time Kumari Selja’s laxity can help the BJP.
Reliance on external candidates
This time, BJP strategists have fielded famous leaders from other parties on BJP ticket. BJP strategists are confident of their claim. BJP strategists have tried their luck on Devendra Babli, Ramkumar Gautam, Pawan Kumar and Sanjay Kamalan from JJP, Nikhil Madan, Bhavya Vishnoi, Shruti Chaudhary from Congress, Shakti Singh from Haryana Jan Chetna Party and Shyam Singh Rana from INLD.