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As the BJP fell well short of the majority mark in Parliament in the recent Lok Sabha elections, one of the states where it lost ground is Maharashtra as itstally fell from 23 to nine.
With the Maharashtra Assembly elections slated for October this year and weeks after it saw its Lok Sabha poll tally in the state dip to 9 seats from 23 in the 2019 polls, the BJP has come up with a two-pronged strategy to reclaim its dominant position in the state.
For the BJP, apart from Uttar Pradesh, its performance in Maharashtra in the Lok Sabha elections is likely to be as big a disappointment. While the party’s tally plummeted from 23 to nine, its allies did not fare much better either as the Shiv Sena won seven and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) of Ajit Pawar only one.
Stung by its poor performance in Maharashtra that saw its tally fall from 23 in 2019 to nine this time, the BJP has decided to undertake a massive outreach plan — “ghar ghar chalo abhiyan (let’s go to every household campaign)” — in a bid to reconnect with voters. This was among the many decisions taken at a meeting of the party’s state leadership held on Friday to conduct an initial review of the election results.
Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis met with Amit Shah on Saturday amid resignation buzz. The development came mere days after the BJP leader announced plans to step down ahead of assembly polls.
Hours after Maharashtra BJP leader Devendra Fadnavis offered to resign as Deputy Chief Minister over the party’s poor performance in the state, he received a call from Union Home Minister Amit Shah, assuring a hearing to him regarding his concerns.
In the five-phase elections for the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra that wrapped up on Monday, with the Mahayuti and Maha Vikas Aghadi coalitions locked in intense battle, five groups which will be a deciding factor are the Marathas, OBCs, Muslims, Dalits and tribals.
With more than half of Uttar Pradesh’s 80 Lok Sabha seats up for grabs in the last three phases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will continue his campaign tour across the Hindi heartland state that is critical to the BJP’s prospects. On Friday, he will address three rallies in Barabanki, Fatehpur, and Hamirpur constituencies.