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An initial internal assessment of the fall in the BJP’s tally in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, and Rajasthan points to the consolidation of Jat, Dalit, and Muslim votes behind the Opposition and poor poll management, including the selection of candidates, as reasons that may have contributed to its below-par performance.
Murlidhar Mohol, 49, started off as a booth-level worker for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), went on to become Pune Mayor and is now the city’s first Lok Sabha member to be part of the Union Council of Ministers in 38 years. The Minister of State for the ministries of Civil Aviation and Cooperation — a former wrestler whose grandfather, father, uncle and elder brother have all been wrestlers — spoke to The Indian Express about his elevation to New Delhi’s political arena, cooperative institutions, RSS Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat recent remarks on electoral decorum, the forthcoming state polls in Maharashtra and the Porsche hit-and-run case. Edited excerpts:
Buoyed by the success of their tie-up in Uttar Pradesh in the recent Lok Sabha polls, the Congress and the Samajwadi Party (SP) are ready to walk the extra mile and continue their bonhomie in the coming days, aiming to become “a force and a stronger Opposition” against the BJP.
Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament and TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee announced on June 12 that he is taking a ‘short hiatus from the organisation due to ’pressing medical reasons'. Banerjee is a Lok Sabha member from Diamond Harbour (West Bengal) seats of West Bengal and the National General Secretary of the Mamata Banerjee-led (TMC).
In the just-concluded elections to the 18th Lok Sabha, the incumbent BJP bagged 240 seats, which marked a sharp drop from its tally of 303 seats in the 2019 polls. In contrast, the principal Opposition Congress won 99 seats, nearly doubling its 2019 tally of 52 seats.
Amid some discordant notes among BJP allies over allocations in the Union Council of Ministers, the Shiv Sena on Monday said its support for the Narendra Modi-led government was unconditional and there was no bargaining happening for any Cabinet post or portfolio.
With the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) returning to power for a third term and the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) emerging as a key pillar of the ruling coalition, there are signs of a thaw in the relationship between TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and Andhra Pradesh BJP president Dr Daggubati Purandeswari who is also Naidu’s sister-in-law.
Actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi who is the the first BJP Lok Sabha MP from Kerala is slated to join Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Council of Ministers on Sunday.