Congress should reduce its blockage
It is tempting to use supposition, political briefings, and news reports to make educated guesses about poll findings. That’s really what passes for election forecasting most of the time. Subsequently, much like astrologers, political pundits also justify their unfulfilled forecasts by attributing the reason for the failure to the politicians rather than the planets: “If only they had done this and that and the other.” Thus, one is cautiously refraining from making any kind of poll forecast.
However, it was difficult to ignore the uproar around claims that a polling business had removed its X post and about a phony survey. Axis My India, a pollster owned by Pradeep Gupta, purportedly removed a post in which he predicted a tough fight for the BJP in thirteen states. The same business was also linked to survey findings that suggested the NDA was behind in the elections. Axis My India quickly acknowledged that this information was untrue and that the business only conducted exit polls rather than opinion surveys.
However, it seems that the BJP will face stiff competition in some states, which it won handily in the 2019 elections. The Opposition must thus be ready to battle the BJP if it hopes to gain anything from such a tight contest. A fabricated poll or a removed X post won’t be sufficient to stop the unstoppable juggernaut. The first round of polling is over, but the Congress is still unprepared.
It is hard to come in Chandigarh and not be struck by the ludicrous opportunism that is taking place in this beautiful city. The neighborhood’s attractive exterior often conceals a large underbelly of quid pro quos. Because of the city’s bipolar battle, it will be simpler for the BJP and the Congress to campaign, compete, and maybe win. The BJP was the first party to declare their candidate.
Not a word of protest came from those who lost out on the selection of the candidate, even though there were four formidable contenders: a serving member of parliament, a former member of parliament, and two past leaders of the local party. The campaign officially began when the candidate was revealed. nevertheless, not for the Congress. Rather of stirring up campaign dust, the announcement of its candidate caused a tempest of criticism. This former MP had lost the previous two elections.
For over a week, all that was discussed in the local media was internal discord. Ultimately, a high command agent had to fly in to appease the vanquished still unyielding boss. It’s anyone’s guess as to what the high command means by its promise, which is euphemism for a quid pro quo for the sake of peace. The Congress has a candidate in the nearby Punjabi seat of Patiala who ousted the incumbent in 2014 thanks to his positive reputation as an idealistic, patient-focused physician. Nonetheless, local congressmen find that insufficient.
With little over a month remaining for voting, local Congress officials are arguing in Patiala rather than attempting to get votes. Voters in Punjab have plenty of alternatives as the major opposition party, the Congress, the governing AAP, the Shiromani Akali Dal, and the BJP square off against each other. Still, the Congress is reluctant to name every contender, and the other three parties haven’t engaged in backbiting this severe. The AAP has formally announced all 13 of its candidates and has launched a full-scale campaign. If a party is going to represent disgruntled voters in any way, it should at least show that it intends to fight hard rather than present a split house.
Even though Haryana’s elections aren’t until May 25, the BJP had declared all of its candidates in late March. Similar to Punjab, Haryana should be considered a challenging state where the BJP may have difficulties. In a desperate bid to stop the anti-incumbency movement, the BJP has nominated former MP Naveen Jindal and former state Congress president Ashok Tanwar, both of whom have already made significant progress. AAP’s lone candidate and member of the INDIA bloc, Sushil Gupta, is also making a lot of effort in his campaign. However, the nine candidates for Congress in this state have not yet been revealed.
Is it the fault of Indian democracy or electronic voting machines that opposition candidates are not declared in states where the BJP is apprehensive about significant losses? The tacit reasoning for the delayed declaration of Congress candidates is to quell dissension and minimize the harm caused by insurrection. However, it is impossible to characterize the arm-twisting and blackmailing of the leadership as a democratic standard; rather, it is simply extortionist bullying of a very weak leadership by people who are driven by power.
When the high command was powerful enough to provide favors of power and prestige, these people mattered. They served as tools for controlling mass leaders. However, they are now a bother. These persons are detrimental to the party when it comes to winning due of the public’s resentment of the incumbent rather than its organizational prowess. It is difficult to discuss the Congress without mentioning its weak organizational and intellectual foundation. It was always a party that sought to rule and gain power.
In a recent video, Rahul Gandhi referred to Congressmen as the party’s backbone and DNA, accusing them of engaging in an ideological conflict. He ought to have been more aware of those who compete just for a ticket in Chandigarh, Patiala, or elsewhere. They resist and leave the party when they are not given it. People who want power and everything that goes along with it will never win an ideological struggle. Rather of encumbring a typical Congress worker with pretentious ideology, the party must realize that the real concern is an ideologically unbiased, disillusioned voter, for whom the Congress is only a tool to unseat the incumbent, whenever the voter chooses to do so.
