Amit Shah’s last stop was Bhopal, where BJP has been winning the Lok Sabha elections since 1989.
Bhopal:
BJP is defending itself in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, days before Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra enters the state. Gwalior, which is clearly angry with the BJP, will be the gateway to the Congress’ padayatra.
BJP’s chief strategist, Union Home Minister Amit Shah held a meeting of party workers there on Sunday, where he made a specific suggestion to contribute to the BJP’s victory.
Addressing booth level workers in Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency, Mr Shah urged each worker to add 370 additional votes at each booth. By taking this step statewide and nationwide, the BJP can win all 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh and more than 370 seats across India, he said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the party a target of 400 seats this year.
Of the five constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior is expected to see the toughest fight between the BJP and the Congress. Both the parties were in a tough fight in the recently held assembly elections, in which BJP won 18 seats and Congress was left behind with just two seats.
Party sources indicated that the reason was the Dalit Brahmin factor – Dalits have been troubled by caste-based crimes since 2018 and Brahmins are upset by the lack of representation. Both sections had opposed the BJP, due to which the performance was below normal.
BJP is working on the solution. To calm the anger of Dalits, he had offered several schemes for them before the assembly elections.
There are plans to bring Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma – a Brahmin face – to campaign in this area.
Mr Shah’s second stop on Sunday was Khajuraho, which the Congress has left for the Samajwadi Party this time as per the seat sharing agreement. In the recent assembly elections, BJP had won all the eight assembly seats there.
Mr Shah’s last stop was Bhopal, where the BJP has been winning Lok Sabha elections since 1989 and won six of the eight assembly constituencies in the 2023 elections.
KK Mishra, head of the party’s state media cell, said, ‘On one hand BJP claims that they are going to win 400 seats and on the other hand they are scared of the visit of Rahul Gandhi and Congress.’
