Before the elections in Madhya Pradesh, all the parties have started setting their own equations. Meanwhile, it is seen that the social equation is dominating all other issues in the electoral politics in the state, which has increased the tension of the BJP. In this election, to deal with the anti-incumbency atmosphere, BJP’s emphasis is to bring the tribal and Dalit community in favor of the party, which is once said to be a big supporter of Congress. This was the reason that PM Modi himself visited the state and tried to help the Dalit community. Congress is working on its strategy and preparing for elections keeping in mind its old voters. Among the old supporters of the Congress, there has been a large section of the tribal and Dalit community.
Laying the foundation stone of the grand temple of Saint Ravidas near Sagar by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is linked to the future Dalit strategy of the party. On this occasion, PM Modi said on Saturday that Dalits, Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and tribals are getting due respect during his government’s rule, while the previous governments neglected these classes and remembered them only during elections. Did. Those in the know are seeing the said statement of the Prime Minister as an exercise to bring these sections in favor of the BJP. In his address, PM Modi also alleged that the previous governments failed to provide water to the poor, whereas Dalit settlements, backward areas and tribal areas are now getting tap water due to the Jal Jeevan Mission during his government. .
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Talking about Sagar, it is a big city of Bundelkhand. Bundelkhand is the region which is divided into Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh. Dalit population is very high in this area. When the BSP was at the peak of its politics, it also got a lot of strength in Bundelkhand from the support of the Dalit community and the Bahujan community formed by mixing the backward. Now that the BSP is looking weak, along with the BJP, the Congress is also keeping a close eye on this vote bank. Both the parties are trying their best to win this vote bank in their favor.
Now if we look at the old figures, before the rise of BSP in Indian politics, Dalit community has been a strong supporter of Congress. Later, when the Congress became weak, a section of it also joined the BJP. Due to Dalit support along with forward-backward class supporters, BJP got a chance to perform well on the seats reserved for Scheduled Castes, but now the situation seems different. It has been almost two decades (except one and a half years in between) for the BJP in the state. In such a situation, the anti-incumbency environment can also become a cause of trouble for the party.
Strong of BJP
If we talk about the strong side of BJP, Chief Minister is Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who has been in charge of Madhya Pradesh for the last decade and a half. He remains the undisputed leader of the BJP along with the Chief Minister. In such a situation, BJP seems to be getting huge support from the backward classes. But resentment is also visible in other communities. There is also Dalit community in the angry community, which has about 15 to 16 percent voters, whose effect is seen in about 84 seats apart from the 35 seats reserved for the scheduled castes of the state.
state of the last election
Now BJP has tried to strengthen this Dalit support from the grand temple of Saint Ravidas. In fact, in the last election, the BJP was seen to be jolting the seats reserved for Scheduled Castes. Out of these 35 seats, BJP had won 18 seats. 17 seats went to the account of the Congress. Prior to this, in the 2013 elections, BJP had won 28 seats.