Abhijit Ray, Kolkata:-No strong and popular leader will be kept at the state level. Instead, they will be cornered. This has been the formula of the BJP led by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah since 2014. The BJP central leadership is now seeing the negative consequences of that policy. The defeat in Karnataka is the biggest proof of this.Earlier, the BJP government in Himachal Pradesh had collapsed. JyotiradityaScindia has been brought in to corner Shivraj Singh Chouhan in Madhya Pradesh. It is the same in Chhattisgarh. As a result, the BJP is unable to field a chief ministerial candidate for the Chhattisgarh polls. Popular leader Raman Singh, who has been the chief minister for 15 years, has been constantly cornered. As a result, the rise of powerful leaders in the state in the last five years has been blocked.Now, a few months before the elections, leaders close to Raman Singh are also being removed from important posts. As a result, the anger is at its peak. The state president and leader of opposition in the assembly have also been replaced. Bilaspur MP Arun Sau has been appointed as the state president. Narayan Chandel has become the Leader of Opposition. But their acceptance and popularity across the state is low. A section of the party has questioned Om Mathur, an observer sent by the Centre, as to why Raman Singh is being gradually removed from the post of general.After Om Mathur held a party meeting in Raipur, he realised that there was a lot of resentment within the party over the leadership.
Along with this crisis, the bastar region is witnessing a collapse. In other words, important leaders of the party in this tribal-dominated area have joined the Congress with followers and supporters. As a result, the BJP has been weakened considerably. From Raipur to Bilaspur or Bhilai, urban areas as well as bastar, Sukma, Dantewada and Bijapur districts, concerns have been expressed about the way tribals have been disillusioned with the BJP.Meanwhile, the Congress has already chalked out a strategy to woo Hindutva votes by organising a three-day National Ramayana Festival in Raipur. As a result, both the organisation and the vote bank are facing challenges. But the vote is in the shear.
