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Krishna’s leadership with a vote per- loom just four months away, the al- heartland states--Madhya Pradesh, ters hosted a meeting of BJP leaders
centage of 40.84. location of seats becomes pivotal for Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh it being from across the nation.
The Karnataka win gave new the and INDIA bloc, especially after said that that the Bharatiya Janata The Bharatiya Janata Party has
hopes to the opposition brigade, as recent electoral setbacks. Party (BJP) has strengthened its po- set a target of achieving a 50 per cent
the Congress was seen to be finally This discontent among INDIA sition to face the INDIA bloc in the vote share. Along with this, the party
regaining its footprint after a series bloc leaders is not unprecedented, as 2024 Lok Sabha elections. will start cluster meetings after Jan-
of electoral defeats in 2022, the only evident from previous meetings. The Congress party was in power uary 15 and Yuva Morcha will hold
exception being Himachal Pradesh. During the Assembly elections in Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and 5000 conferences across the country.
statements made by SP chief Akh- was a major contender in Madhya According to sources, Union
CHALLENGES FOR INDIA ilesh Yadav and Congress state pres- Pradesh and Telangana. However, it Home Minister Amit Shah has asked
BLOC IN 2024 ident Ajay Rai had created the rift only secured victory in the southern all the officials in the meeting to en-
between the parties. Later, the Con- state, taking power from the domi- sure a bumper victory margin in the
s the 2024 Lok Sabha elec- gress high command had intervened nant Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS). Lok Sabha elections.
tions draw near, India’s polit- and talked to the SP chief to solve After which, Congress will now Cluster meetings will be orga-
Aical landscape is undergoing a the issue. be in power in three states--Himach- nized by dividing Lok Sabhas across
significant reshuffling. The emerging Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh al Pradesh, Karnataka, and Telanga- the country into clusters. In these
INDIA (Indian National Develop- Yadav attacked its INDIA block ally na. clusters, Prime Minister Narendra
mental Inclusive Alliance) consor- Congress on caste census, reminding The 3-1 scoreline in this round Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah,
tium is gearing up to challenge the them that the party did not conduct of assembly elections is a comforting Defence Minister Rajnath Singh,
established National Democratic Al- a caste census when it was in power. signal for the BJP’s poll prospects and BJP President JP Nadda will ad-
liance, setting the stage for an elec- “Congress is the party that did next year. dress public meetings.
toral showdown. not conduct caste census after inde- The party had crafted its cam- Yuva Morcha will start new voter
The political landscape of India pendence... When all the parties in paign around the PM, his welfare in- conferences on January 24. The BJP
is experiencing a profound transfor- the Lok Sabha were demanding a terventions and larger credibility. Yuva Morcha will organise 5,000 con-
mation in anticipation of the 2024 caste census, they did not conduct a During the recently concluded ferences across the country. Along
elections. The rise of the INDIA al- caste census,” Akhilesh Yadav told Assembly polls, PM Modi stood as with this, social conferences will also
liance, a revamped version of the ex- ANI Satna in poll-bound Madhya the pivotal figure for the BJP, dis- be organised across the country.
isting UPA, poses a formidable chal- Pradesh. pelling any concern about ‘sidelining’ The outcomes have strength-
lenge to the enduring supremacy of Given that concerns such as the party stalwarts. The PM’s resonance ened Modi’s role as the triumphant
the NDA. caste census failed to strike a chord with the electorate, along with the figurehead for the party. Despite
This transformation, character- with voters in recent state elections, “Modi ki guarantee” slogan, won Congress’s efforts to buck the anti-in-
ised by shifting alliances, alterations leaders of the INDIA bloc may re- over Congress’s manifesto. cumbency trend, Modi’s guarantees
in vote percentages, and fluctuations consider their strategy and work on By messaging and strategy, the and the BJP’s persistent emphasis on
in seat allocations, highlights the dy- formulating a fresh approach. BJP effectively communicates the highlighting Congress’s shortcom-
namic and unpredictable nature of mantra of ‘sabka saath, sabka vish- ings thwarted their endeavours.
India’s electoral scenario. BJP’S PLANS FOR 2024 was, and sabka prayaas’, emphasis- The safety-first stance of the op-
Till now, the INDIA bloc have LOK SABHA POLLS ing Modi’s inclusive governance ap- position parties stems from the BJP’s
held four meeting. The first meet- proach. assembly wins, which it plans to build
ing of the joint opposition convened s the battle for 2024 begins, The ruling party is going all out upon with the upcoming inaugura-
in Patna on June 23 and the second the BJP undeniably maintains to capture the hearts of people for tion of the Ram Temple in Ayodhya,
meeting was held in Bengaluru on Athe upper hand. After secur- the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. On raising concerns that the insertion of
July 17-18. The third meeting hap- ing victories in three crucial Hindi December 22, the party headquar- the Jammu and Kashmir issue into
pened in Mumbai on August 31-Sep- the debate will further help the BJP
tember 1 and the fourth meeting was paint the opposition as pandering to
held on December 19 in the national the “vote-bank”.
capital. It is expected that the BJP, in
INDIA (Indian National Devel- its campaign, will highlight the Ram
opmental Inclusive Alliance) parties Temple that will be inaugurated in
are seeking to put a united challenge Ayodhya on January 22, 2024, just
against the BJP-led NDA in the 2024 a few months ahead of the national
Lok Sabha polls. elections.
The 28 parties participated in Along with this, BJP has decided
the fourth meeting and kept their to run a campaign for Ram Mandir
thoughts before the committee of the celebrations starting January 1, in
alliance. which BJP workers will go door to
But the INDIA bloc might door in all the villages across the
face the challenge of finalising a country and encourage ten crore
seat-sharing arrangement and agree- families to participate in Diya Light-
ment on a PM face. The centrality of ning programs for Ram Temple in
the Congress to the bloc was inadver- Ayodhya.
tently endorsed by Mamata Banerjee The evolving political narrative
and Arvind Kejriwal, when they pro- in India will play a crucial role in in-
posed Congress president Mallikar- fluencing the upcoming elections, ne-
jun Kharge as the PM face of the cessitating careful scrutiny. The 2024
INDIA bloc but Kharge said that the Lok Sabha elections will be held next
question of PM face could be decid- Ram Temple Head Priest Acharya Satyendra Das in Ayodhya on Thursday. The opening of year that is likely to be between the
ed after the Lok Sabha polls. temple on January 22, will give a big boost to BJP (ANI) Modi government’s NDA alliance
As the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and the INDIA bloc.

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