By Sushil Kutty

The Congress technique to defeat the BJP and dislodge Prime Minister Narendra Modi from his pedestal is three-pronged. One, Muslims have to be made to vote for the Congress, the Congress alone. Two, the Hindu voter must be satisfied that the ‘Tapasvi Rahul’ is the choice to the ‘Pujari Modi’. Three, the remainder of the opposition events must be made to make method for the Congress, and Rahul Gandhi.

And Rahul’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is the car to attain all three. However the opposition events led by regional satraps have their very own plans, with every their very own yatra, a few of them already on the transfer in state after state, Bihar, Odisha and Rajasthan. The BJY has spawned yatras like ‘strolling’ is up all people’s alley.

That stated, it’s on the “PM-face” that there’s opposition. Congress chief Kamal Nath began with emphasis that Rahul Gandhi was the Opposition’s PM-face. With that he set the cat among the many pigeons. The Uddhav Thackeray Shiv Sena is okay with Rahul Gandhi for PM. And NCP supremo Sharad Pawar additionally backs Rahul for PM. Nitish Kumar says he doesn’t thoughts.

However West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress head Mamata Banerjee doesn’t agree, even when the NCP has conceded that Rahul Gandhi is the most effective wager to present Narendra Modi a correct send-off. Mamata Banerjee didn’t like Trinamool chief Shatrughun Sinha’s capitulation to Rahul Gandhi’s charisma. Solely a naive Trinamool politician will again a non-TMC politician for the Opposition’s PM-face. So, Mamata stays the Trinamool celebration’s ‘PM-face’ although she personally just isn’t vocal about it.

Each NCP and the Uddhav Thackeray faction of the Shiv Sena have dedicated vote-banks. And Rahul Gandhi wants no introduction in Maharashtra. Regardless of the Shinde-Fadnavis authorities in Maharashtra, it won’t be simple for the Bharatiya Janata Celebration when polls for Maharashtra meeting are held together with the 2024 normal elections.

Nevertheless, the Congress faces an issue of its personal making: The Congress can’t count on to unite the Opposition in opposition to the BJP if its chief don’t speak to them giving equal standing. Of  late   Rahul has talked of other imaginative and prescient  the place the opposition  events  have scope for     cooperation however  nonetheless the Congress has the mentality that it’s  the   pure  celebration  of governance. It’s   to   be seen whether or not this notion modifications after the 5 month outdated   BJY.

In fact, Rahul despatched invites to Opposition leaders Akhilesh Yadav and ‘Behan’ Mayawati to hitch the BJY. Each the leaders declined. Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Yatra is a transparent and current hazard for the Samajwadi Celebration, and the Bahujan Samaj Celebration, each of which have their vote-banks to guard.

In reality, the Bharat Jodo Yatra is a walking-and-moving risk to an entire bunch of regional events, together with to minnows just like the ‘Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Celebration’ headed by Om Prakash Rajbhar who rejected Salman Khurshid’s invitation to hitch the BJY.

For Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati, the Bharat Jodo Yatra is a risk. Proper now, the Congress is predator, and the Congress is searching! Each the Samajwadi Celebration and Bahujan Samaj Celebration are susceptible, particularly when the Congress goes round spreading speak that it’s the one celebration that may dislodge Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and finish BJP’s run.

Sixty % of voters need simply that, come 2024 a celebration and an individual to finish Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 10-year run. The very fact of the matter is Rahul’s focus goes past Congress revival. He needs the reins of energy in his fingers. Rahul Gandhi believes, and believes strongly, that solely he can provide ‘Nyay’ to the downtrodden and oppressed. Rahul Gandhi tore off Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh’s ordinance as a result of he was impatient with Dr. Singh.

And he has been chafing ever since Narendra Modi grew to become Prime Minister. The BJY is Rahul’s method of conveying each individuals and politicians that it’s now his flip to take cost of India’s future. Kamal Nath was solely HMV telling to the world what the Wayanad MP informed him to inform, that Rahul Gandhi is the Opposition’s PM-face.

And, due to this fact, the large build-up for Rahul Gandhi. The choice for the Gandhi household icon is palpable within the ‘Godi Media’ protection of the Bharat Jodo Yatra. It’s seen in industrialist Gautam Adani channel-hopping. Rahul Gandhi sitting down with a pastor in Tamil Nadu; Rahul Gandhi strolling with the cow-slaughterer in Kerala, Rahul Gandhi temple hopping in Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh. All indicators of the Congress going all out to seize the reins of energy. The BJP is nervous. The BJP didn’t count on ED/CBI-like raids on its Hindutva vote-bank. (IPA Service)

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