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BSP, SP combine treats Congress as untouchable in UP, says, Congress is irrelevant, can join them if want two seats of Rai Bareilly n Amethi
The exercise of electoral patch up prior to the national elections of 2019 by the Samajwadi Party and the BSP considering the Congress Party as political untouchable in Uttar Pradesh, the largest state of the country influencing the government formation despite the fact that the 135 year old party has formed governments in the Hindi heartland states viz Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh n Chattisgarh despite all odds unambiguously speaks of the fact that after the victories in the byelections of Sitapur, Phulpur and Kairana these caste n community ridden parties have become proudy and over confident thinking that their political adherence to Congress may result in their defeats than triumphs thinking that the Congress vote bank of the forward and middle class votes is non transferable to BJP incase the Congress party makes its candidates contest against them n BJP. They think that if the Congress party contests in all seats of Uttar Pradesh in the parliamentary elections of UP the votes of the forward and middle classes would be garnered by the Congress n the BJP would be devoid of them thus giving them a free hand to capture the entire backward, harijan, dalit n the minority vote bank. However, the fact of the matter is the Congress party leaders in Uttar Pradesh too are so encouraged by the victories in three hindi heartland states recently that they intend to contest all the 80 parliamentary seats in UP on their own thinking that they can bring outstanding results fighting against BJP, BSP n SP in UP which political analysts say is a wrong n ridiculous assesment. It is learnt that the Congress party has in UP done the detailed assesment of the voters mindset and are too confident of possible victories. But the reality behind this logic is that the Congress is not getting more than merely two seats of Amethi n Rai Barreily where as the Congress party has asked for ten to twelve seats. Congress party’s claim is that since it is the largest national party next to BJP today and has registered magnificient victories in three hindi heartland states defeating the ruling BJP it can’t be isolated in Uttar Pradesh where it ruled for several years in the past. The BSP n SP on the other hand view Congress Party as liability as the backward, dalit and minority n lower caste vote bank has shifted from it to BSP n SP which literally command the consolidated vote bank of these castes n communities in UP with the BJP commanding the forward and middle class vote banks. The votes of the farmers rich n poor has shifted to Congress n BS, SP separately. Keeping in view this latest development it seems unambiguous that unless or untill the entire non BJP opposition forms an honrst grand alliance and fights the BJP led NDA unitedly giving up their squeezed political interests including by taking the regional parties into due confidence, chances of prime minister Narendra Modi and the BJP led NDA may become more bright leading them to stage a formidable come back. It’s primarily the division of votes on caste, community and class that helps BJP polarise n come to power at the centre. It’s a simole arithmatic. What’s your take friends?