The BJP swept over 40 out of the 62 seats within the cotton belt of Vidarbha which was one among most intently watched areas within the Maharashtra Meeting elections because the social gathering was engaged in a direct struggle with Congress in 36 seats within the area.
This comes as enhance to the BJP because it was decimated to 2 seats in Vidarbha within the Lok Sabha elections held this 12 months — its ally Shiv Sena additionally received just one seat within the area, whereas NCP(SP) and an unbiased candidate secured one seat every.
The Congress, which hoped to revive its electoral fortunes within the area after successful 5 of the ten Lok Sabha seats , confronted an enormous setback because it managed to win solely 9 Meeting seats from Vidarbha.
Throughout the Lok Sabha election, the Congress marketing campaign had centered on the Structure alleging that the BJP plans to amend it if the social gathering will get greater than 400 seats.
The Congress’s improved tally within the basic elections was attributed to the assist it acquired from the Dalit, Muslim and Kunbhi communities.
Nevertheless, this time, the social gathering’s try to succeed in out to those communities didn’t fetch them a lot features.
Within the 36 seats the place the 2 nationwide events have been in a straight struggle, the BJP managed to win 27, regardless of the area witnessing farmer unrest.
State BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule stated, “The Lok Sabha ballot consequence can’t be equated to Meeting polls. We took measures to deal with the failings. That put us in a commanding place.”
State Congress chief Nana Patole, who had received the Sakoli seat in Vidarbha, stated, “The outcomes don’t match the bottom realities the place public anger was evident as a result of agrarian disaster, unemployment and inflation.”
In the meantime, farmer chief from Vidarbha Vijay Jawandia stated {that a} victory for the ruling alliance doesn’t suggest absence of farm misery.
“Farmers are getting Rs 3,800 to 4500 per quintal for soyabean, which is beneath the MSP of Rs 4,892 per quintal. The cotton growers are also getting simply Rs 6000 to Rs 6500 per quintal as in opposition to the MSP of Rs 7,521 per quintal,” he stated.
Vidarbha additionally assumes political significance because the RSS headquarters is situated in Nagpur, which can be the house of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, state BJP chief Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had held two public rallies within the area, at Wardha and Washim on September 20 and October 5 respectively, even earlier than the Meeting polls have been introduced.
Whereas Chief of Opposition within the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi held a public assembly in Nagpur, Congress chief Priyanka Gandhi concluded the social gathering’s ballot marketing campaign by holding a roadshow in Mahal the place RSS headquarters is situated.
Within the 2014 Meeting polls, the BJP had swept Vidarbha by bagging 44 seats out of 62 seats. The outcomes noticed BJP rising as the most important social gathering with 122 seats. Within the 2019 polls, it received solely 29 seats from the area, with its general tally declining to 105 seats.
