The
historic victory achieved by Mahayuti in assembly elections is unique and never
seen before. This victory and the result of the assembly elections as a whole
has been different and memorable in many ways. This victory truly belongs to a
skilled strategist named Devendra Fadnavis.
Five
and a half months ago, on June 5, 2024, the results of the Lok Sabha elections
were declared. In this election, Maha Vikas Aghadi got 31 seats and Mahayuti
got 17 seats. After that result a picture has been portrayed that the political
atmosphere in the state has completely turned in favour of the Maha Vikas
Aghadi and based on this result, the Mahayuti will be wiped out in the assembly
elections. Let’s study the results in detail, but even if we look at it
superficially, it was not the case that the voters have clearly rejected the
Mahayuti in Lok Sabha elections. Maha Vikas Aghadi was leading in 155 while
Mahayuti was leading in 125 assembly constituencies.
The
Lok Sabha elections results had many dimensions. Maha Vikas Aghadi and
especially senior leaders Sharad Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray, by conveniently
interpreting those results tried to create a picture that the Mahayuti was
rejected by the voters.
After
that result, all leaders of Maha Vikas Aghadi, including Sharad Pawar and
Uddhav Thackeray, were acting as if they had already come to power in
Maharashtra.
Voters
have given them a tight slap. Even before the Lok Sabha elections, Manoj
Jarange had started trying to polarize the electorate in the state on the basis
of caste by targeting the Bharatiya Janata Party and Devendra Fadnavis on the
issues of Maratha reservation. Jarange had tried to corner the Bharatiya Janata
Party by holding rallies across the state and by criticizing Devendra Fadnavis
in impolite language.
Sharad
Pawar and Uddhav Thackeray did their job to fuel the movement very well.
Jarange, by declaring the list of names of Bharatiya Janata Party candidates
through his supporters, had ordered to defeat those candidates.
The
Bharatiya Janata Party had to face the assembly elections in such an adverse
situation. A real captain, a hero is tested in tough times. By using this
adverse situation as an opportunity Devendra Fadnavis single handedly defeated
the rival Maha Vikas Aghadi. Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar had started day
dreaming that Mr. Fadnavis and Bharatiya Janata Party would be wiped out in
this election. Devendra Fadnavis was more than enough for all of them. After
2019 Mr. Fadnavis was on the hit list of Uddhav Thackeray, Sharad Pawar and
Congress.
In
these 5 years, Fadnavis had to face mockery in impolite, insulting language.
After the 2019 election Mr. Fadnavis had started severely criticizing the
betrayal done by Uddhav Thackeray. At that time, even after Bharatiya Janata
Party and Shiv Sena got a clear majority, Mr. Fadnavis could not become the
Chief Minister again only due to the betrayal by Uddhav Thackeray.
After
the setback in the Lok Sabha elections, Mr. Fadnavis had a big challenge ahead
of him to maintain the morale of the organization and prepare the workers again
for the assembly elections. After meticulously analyzing the results of the Lok
Sabha elections Mr. Fadnavis had shown that the difference in votes between
Mahayuti and Mahavikas Aghadi is only 0.75%. Mr. Fadnavis refuted the claims of
Mahavikas Aghadi leaders by showing that the Maha Vikas Aghadi has only 2 lakh
votes more than the Mahayuti.
In
the Lok Sabha elections Maha Vikas Aghadi gained more seats because of the
false propaganda that the constitution will be changed and fear created in
Muslim community. Mr. Fadnavis entered the battlefield by skillfully designing
the strategy to avoid the repetition of this in the assembly election. In the
Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party-Mahayuti lost at least 12
constituencies due to Vote Jihad. By showing this statistically, Mr. Fadnavis
revealed the politics of fatwa before the voters.
Mr
Fadnavis created the backdrop for the assembly elections by proving that voting
on the basis of religion is against national interest. In the Lok Sabha
elections, the opposition had created a backdrop of false propaganda based on
two issues i.e. the constitution will be changed and fear of CAA.
In
the Assembly elections, Fadnavis made the Maha Vikas Aghadi play on the pitch
he had prepared. Ulema board’s spokesperson Sajjad Nomani had himself entered
the battlefield to repeat the Vote Jihad in Lok Sabha elections.
The
request for several demands was made to the Maha Vikas Aghadi by the Ulema
Board. Mr Nomani had made demands like the ownership of many public places in
Maharashtra including Vani Devasthan should be given to Waqf board, reservation
should be given to Muslims from OBC quota and cases against Muslim accused in
riots should be withdrawn. Mr. Fadnavis played an important role in making
people realize the dire consequences of the crisis of fatwa politics on
Maharashtra and the entire country.
By
eliminating the errors at the organizational level in the Lok Sabha elections,
Mr. Fadnavis vigorously promoted the work of the Mahayuti government and asked
people for their mandate on the basis of this work.
His
strategy proved to be completely successful. Mahayuti’s victory is also the
victory of a warrior named Fadnavis. Fadnavis, by digesting the venomous
criticism on him, along with his colleagues snatched victory from jaws of
defeat and proved the famous marathi verse ” Jabdyat ghalun hath mojito dat , ”
The gist of the above verse is that ‘look into the pages of our history and you
will realize that our character is such that we can snatch victory from jaws of
defeat.’
(Article Pre-Published in Times of India Online – 25 November,2024)
Keshav
Upadhye, Chief Spokesperson
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