Electoral scene

UP Elections 2022: आवारा पशु हैं एक बड़ा मुद्दा  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1xR-7xAKPo 
 Feb 24, 2022 Sandeep Pande speaks to Paranjoy G Thakurta on their campaign on Stray cows. 

न्यूज़क्लिक के इस ख़ास इंटरव्यू में वरिष्ठ पत्रकार Paranjoy Guha Thakurta ने सामाजिक और राजनीतिक कार्यकर्ता डॉ संदीप पांडे से उत्तर प्रदेश विधानसभा चुनाव से जुड़े मुद्दों पर चर्चा की। डॉ पांडेय ने प्रदेश में आवारा पशु के मुद्दे पर संक्षेप्त में अपनी टिपण्णी रखी | उन्होंने UP Elections के दौरान, भाजपा द्वारा किये जा रहे सांप्रदायिक ध्रुवीकरण पर भी बात की |

'Stray Cattle Are Making a Meal of the BJP's Election Prospects' | Arfa Khanum in Lakhimpur https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eruu_-TCnkI  Feb 23, 2022

Atal जी के सहयोगी रहे Sudheendra Kulkarni क्यों कह रहे हैं कि Modi नफरत की राजनीति करते हैं?  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYl9ZTbNwhcn  Feb 25, 2022

कभी अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी (Atal Bihari Vajpayee) के सहयोगी रहे सुधींद्र कुलकर्णी (Sudheendra Kulkarni) बनारस (Varanasi) में कांग्रेस (Congress) के प्रत्याशी के प्रचार में पहुंचे हैं. उनसे जब बातचीत हुई तो उन्होंने कहा आज की बीजेपी अटल-आडवाणी की बीजेपी नहीं है. नरेंद्र मोदी और अमित शाह (Amit Shah) नफरत की राजनीति करते हैं.

4th Round : BJP’s social base is shrinking! I UP ELECTIONS 2022 I SAMAJWADI PARTY I BJP Feb 23, 2022

https://youtu.be/g5sOxEX7tEw?t=40 Saba Nagvi sharing her visit to the avadh region on the elections situation. Her tweets also says this..  

Saba Naqvi@_sabanaqvi·Feb 22 https://mobile.twitter.com/_sabanaqvi?lang=en

In Lucknow In a meeting with Ambedkarites, professionals, doctors, writers, I learn that Jatav Dalits are being strategic and voting for SP in seats such as Sarojini Nagar, and in other parts of Awadh up to Purvanchal. That’s v significant.

The non Jatav Dalit voter is evasive about revealing preferences due to fear of reprisal from either side. But Ambedkarite thinkers say Passi voter in Lucknow is clearly now divided with significant section going SP

Basically, the thinking professional, educated Dalit in services has decided that long term BJP is a disaster that just wants to throw ration at them while structurally opting for crony capitalism and privatising PSUs. #UttarPradeshElections is an education

Unfortunately the first part of this interview was Karan Thapar trying to trap Kishore into controversies about his relationships with TMS, Goa, Nitesh, Congress etc.. so much so that Karan tried the last rick of being condescending and disarming, in the garb of being a interviewer. This post only refers to the second half of the interview which offers much to think about.. https://youtu.be/6BdgH3-oP-k?t=2210 

In this interview with Karan Thapar, Prashant Kishore talk about the triple plank of BJP which is Hindutva,  Hyper-Nationalism and individual and household welfarism, has taken them to 40% of the vote.  The Opposition particularly the Congress has to develop a better value proposition how it can attract the other 60%. Thus a getting into the debate of Hindu vs Hindutva  should not be the main plank.  Further only 50% of the 80% voted with this triple plank.  When he says that no opposition will be able to pose a challenge to BJP with out the Congress, he is talking about the Idea of the Congress, and it notion of nationalism, and development. However that idea of the Congress has shown a steady decline since 1985.  This is seen in the continuous decline of the number of  Congress MLAs in the country.

Opposition Unity at a national level is not possible with the regional parties,  because every regional party does not want that unity in their State. And the Congress just cannot abdicate itself from contest in most States.  The congress he says in its present structure is not able to protect and project  that idea of Congress. It can.  And it is not just leadership.  It is the structure. Even when Gandhii spoke about disbanding the Congress, he was not talking about disbanding the idea of Congress, so much as the building up of that idea of congress which hold that notion of nationalism, diversity, development.