Electoral scene

प्रियंका गांधी ने उत्तर प्रदेश कांग्रेस के 15 जिला अध्यक्षों से की बात...!! Jun 13, 2021 

राजस्थान में राजनीतिक संकट को शांत करने के लिए 10 जून को प्रियंका ने किया था सचिन को फोन...!! Jun 13, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEJdTyK0Esw

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi on Saturday shared a video on her Twitter account saying, "The Prime Minister of India has behaved like a coward. He has let our country down. Indians do not come first for him. Politics does. Truth does not concern him, propaganda does. The time has come for us to ask him: ZIMMEDAAR KAUN?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN9CY4KWHP8 

The approach to the solution to COVID will determine the the Future Health and welfare System The development delivery  and the pollitcal economy. 

Prashant Kishor Exclusive Interview On Election Results With Rajdeep Sardesai & Rahul Kanwal  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMKLedgQzhs Mar 15, 2022

Battle for centre will be decided in 2024  not in the state elections.. While there is no opposition in the wings?  Two years is a long time.. Also there is no ready made answer, but the alternative is possible as there is high inflation, low growth, high unemployment and  600 million people do not make Rs. 100 per day.  While this did not get play in the 2022 as it was not highlighted they did not work for 2022. but could be made to be highlighted..   

We should not create the narrative that BJP is the only party.  Even today it holds sway in less than 50% of the area, or population.  The Opposition could not put together a leader who is trusted, alongwith a compelling narrative, supported by  strong party and a sustained campaign.  In UP there was not real counter narrative beyond the fact that you want to defeat Modi  and campaign was completely missing.  Election rally is not the same a campaign.  The traditional method of waking up just two or three months before an election, and do 200 public rallies, and only do bashing the BJP it is not going to work.  

So opposition first of all should not take elections as a one month or two months exercise.  You need face, but far more important is to build the narrative. Start as soon as possible with organisation work,  revamp your candidates, booth level workers to be mobilised, 

The idea of Congress will always have a future. Congress is not the one person.  Congress has been in secular decline since 1985, and not all of it is because of one person.  They require to change fundamentally the way they organise themselves,  the way they conduct themselves, the way they do their mass outreach, the way they fight elections, everything needs to change and undergo significant change -- it will not come out .. it is like you have a cancer and you cannot treat with an anti-biotic. 

If Congress has to revive itself it has to be a Long term approach - seven ten years. that doesnt mean that you cannot be a fighting machine in 2024 ( probably opportunistic?) But you have to have a long term plan for proper revival.  

https://thewire.in/government/in-industry-starved-bengal-mamata-banerjees-poll-winning-welfare-schemes-face-a-cash-crunch 

The West Bengal assembly election in 2021 and the Uttar Pradesh assembly election in 2022 had a common catchword: labharthi or beneficiary. The word is not new in politics but in the last five years, it has become the magic wand for the populist governments.

Now that Mamata Banerjee has returned to the throne, she needs to increase state revenues simply to continue the culture of dole politics. But how? The state has no big industry or investments. From 2011 to 2022, Banerjee had announced many times that industrialisation is her top priority. But statistics suggest that in terms of investment in any industry or business, West Bengal has a long way to go.

According to Anandabazar Patrika and the West Bengal Budget fiscal year 2023, the recent statistics released by the Central Industry and Business Ministry show that from January to July, investment amounting to Rs 1.7 lakh crore has come into India. However, West Bengal got only 1,663 crore – less than 1% of the total investment. So, the TMC government’s revenue mostly comes from state goods and services tax (SGST), stamps and registration fees, sales tax on petrol and diesel, and state excise.

Simply put, the TMC government is in a debt trap.

by Biswajit Bhattacharya

21/09/2022

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