Poll Vault EP1: Understanding NDA's Expansion Amid INDIA's Effort to Avoid Implosion| Oneindia
n this instalment of our election special, "Poll Vault," we delve into the potential impact of the I.N.D.I.A Allies leaving the Bloc. Whereas, NDA continues to expand for ‘400 Paar'. Still Can the alliance cause an upset? Tune in for comprehensive analysis
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00:00 [MUSIC]
00:06 Hello there, welcome to this brand new content on your much loved station, One India.
00:13 This is called Poll Vault with Pankaj.
00:16 Why we chose to name this as Poll Vault?
00:18 Because there are so many ups and downs happening in this election season
00:22 that one would wonder that whether the politicians are actually politicians
00:27 or they are also choosing their goal posts based on the fortunes of a particular political party.
00:36 Now the election scenario is heating up and the opposition parties are struggling
00:42 to form a credible joint front against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, the BJP.
00:49 The India grouping made many headlines initially of their coming together,
00:54 then separation, then seat distribution and everything.
00:57 Now this was seen as a promising platform to challenge the BJP,
01:01 but it took a fresh blow when the ruling Trinamool Congress,
01:05 the TMC in West Bengal, very crucial, spoke in the wheel of this whole India alliance.
01:11 It left the Congress party out of pre-poll seat sharing
01:15 and announced its own candidate for all the 42 seats in the state.
01:20 Remember, West Bengal forms a huge, a major chunk, as does Bihar,
01:25 where the BJP tries to find its way but struggles to gain ground.
01:31 The opposition Amadvi Party also decided to go solo in Punjab,
01:35 again another prominent state where it sees itself the dominant player,
01:39 especially because it came to power in the assembly elections also.
01:43 But finally, later on, it struck a seat sharing pact with Congress in Delhi.
01:48 Such divisions within the India bloc do not bode well for the opposition
01:54 and have given the BJP a clear lead in the free poll arrangements,
01:58 even though it expects to win power on its own.
02:01 On the other hand, the BJP has managed to stitch three crucial alliances in past few days
02:07 and is looking to form more.
02:09 The BJP's alliance push carries Prime Minister Narendra Modi's touch,
02:12 who is involved in every little aspect of the poll planning,
02:15 from ticket distribution to the narrative to the outreach to the masses.
02:20 Modi has managed to reel in even those partners who abused him personally in the past
02:26 in the service of the larger cause of the winning.
02:29 The TDP and the JGU are the two former allies who have returned to the NDA ranks.
02:34 Nitesh Kumar, who split from the BJP in 2015,
02:37 specifically on the ground of Modi being named the BJP's prime ministerial candidate,
02:42 returned to NDA after Modi invited him to join.
02:45 This turned around in Nitesh Kumar's stance towards the BJP came about after Modi took the lead.
02:51 Similarly, in Andhra Pradesh, the TDP, whose supremo,
02:54 Chandrababu Naidu, had described Modi as a "hardcore terrorist" in April 29,
03:00 later on faced jail time also, has now returned to the NDA ranks.
03:05 Many say that it is because of the term that Chandrababu Naidu served in jail.
03:11 Albeit it came at the hands of the state government of Andhra Pradesh, led by the YSR CP party.
03:20 The BJP has also ensured cordial relations with the Biju Janata Dal in Odisha.
03:26 Now, this is a very critical aspect here.
03:28 The BJD, especially Naveen Patnaik, hasn't been a vocal critique of Prime Minister.
03:33 Neither he has sided with the BJP openly as well.
03:37 Now, this is an interesting turn of events, which could see a mutually agreeable tie-up,
03:44 despite BJP's own rise in the state.
03:47 For any party to form an alliance with a regional state comes at a cost of
03:51 whether it has to live in the shadow of that particular regional party.
03:54 And this is the time when you see some MLAs or MPs switching fronts also,
04:00 maybe trying to fancy their chances with a ruling dispensation or a bigger party,
04:06 which their own party might not have that kind of charisma.
04:10 The BJP has not yet given up on its former ally AIADMK in Tamil Nadu,
04:15 also down south and is working on tie-ups with its small breakaway factions,
04:19 as well as other parties and groups in the state.
04:22 Now, every addition to the BJP's alliance solidifies their bulwark,
04:28 even if some worry about the state of democracy in country within the opposition thus diminished.
04:34 Modi has not yet hit the right campaign note.
04:38 He is still testing the waters, though he has made it a point to visit states
04:42 where the BJP is seen as weak, including West Bengal, the southern states of Tamil Nadu and Telangana,
04:48 Odisha, Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir, with Andhra Pradesh and Kerala next on his itinerary.
04:54 During these visits, the Prime Minister has announced projects worth almost Rs 20 lakh crore
05:00 and has instructed ministers to be ready with a 100-day programme focusing around Vixit Bharat.
05:06 The strategic move by the BJP has not gone unnoticed,
05:10 and the opposition bloc needs to quickly sort out their internal squabbles
05:15 to come up with a credible joint front to take on the BJP.
05:19 Now, why this is very important? Because if we look at the scenario that are unfolding within the Congress ranks,
05:25 then there are two-fold challenges that the Congress faces.
05:29 First one is to keep the India bloc intact because Congress being the largest party as far as this bloc is concerned.
05:38 And secondly, to keep his own party members intact because lots of them have chosen to join ranks with the BJP.
05:46 Still, it's going on and with each passing day, you never know if one or the other top Congress leader would be switching sides to the BJP.
05:56 We'll keep a close eye on that poll vault.
05:59 We'll come back with another analysis on how and when the BJP would be able to breach the bastion.
06:07 All along, we have seen the BJP trying to make inroads into Tamil Nadu, into Kerala,
06:12 by its party workers greeting and meeting the local communities there,
06:18 trying to appease them with Christmas celebrations, too, Ramzan and Eid celebrations.
06:24 All of it is happening as India enters closer to the general elections,
06:30 the all-important event that is going to decide whether it is going to be Modi 3.0 this time around or not,
06:38 or whether BJP would romp back home to power, or the India bloc would be able to topple,
06:46 if not also give a good challenge to the BJP.
06:50 Stay here, watch this space, more news and analysis coming on 1India News.
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