How political scenario is turning curious in Chhattisgarh
Though the Assembly election in Chhattisgarh is more than a year away it is interesting to see how the three key players BJP, Congress and Ajit Jogi’s Janata Congress are positioning themselves to capture the voter’s mind-space.
On the current form Chief Minister Raman Singh appears to have a distinct edge despite a discernible anti-incumbency sentiment caused by charges of corruption against some of his ministerial colleagues. The division in the Congress ranks and the inability of the current party leadership to make the most of several public issues have made life easier for Raman Singh whose party is assured beneficiary of the RSS cadre’s vast reach in the state.
BJP’s victory margin has been shrinking over the last three elections. The difference between the vote shares of the Congress and the BJP was 2.5% in 2003, 1.7% in 2008 and 0.7% in 2013. The gap in number of seats won by the two parties declined from 13 to 12 seats to 10 seats.
With such scenario it would be interesting watch Jogi’s impact. Precisely a year after naming his party as the Janata Congress, Chhattisgrh Ajit Jogi, the first and only tribal chief minister so far in the state that boasts …read more
