Maharashtra Assembly Election 2024: Statements of NDA leaders are now coming out regarding the low number of seats won by the Mahayuti in the Maharashtra Lok Sabha elections. An article published in the RSS mouthpiece said that one of the reasons for BJP’s defeat in the Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra was the alliance with the NCP led by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar. There is speculation that BJP may break ties with Ajit Pawar. BJP CM Eknath Shinde It can contest the assembly elections in alliance with the Shiv Sena led by.
According to The Indian Express, sources said that the RSS is not happy with the BJP leadership’s decision to break the NCP and form an alliance with the Pawar-led faction ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
A senior BJP leader, on the condition of anonymity, said, “RSS-BJP workers are being prepared with anti-Pawar slogans. They are opposed to Ajit Pawar because of his links with irrigation and Maharashtra State Cooperative Bank scams. But after Junior Pawar joined hands with BJP, the anti-Pawar rhetoric was left behind. Rubbing salt to the wound, he was made Deputy Chief Minister in the Mahayuti government.”
The leader further said,Lok Sabha ElectionsIt was evident in the elections that RSS-BJP workers were not willing to campaign for NCP candidates and remained complacent in many places. As a result, the BJP’s seat count fell from 23 in 2019 to nine in 2024.” Ratan Sharda, a lifelong RSS worker, said in his article in Organiser that the alliance with Ajit reduced the “brand value of the BJP” and it became “just another party with no difference”.
Sources said the BJP leadership is deliberating on the ramifications of not allying with Ajit in the assembly elections due later this year. “If our party drops Ajit and goes ahead with Shinde in the assembly elections, it may look like the BJP used Ajit and later dumped him. This use and dump policy may backfire. But another scenario is that keeping Ajit as an ally may not be beneficial.”
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