BJP PREPARING GROUND FOR GOING IT ALONE IN JAMMU & KASHMIR
The buzz is that the BJP will break its alliance with PDP in Jammu & Kashmir after the president and vice president election is over. According to sources, Amit Shah told Ram Madhav that they will fight the next assembly election on their own. He directed Ram Madhav to go and work on the ground so that BJP can form the government on their own with their sincere efforts in the state. Recently BJP chief Amit Shah visited Jammu & Kashmir and this indicates the purpose of the tour which is basically to strategize on ways to help the BJP win 2019 Lok Sabha elections, particularly finding the right formula to capture seats that the party lost in 2014. Two years after they came to power in Jammu & Kashmir, BJP and PDP are locked into a war of words both publicly and privately, each blaming the other for massive mob violence, rising militancy and the embarrassingly low voter turnout in Srinagar Lok Sabha bypoll. The Chief minister of J&K Mehbooba Mufti met Narendra Modi, and Rajnath singh and had asked them to initiate the dialogue process in J&K and to save the alliance. Mehbooba told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that talking to every one is the only solution in Kashmir as Atal Bihari Vajpayee started the dialogue process and had firm belief that exchange of words was the only solution. But Prime Minister Narendra Modi refused Mehbooba and had asked her to see first that stone pelting and terrorism in Jammu & Kashmir comes to an end .Then only any exchange of words to restore peace between them would be possible.
MANY EXISTING AICC GENERAL SECRETARIES TO BE WEEDED OUT IN RESHUFFLE
In the wake of the Congress defeat in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and also its failure to form the government in Goa and Manipur and now after it lost badly in Delhi MCD election, overhauling of the party has become imminent. Vice President Rahul Gandhi has hinted that major reshuffle would take place in the organisation. The General Secretaries who are likely to be shown the door in AICC are Mukul Wasnik, , CP Joshi, Digvijay Singh and Mohan Prakash.
SUSHIL SHINDE MAY BE THE NEW AICC GENERAL SECRETARY
According to Congress sources, Sushil Kumar Shinde, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Bhanwar Jitender Singh will become the new AICC General Secretaries. Ajay Makan resigned from PCC Chief post after losing in Delhi MCD Election but Rahul Gandhi had rejected his resignation and told Ajay Makan to continue as a PCC chief of Delhi.
AMIT SHAH PREPARES ROAD MAP FOR BJP TO CHALLENGE MAMATA
BJP President Amit Shah has asked the West Bengal state leadership to prepare a roadmap for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. West Bengal has 42 seats and if the party wins more than 20 seats in the state, it would be a big boost. Though BJP’s vote share in the state decreased from 17.5 percent in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls to 10.2 percent in the assembly elections. It was the first time the party won three seats on its own in the state. Recently Amit Shah had his three days tour of West Bengal, He visited the ancestral house of Jan Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee in Kolkata’s Bhawanipore area and did a meeting with booth-level party workers at Rajarhat .and accused Mamata Banerjee of not doing enough for the people of West Bengal, He said, “we will form the next government in the state”. On the other hand Mamata Banerjee is not taking the BJP lightly. The Chief Minister is asking people not to fall prey to “divisive politics.” Amit Shah has appointed Kailash Vijay Vargiya, Rahul Sinha to work on the ground so that party can do well in the panchayat elections in 2018 and increase the tally in Lok Sabha in 2019. According to sources, RSS workers are working hard in West Bengal for the last 6 months to win in the panchayat polls.
CONTROVERSY OVER EVM MACHINES USED IN STATE POLLS CONTINUES
Election Commission has put up an EVM machine with VVPATs .These were used in 40 Assembly constituencies in Goa where Congress emerged as a single largest party and in Punjab. VVPATs were used in 33 assembly constituencies where Congress emerged as a winner. Political parties accused BJP of managing the EVM, and also stated that it was operated at a distance of 150 feet with a remote. In Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency, where Chandrapur Mahanagar Palika election was held on April 19 and the result was declared on April.21 senior Minister of Maharashtra. Sudhir Munguntiwar’s nominee candidate had won the seat. According to the grapevine, a meeting was held late night at the residence of Hansraj Ahir (Minister of State for Home) who admitted off the record that EVM Machines are magical and were managed by Sudhir Munguntiwar who paid the heavy price to manage the EVM. Political parties accused Sudhir Munguntiwar of his financial controversies, including the ownership of 17 acre farm house. At present he is the minister of Finance & Planning in the state government of Maharashtra. (IPA)