The Indian Nationwide Congress failed to attain within the Maharashtra meeting elections even because the nationwide social gathering contested 101 seats out of the 288 constituencies. Lack of involvement from central leaders, infighting, lack of robust management, not addressing the native points and confusion of seats impacted the Indian Nationwide Congress within the Maharashtra meeting outcomes.
“The INC focussed on the problems of the final elections which have been non-relevant to Maharashtra. They didn’t concentrate on the grassroots issues of the folks of Maharashtra whereas the BJP labored in each constituency all through the final 4 months. The BJP discovered its lesson and targeted on minorities, Dalits and Marathas, their Ladli Behan scheme did wonders. Even contained in the Congress, there was confusion, they gave a whole lot of significance to the Dharavi redevelopment which was targeted solely on Mumbai however they tried to make it a pan-Maharashtra subject. Even within the interiors, they failed to provide a reputable decision to farmers subject,” stated political analyst Abhay Deshpande to businessline.
Specialists said that the shortage of senior social gathering management involvement within the election and never studying classes from different States failed INC to achieve Maharashtra. Additional, regardless of the social gathering’s robust nationwide stance on farmer points, it did not impress the farmers and handle their issues in Maharashtra. “After Loksabha the INC was in overconfidence regardless of dropping Haryana. Then again, BJP is in election mode 24/7 and so they have a really intensive suggestions assessment system with volunteers occurring the sector and submitting the outcomes to higher-ups. In Maharashtra, the Congress was not even cautious to pick out candidates,” stated Advocate Vijay Kumar, Psephologist.
In 2019, INC contested 147 seats in Maharashtra and received 44 seats within the state meeting elections. “The loss lies with the Congress as it’s a nationwide social gathering and has a bigger affect than different native events within the affect. The social gathering has ground-level affect throughout the state particularly in backward Maharashtra. Nonetheless, the social gathering actually failed to grasp what folks needed on the bottom stage and within the rural areas regardless of having robust highly effective leaders from Vidarbha. Infighting with everybody eager to be a CM face, the congress had a whole absence of State-level management within the state,” stated Dr Surendra Jondhale, a political analyst.