Lucknow. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has not won a single seat in the Lok Sabha elections. In 2019, the BSP got 10 seats in alliance with the Samajwadi Party, but in 2024 the party could not win a single seat. Political experts say that similar results were expected from the BSP in this election, because they do not have the same organization as before. Apart from this, they are continuously losing elections.
BSP’s strategy of contesting the elections alone backfired. Due to this decision, the party had to face a huge defeat. BSP’s traditional voters, the Jatav community, also distanced themselves from them in this election. Most of their candidates came third on 79 seats. Congress and SP winning on reserved seats is also a big example.
Due to Mayawati’s indifference, the educated and young members of her society seem to be angry with her and are looking for an alternative. At some places, they see their hope in the Samajwadi Party or Chandrashekhar Azad and the Congress. However, there are some old voters who consider her as their leader. However, this is being confirmed in the results.
A senior BSP leader, on the condition of anonymity, said that BSP has made the biggest mistake this time by not forming an alliance. After this, the second biggest mistake was made by removing Akash Anand from the post and campaign. This sent a message that we are working as a team of BJP in this election, whereas it was not so. The anti-incumbency wave and the propaganda of changing the constitution was working rapidly against BJP. This also caused loss to BSP, due to which the Dalit vote got scattered. The opposition parties benefited from it.
BSP’s vote bank has played a big role in all the seats won by SP and Congress. There is a need to review this. Senior journalist Virendra Singh Rawat says that Mayawati’s stubbornness has brought the party to this brink. BSP has also become seasonal now. It comes out only during elections. It is getting away from the workers.
Fighting the elections without joining the opposition became a danger for them. The party’s social engineering formulas failed completely. Instead, SP used this formula properly and it was successful. BSP did not give tickets to most of the MPs who won in 2019. They had to suffer the consequences.
Tags: BSP, Lok Sabha Election 2024, Lok Sabha Elections, Mayawati
FIRST PUBLISHED : June 4, 2024, 23:35 IST