The Modi government at the Center has completed eight years. After the Modi government came to power in 2014, the wave of the Bharatiya Janata Party was such that it was successful in getting power in many states. Most of the credit goes to the Modi-Shah duo for this successful period of the BJP.
In fact, Amit Shah’s efficient strategy on the one hand and Narendra Modi’s ‘Vikas Purush’ image on the other made the BJP successful in making it the biggest election machine. BJP leaders claim that the Modi government has been able to connect with both the rich and the poor in the last 8 years. Its advantage came in the form of expansion of BJP in the states.
Big win in 2019 from 2014: BJP started its victory campaign from 2014 and won 282 seats alone. Whereas with the alliance this figure was 336. At the same time, in 2019 also BJP repeated its victory. In 2019, the party won 303 of the 543-member Lok Sabha seats. This was 21 seats more than the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. This was the biggest victory in the history of Indian politics in the last thirty years.
Moreover, Modi’s image of a staunch Hindu leader served to put an end to the politics of the opposition in which the opposition political parties were engaged in proving themselves to be the messiahs of minorities and backwards. and were competing to get their vote. It was also observed that the opposition parties have failed to counter the popularity of PM Modi. It is also clear that the image of PM Modi is quite different and bigger than that of Rahul Gandhi.
Shah’s strategy: BJP also got a lot of benefit from Amit Shah’s strong strategy. Shah is known for his organizational skills and successful strategy. He made a significant contribution to the expansion of the BJP while being the party’s president soon after the 2014 victory. However, after the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, he was made the Union Home Minister in the Modi government. Even after this, the BJP continued to get the help of his organizational skills.
It is believed that JP Nadda may be the national president of the party, but Amit Shah still contributes to the party’s electoral strategy. The BJP’s popularity has increased in the five state elections held in 2022. In five states, except Punjab, the BJP has returned to power in four states. Today’s latest situation is that BJP is in power in 18 states in the country.
Expansion from 2014 to 2019: In 2014, when the Modi government came to power on 26 May 2014, the BJP was in only seven states. She was in government either herself or with her allies. Of these, five states Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were ruled by the BJP. After coming to power in 2014, the BJP achieved its peak by the end of 2018.
By March 2018, the BJP and its allies had formed governments in 21 states. About 71 percent of the country’s population lives in these states. In such a situation, there was a tremendous expansion in the Modi-Shah pair of BJP. The electoral victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the last 8 years has surprised the opposition.
According to the data, at present the BJP is in power in 17 states and 1 union territory. Which is 44% of the country’s area and more than 49.5 percent of the population lives here. These 17 states are Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Bihar, Sikkim, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura, UP, Uttarakhand, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh. Puducherry is the only union territory in this.
Taking every election seriously: This shows how BJP has been able to connect with voters from its senior leaders to grassroot level workers. The special feature of BJP has been that whether it is national elections, assembly elections or local body elections, the party takes every election seriously.
With these schemes, the Modi government has made a house-to-house place: Ujjwala Yojana, Jan Dhan Yojana, Kisan Samman Nidhi Yojana, Ayushman Bharat Yojana, Prime Minister Garib Kalyan Yojana, Swachh Bharat Mission, Jal Jeevan Mission, through Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, the Modi government has made every He left his mark in the house. Apart from the Lok Sabha, the BJP was getting the benefit of this in the state level elections as well.
The decisions of the Modi government, which got the public’s confidence: On 26 February 2019, before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Indian Army airstrike on the Balakot terrorist camp in Pakistan after the Pulwama attack on 14 February 2019. Which was allowed by the Modi government. It also had a great impact on the general public. The message went out to the people that the Modi government is very strong, it is a government that takes strong decisions. At the same time, on August 5, after the return of power in 2019, the Modi government removed Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir.