Although the saffron party has not been a player there, its defeat would have a bearing on the crucial Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. While the Congress’ priority is to retain power in Assam and Kerala and increase its numbers in West Bengal and Tamil Nadu through tactical alliances with “like-minded parties”, no major party in these states would like the BJP to gain ground either on its own or through regional parties.
According to them, defeats of the BJP in these five states would mount pressure on the BJP to take “corrective steps” before the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, expected in the next 13 to 14 months.The SP, BSP, JD(U), RJD, BJD, TMC, Left and the Dravdian parties can check the BJP in UP, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Orissa and Tripura, but not in Maharashtra, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh.
The Trinamul Congress cannot afford to be friendly with the saffron party even if the Left and Congress come together tactically due to local pressure because it will send out the wrong message to the minorities,” sources China Car Flange Mold Factory said. The Congress may not be strong enough to take on the saffron party in some states, but at the national level it will be seen as a threat to the BJP and thus become the nucleus of the anti-BJP parties before the Lok Sabha elections in 2019.
The main Opposition Congress sees infighting in the BJP as helping it in the upcoming electoral battles in Assam, Kerala, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.While Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi has made Prime Minister Narendra Modi his main target for attack, loyalists are mounting pressure on the Congress high command not to spare the PM’s trouble-shooters in the BJP and government. The AIADMK is a party friendly to the BJP at the Centre, but not in Tamil Nadu so far“The BJP is down after debacles in the Delhi and Bihar Assembly polls
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