BJP's MODI gamble in Odisha

BJP's MODI gamble in Odisha.

Aniruddha Jena

AB Fellow

After a resounding and history making performance in the recently concluded Panchayat Polls in Odisha, BJP has emerged as the major opposition party in the state Odisha by downsizing congress as the frontrunner for being the lead opposition party and it has already started giving jitters to the current government of Naveen Patnaik led BJD, which has been ruling in the state since last 15-17 years. BJP has been in stupendous form through this election season with the on-going partnership of Modi’s magic and Amit Shah’s managing skill in each and every nook and corner across the country. In truest sense BJP is having a gala affair and is aiming to reclaim the 2019 as well.

Keeping in view on the 2019 general election, BJP has already made it clear about their future course of action to make sure that they are having a second term in the centre as well. After Claiming the heartland of India’s democracy UP, it has made it clear, that they will be having a clear cut possibility to have great time in 2019 election. But the only issue, which BJP has to tackle with in 2019 election and they have started trying to resolve it as soon as possible in time bound manner that is to have good amount of support from two major eastern states of India likewise Naveen Patnaik Led Odisha and Mamata Banerjee led West Bengal.

BJP has already playing the MODI gamble to MODIfy Odisha and the evidence to that is the instance when Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a roadshow in the state capital of Odisha last month. And in coming days BJP national supremo Amit Shah is scheduled to visit Odisha yet again for three days just to make sure that they are having a good show in the 2019 general elections in Odisha too. These steps have raised eyebrows of the current government in Odisha, which is being led by Naveen Patnaik. The BJD government has already got a sense of it in the recent concluded Panchayat Polls in the state, when BJP emerged victorious by downsizing the vote banks of BJD too.

Since BJP is at its peak in major states like Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Uttar Pradesh. The party is trying to script the same story in the new areas in order to make sure that they are safe in 2019 as well. Basing the image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the party leader Amit Shah is meticulously pushing and tightening the screws of state organisation in Odisha to gain the public faith before the 2019 general election. And the best part of story is that the kind of support and appreciations which Modi’s roadshow in Odisha has got, it certainly a matter a big headache for the current government of BJD in Odisha. BJP is trying MODIfy Odisha’s future with the public faith and support in the upcoming 2019 general elections. BJP is playing a gamble on the face value of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while the current BJP government in Odisha has to come out with something special to tackle with the new born MODI problem in next general assembly election in 2019.