Going by the stabilizing trends of the election results in the five states that had gone to polls recently, the BJP is poised to win in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
As of 12 PM, the BJP is leading in 157 seats of the 230 seats in Madhya Pradesh. Congress is leading only in 59.
In Rajasthan, of the 199 seats, the BJP is comfortably ahead leading in 113 seats and the Congress is at a distant second leading in just 65 seats.
The story is the same in Chhattisgarh as the BJP is surging ahead leading in 53 seats. The Congress is hanging at 34 seats in the 90 seat Assembly.
The Congress can only find solace in Telangana with the party looking at the chance of helming the government in the state.
The final results are likely to settle around these numbers +/- 5 seats.
The Congress party’s dismal is not being blamed on the usual crown prince Rahul Gandhi but another crown prince of the I.N.D.I. Ally – DMK President MK Stalin’s son and Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin.
In September 2023, Udhayanidhi participated in an conference titled “Eradicate Sanatana Dharma” and had compared Sanatana Dharma aka Hinduism to diseases like dengue, malaria and said that it had to be eradicated.
He said, “Mosquitoes, dengue, flu, malaria, corona – we should not oppose these things. They’ve to be eradicated completely. The same is the case with Santanam (Hinduism). Our first work should be to abolish/eradicate Sanatanam instead of opposing it. So, my appreciation to you all for giving an apt title to the meeting.” DMK Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin said.
His incendiary remarks had triggered a national outrage with many leaders of the I.N.D.I. Alliance including Mamata Banerjee, Arvind Kejriwal and some members of the Congress distancing themselves or criticizing the DMK scion’s remarks.
Despite the national outrage, Udhayanidhi Stalin had not apologized for his hate speech and hurting the sentiments of Hindus. Instead he had gone on to argue in the court that it was his freedom of speech.
Udhayanidhi Stalin’s “Eradicate Sanatana Dharma” remark became an election plank for the BJP to canvass votes which seems to have worked in the saffron party’s favour.
Many political commentators and netizens have pointed fingers at Udhayanidhi Stalin saying that his remarks about Hinduism as cost the I.N.D.I. Alliance dear in the Hindi heartland.
Thank you Madhya Pradesh,
Thank you Rajasthan,
Thank you Chattisgarh..🙏🙏🙏 https://t.co/2hykkr6mu0— Vishwatma 🇮🇳 (@HLKodo) December 3, 2023
"Min.உதயநிதியின் இன்னோரு சாதனை…..மத்திய பிரதேசத்தில் காங்கிரஸை தோற்கடித்தது பிஜேபி அல்ல திமுக வாரிசு" – மூத்த பத்திரிகையாளர்கள்
I. N. D. I. கூட்டணியில் திமுக நிலைப்பது கடினம்.@annamalai_k @SanghiPrince @Selvakumar_IN @SaffronDalit @indhavaainko @Dharmic_Jana @Johni_raja pic.twitter.com/Dg7IqXL30e
— Saravanan (@saravanan515) December 3, 2023
Chinnadhu just one word “Santhana eradication”. Total I.N.D.I alliance close . #மூதேவி_உதய் வாழ்க! pic.twitter.com/mUN5V3K9rs
— karthik gopinath (@karthikgnath) December 3, 2023
நல்லா போய்ட்டு இருந்துச்சு சாரே, ஒருத்தன் சனாதனத்தை ஒழிப்போம்னு பேசினான், 3 ஸ்டேட்ட காலி பண்ணிட்டான்#முதேவி_உதய் pic.twitter.com/cvJk5J9IAk
— Selva Kumar (@Selvakumar_IN) December 3, 2023
Abusing Sanatana Dharma was bound to have it’s consequences .
Many congratulations to the BJP for a landslide victory. Just another testimony of the amazing leadership of Prime Minister @narendramodi ji & @AmitShah & great work by the party cadre at grassroot levels…— Venkatesh Prasad (@venkateshprasad) December 3, 2023
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