Victory and defeat are not new to Bharathi Janata Party.
Nafratse God sabdo se yelay nailadi humne Mohabbat se pyar se dil kholke lalai ladi.
Or Karnataka Janta namadhikaya Mohabbat Yes theres got chilafti.
The Congress has rested power from the BJP in Karnataka making the grand old party have control over 4 states as of now, the other three being Rajasthan, Himachal Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. The BJP came to power in 2014 and made the Indian government. By March of 2018, the BJP was home to 70% Indians. In March of last year, 21 states were ruled by BJP.
It had won big in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Haryana. Later, it went on to hand the CP/M of crushing defeat in Tripura. Apart from placing itself in a pivotal position in Nagaland. The party was in power in 21 seats, either by itself or as part of an alliance. The achievement for the BJP was considered to be huge as no party had held such a big footprint. However, the dynamic changed considerably with the BJP losing three of the states it had held.
The party face defeats in the Hindi heartland and lost power to the Congress in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. It must also be noted that the BJP pulled out of the government in Jammu and Kashmir, which led to the spread being reduced further. In 2021, the saffron party emerged victorious in assembly polls in Assam and Puducherry. The center ruled party put up a tough fight in West Bengal as well with the BJP try to wrest power from the ruling TMC led by Mamata Banerjee, but the party failed.
Now lets come to 2022. The BJ P1 in Goa, UP and Manipur in the assembly polls held in February of 2022. But it suffered A setback after Nitish Kumar ended the alliance with the BJP in Bihar and rejoined Mahagathbandhan. However, it came to power in Maharashtra after Eknath Shinde lets Shiv Sena faction decided to break Mahavikas Agadi government which was led by Uddav Thakreb.
Later in the year, the BJP emerged victorious in Gujarat polls for the record 7th consecutive time while losing Himachal Pradesh. Now in 2023, the Bharatiya Janata Party successfully retained its iron grip on the northeastern states, a region where it had little to no presence before 2014 after securing victories in both Tripura and Nagaland. While in Meghalaya, the BJP went solo this time but the party extended support to Conrad Sanghmas National Peoples Party or NPP in forming government in the state.
But now BJP has lost its only stronghold in South India as Congress witnessed A sweeping victory. So as of May this year, the BJP is in power in nine states or Union territories. But in the coalition, the BJP also has six more states. So now it has controlled, directly or indirectly, over 15 states. In 2014, when Narendra Modi had come to power, the BJP ruled just seven states. The Congress, on the other hand, which held 13 states in 2014, came down to four in 2023.
With Alliance, the Congress holds power in three more states, taking the number up to seven this year. Well see five more assembly elections in the country as the 2024 Lok Sabha polls come forward. Lets see how the political dynamic shifts in India by the end of this year. If you find this video informative, hit the like button, share with your friends and dont forget to subscribe to 1I thank you for watching.