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Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The last phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections is yet to be held and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has called a meeting of the leaders of the opposition alliance on June 1. The last phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections is to be held on June 1. According to the report of sources, the Lok Sabha elections will be discussed and reviewed in this meeting.
Mamata Banerjee will not attend the meeting
Mamata Banerjee will not attend the India Alliance meeting to be held in Delhi on June 1. She said, 'Voting is going to be held on nine seats in West Bengal, while there are elections in Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar as well. Sometimes voting is completed by 10 pm. On one hand there is storm and relief work, on the other hand there is election. I can stay here, but I will participate in the meeting with all my heart.'
The Kejriwal Factor
While Mallikarjun Kharge has set June 1 as the date for the India Alliance meeting, the Kejriwal factor is also being considered important behind this. In fact, in these elections, the relationship between the Aam Aadmi Party and the India Alliance has sometimes been close and sometimes distant. In the Union Territories of Delhi, Chandigarh, Haryana, Goa and Gujarat, both parties are close, while in Punjab they are quite far. These two important components of the India Alliance, which is contesting elections in five states, are the main rivals in Punjab. Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal is out on bail for election campaign after his arrest in the liquor scam and his term is also ending on June 1.
The Kejriwal factor may also be responsible for calling the meeting of the India Alliance. This is being discussed because the top leaders of the constituent parties will continue to attend the meetings of the India Alliance except the meetings of the leaders of various parties regarding the distribution of seats. Kejriwal has filed a petition in the court seeking extension of interim bail for one more week, but if the bail period is not extended then the pace of the All India Alliance may slow down.
Internal contradictions between the parties involved
While the India Alliance was having frequent meetings and its name was not even being taken, it was being said that this is an alliance in which contradictions are also being seen between the parties involved, and their coming together on one platform will be a big challenge.
This could also be a strategy to unite scattered groups
While the Left parties adopted a different tone in Kerala, the Trinamool Congress led by Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal raised the slogan of 'Akela-Akela'. The Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab and Mehbooba Mufti's party PDP in Jammu and Kashmir also contested the elections alone. The Left is contesting elections in alliance with the Congress from Tamil Nadu to Bengal, while the Aam Aadmi Party is also in alliance with the Grand Old Party in five states. TMC is also contesting the Bhadohi seat in UP under the banner of India Block. The reason for calling the meeting on June 1 may also be a strategy to reduce tension during the election campaign and unite the scattered groups in different states before the results.
Congress is a slow party in taking decisions, it is busy in improving its image!
Congress has got the image of being a very slow party in taking decisions. Nitish Kumar, a member of JDU in the All India Alliance, has been cornering the Congress for not calling any meeting during the elections in other states including Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan and has been gradually raising questions on the issue of seat sharing. As the last date of nomination for the Lok Sabha elections approaches, a series of meetings are going on between the constituent parties of the All India Alliance regarding the distribution of seats from Maharashtra to Bihar. This is also being seen as an attempt by the Congress to break its old image by calling a meeting as soon as the elections are over.
A strategy can also be made regarding the selection of parties and leaders
The results of the Lok Sabha elections are due on June 4. And if there is a possibility of forming a government after the election results, then the Congress wants to prepare for it in advance. If the seats won by the parties in the India Alliance do not reach the majority and the BJP-led NDA falls short of the magic number, then new allies will be needed to form the government. Therefore, the strategy may be to choose such parties and leaders who can support the India Alliance to form the government.
