Saturday , November 16 2024

Why did BJP play Dinesh Pratap Singh's card in Rae Bareli, can it snatch this seat from Gandhi family?

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BJP has announced its candidate from Rae Bareli parliamentary seat. Bharatiya Janata Party has once again expressed confidence in Dinesh Pratap Singh, who gave a tough competition to Sonia Gandhi in 2019. Dinesh Pratap Singh is currently an MLC and also a minister in the Yogi government. Till 6 years ago, Dinesh Pratap Singh was one of the very special people of the Gandhi family. After this, in the year 2018, he left Congress and joined BJP. Tomorrow Friday is the last day of nomination for Rae Bareli seat.

Congress has not yet announced its candidate for this seat. But it is expected that Congress will announce its candidate by tonight or tomorrow morning. The way Congress leaders are maintaining suspense, it seems that Congress can field only a member of the Gandhi family from Rae Bareli. BJP has announced the name of Dinesh Pratap Singh, but will he be able to fulfill the wish of BJP? Just as BJP has ousted Rahul Gandhi from Amethi, similarly it wants to snatch Rae Bareli from the Gandhi family. It remains to be seen whether Dinesh Pratap Singh will live up to the expectations of BJP or not…

Dinesh Pratap Singh fits into BJP's Amethi module

Bharatiya Janata Party is working on Amethi module to win Rae Bareli seat. The way Smriti Irani continued to focus on Amethi even after losing in 2014 and finally snatched this parliamentary seat from Rahul in 2019. Dinesh Pratap Singh is also working on similar lines in Rae Bareli. Dinesh Pratap Singh gave a tough competition to Sonia Gandhi in 2019. In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections, Congress got about 72.2 percent votes. In 2014 this figure came down to 63.8 percent.

All this was done under the same strategy

After Dinesh Pratap Singh became the candidate in 2019, Sonia Gandhi's vote percentage fell to 55.8 percent. While BJP got only 21.1 percent votes in 2014, it increased to 38.7 percent in 2019 after the arrival of Dinesh Pratap Singh. After which BJP made him MLC and sent him to the Assembly and he was also given the post of minister in the Yogi government. All this was done under the same strategy to remain among the public for 5 consecutive years and fulfill their daily needs. The way Smriti Irani spent 5 years with the people of Amethi even after losing the elections.

Dinesh Pratap is very strong at the local level

Dinesh Pratap Singh is very strong at the local level and understands every ins and outs of Rae Bareli. This was the reason why he was very close to Sonia Gandhi. The Gandhi family has been working only on his advice. Dinesh Pratap Singh has five brothers, three of whom are active in politics. His brother Rakesh Singh was also elected MLA from Harchandpur assembly seat on Congress ticket in 2017. The second brother Avadhesh Singh is the President of Rae Bareli District Panchayat. The politics of the entire district is conducted from Dinesh Singh's residence Panchvati. Only people like Dinesh Pratap Singh and Akhilesh Singh are left for the Gandhi family in Rae Bareli. Sometimes Akhilesh Singh was discussed in Rae Bareli also. After his death, now his daughter Aditi Singh has joined BJP. Aditi Singh is an MLA and is strongly associated with BJP.