Nurottam Mishra, a Bhartiya Janata Party leader and a cabinet minister in the Madhya Pradesh government, predicts the reason behind his political party┬Тs win in the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Elections. His constituency, Datia, is adjacent to UP┬Тs Jhansi just 24 kilometres away. Though he┬Тs a minister in another State┬Тs cabinet, he seemed pretty sure of the BJP┬Тs win in UP as well. Proof behind his prediction? The sparkling eyes of his listeners. Mr Mishra went on to cite the BJP┬Тs achievements.
The Uttar Pradesh Elections of 2017 are important for the BJP to win, not only because of the mere size of the State, which undoubtedly would look like a victory in the BJP┬Тs kitty; there are other factors involved which demand the party to win UP: this would be the first election post Narendra Modi┬Тs demonetization policy and therefore, would act as a people┬Тs vote, or not, to his decision of demonetization. Another factor behind the party┬Тs efforts to win is their goal of achieving a Congress-mukt bharat, and thereby decimate the Opposition.
Whether the sparkle is Nurottam Mishra┬Тs listener┬Тs eyes is evidentiary enough to predict the BJP┬Тs win, remains to be seen. The BJP has not been able to come in power in the State for a long time now. Would this time be a change in the pattern?
