Ten States this year will be going to the polls. From this month to end of March, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab,Goa Uttarakhand and Manipur will witness massive political jamboree. As I write this post, Punjab and Goa have completed the poll with a voter turn out of 83%(Goa) and 79%(Punjab) while UP is all set to poll on the 11th.
The Presidential election will be held in July this year. This year therefore is going to be an all election year. No other country in the world has so many elections and so often every year as we have. .Also no country remains as noisy and as festive as India during election times. Incidentally this 2017 is going to be the biggest electioneering year since 2014 when Narendra Modi and not BJP swept the General election an achievement that was spectacular enough to leave the rest of the political parties gasping for breath. This year is going to be the litmus test for the Prime Minister to once again prove to Nation the importance of being a Narendra Modi.
To-day BJP has a majority in Lok Sabha but has hardly any presence in the Rajya Sabha where members are indirectly elected by the state legislatures. So Modi, the face of BJP has to win substantially these State elections to enable BJP to action their various Economic reforms agenda including GST the one most revolutionizing reform in the sphere of indirect taxation Also winning substantial seats in the State legislatures will give BJP the opportunity to hand pick their nominee for the post of the 14th President of Republic of India. The President of India is elected by an electoral college comprising of MPs and MLAs
By the way every win in these State elections will also be a people's endorsement of Modi authored demonetization drive that had practically made the 1.25 billion stand in the Q to draw their own hard earned money and that too in bits from Banks and ATMs
Let us hope Modi's confidence and BJP's optimism pays off..!
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