Clever moves needed to defeat BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha elections: Shiv Sena

The Shiv Sena on Monday said opposition parties will have to make shrewd and clever moves to defeat the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and West Bengal and Maharashtra have shown that the ModiShah juggernaut can be halted in the poll battlefield and on the political chessboardOnly thing you need is a strong will to fight an editorial in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana said adding that a definite action plan is the need of the hourThe Shiv Sena fell out with the BJP after the Maharashtra Assembly polls in 2019 over the issue of sharing the chief ministerial post The Uddhav Thackerayled party subsequently forged an alliance with the NCP and Congress to form the Maha Vikas Aghadi MVA government in the stateIn the West Bengal polls held earlier this year the Mamata Banerjeeled Trinamool Congress TMC retained power with a landslide victoryThe editorial in Saamana said despite Prime Minister Narendra Modis 19 rallies Mamata Banerjees flag fluttered high in West Bengal and Union Home Minister Amit Shahs all political planning and financial management was defeatedAlso read Mumbai Sanjay Raut likens Indias partition to situation in AfghanistanTwo years ago the prestige of Raj Bhavan in Maharashtra put at stake but the BJP couldnt form government in the state the Marathi daily saidIt was apparently referring to the hush hush early morning ceremony held last year at the Raj Bhavan where BJPleader Devendra Fadnavis was sworn in as chief minister after his party and the Shiv Sena fell outWest Bengal and Maharashtra showed that the BJP can be defeated in the election battlefield and on the political chessboard the Sena saidIt mocked the recent Jan Ashirwad Yatras of various Union ministers saying if nothing is done then these Jan Ashirwad Jatras fairs will hypnotise people againThe Union ministers during the yatras were doing nothing but abusing the opposition parties Most of these ministers were outsiders in the BJP it said adding that dedicated BJP workers were participating in these jatras like foolsGiven this scenario the opposition parties will have to make their moves cleverly and shrewdly the Sena saidThe result of 2024 polls will depend on how clever and shrewd moves are made The opposition parties will have to do it Preparation and dress rehearsal will have to be done First the opposition parties will have to win the trust of people that they can provide a viable alternative it saidNotably Congress president Sonia Gandhi recently convened a meeting of various political partiesThe editorial said it would be wrong to assume that the coming together of these 19 political parties will lead to weakening and exit of the Modi governmentThis is because in these 19 parties there are many parties which now resemble old dilapidated houses it saidUnless these dilapidated houses are repaired and given a new look the other side BJP wont face shocks of unity it addedThe Sena said instead of mere deliberations a definite action plan is the need of the hourThe oppositions unity should not be on a weak foundation it opinedThe Sena claimed the BJP has governments only in Assam and Uttar PradeshThe governments in Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka have been formed by toppling the democraticallyelected regimes it addedThe editorial also said that a Jagjivan Ram was needed in the present political arena in the national interestThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever