General Election Results 2024: Muslim-Dalit voters gave a lifeline to Congress, the party stood again in UP
General Election Results 2024: Muslim and Dalit voters revived the Congress in the country's largest state, Uttar Pradesh. In alliance with the Samajwadi Party, it got the opportunity to contest fewer seats, but even after this, the party has made tremendous improvement in the number of its seats.
Muslim and Dalit voters revived the Congress in the country's largest state, Uttar Pradesh. In alliance with the Samajwadi Party, it got the opportunity to contest fewer seats, but even after this, it has made tremendous improvement in the number of its seats. Congress not only won Rae Bareli and Amethi's seats but also captured many other important seats. Even UP Congress President Ajay Rai, who fought against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi, has also got very good votes. The way Muslims have voted unitedly in favor of the Congress, it is believed that the alliance with the Congress has the biggest contribution to the victory of the Samajwadi Party.
In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has suffered a significant loss in terms of seats and vote share, but the BSP has suffered the most. Not only did it lose seats, but its base of support shifted to other parties. Political analysts believe that due to Mallikarjun Kharge, Dalit society supported the Congress and India Alliance. This benefited the India Alliance in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Karnataka. This has given Congress the opportunity to make a strong comeback.
Rahul Gandhi used to wave a copy of the Constitution during his rallies, claiming that if the BJP won, it would change the Constitution. It is believed that this spread the word among the Dalit voters that the BJP can change the Constitution made by their Dalit icon Baba Saheb Ambedkar. BJP leaders repeatedly tried to remove this misunderstanding, but it could not remove this misunderstanding among Dalits and it had to suffer losses. Congress got tremendous benefits from this. This is being seen as a strong move by Rahul Gandhi and Congress.
A Congress leader told Amar Ujala that the party should have compromised on more seats in the alliance with the Samajwadi Party. If this had happened, the party's position in Uttar Pradesh would have been stronger today. This would have prepared the party for the upcoming elections in the state. The victory of the party at this time has also helped the party to make a comeback. At a time when the party was considered finished by the state, this strong comeback of the party will help it to stand up again.
