Rajasthan bypolls loss should worry BJP, Vasundhara Raje as state election nears
It takes special skills for an incumbent to lose a by-election. This is especially true when you are in power in both the state and the Centre – and voters know that electing an opposition candidate will neither change the government nor help in “getting work done”.
Yet, the voters of Ajmer and Alwar have elected Congress candidates in the Lok Sabha bypolls by wide margins. And the voters of Mandalgarh have elected a Congress legislator for the state assembly. All three seats were held by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) earlier.
This is a warning signal for the BJP at the Centre, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party president Amit Shah, and a stinging rebuke to the BJP in the state, led by chief minister Vasundhara Raje. It comes as a shot in the arm for the Congress in general, and Rajasthan Congress chief Sachin Pilot in particular.
Source: Dailyhunt
