Telangana Assembly polls - SWOT Analysis of BJP

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The bjp is counting on telangana to establish a government in one of the five southern states before the 2024 lok sabha elections after losing to the opposition congress in karnataka in the May assembly elections. After the election on november 30, it will have to battle it out to create the state's first administration with the powerful BRS party and a buoyant Congress.
After winning a few byelections and the hyderabad municipal corporation-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">greater hyderabad municipal corporation elections in the previous three years, the saffron party, which had emerged as the main rival to the chief minister K chandrasekhar Rao-led BRS, experienced internal strife. bandi sanjay kumar had to be replaced as state president of the bjp by Union minister g kishan reddy in order to appease the opposition.

Here is a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis of the BJP.

STRENGTHS

•The clean image maintained by the party in the state works to its benefit.
• prime minister Narendra Modi’s popularity and the party’s political agility in the state.
• Support from Sangh Pariwar, such as RSS affiliates vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal.

WEAKNESSES

• Lack of strong organizational set-up in several constituencies.
• Non-availability of strong candidates to field in all 119 assembly seats.
• Dependence on central leadership for every decision by the local unit.
• A strong feeling among people that the bjp and BRS have a tacit understanding.
• The removal of Bandi Sanjay as state president is seen as a weakness.

• There is no leader in the state unit who can match chief minister KCR’s image.

OPPORTUNITIES

• The party can claim credit for some of the achievements, such as the passing of the Women’s Reservation Bill and the celebration of september 17 as telangana Liberation Day. It can highlight the corruption allegations against the local leadership in the ruling dispensation.
• KCR’s daughter Kavitha’s alleged role in the delhi Excise Scam case.

THREATS

•After the karnataka polls, its national rival congress has emerged as an alternative to BRS in Telangana. This might result in anti-establishment votes consolidating towards Congress.
• Congress’s campaign may center around the bjp and BRS’ alleged tacit understanding.
• The bjp needs to counter it effectively. congress may use it as one of the major poll issues.
• Lack of strong leadership in all 119 constituencies. So the availability of effective leaders who can put up a strong fight may impede electioneering.
• Barring a few, there are hardly any crowd-pullers in the party.

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