Maharashtra results 2024 (Vidarbha): Despite farm unrest, revived Congress, BJP sweeps over 40 seats

The Congress, which was hoping to revive its electoral fortunes successful the portion aft winning 5 of the 10 Lok Sabha seats , faced a immense setback arsenic it managed to triumph lone 9 Assembly seats from Vidarbha.

During the Lok Sabha election, the Congress run had focused connected the Constitution alleging that the BJP plans to amend it if the enactment gets much than 400 seats.

The Congress’s improved tally successful the wide elections was attributed to the enactment it got from the Dalit, Muslim and Kunbhi communities.

However, this time, the party’s effort to scope retired to these communities did not fetch them overmuch gains.

In the 36 seats wherever the 2 nationalist parties were successful a consecutive fight, the BJP managed to triumph 27, contempt the portion witnessing husbandman unrest.

State BJP main Chandrashekhar Bawankule said, “The Lok Sabha canvass result cannot beryllium equated to Assembly polls. We took measures to code the flaws. That enactment america successful a commanding position.”

State Congress main Nana Patole, who had won the Sakoli spot successful Vidarbha, said, “The results don’t lucifer the crushed realities wherever nationalist choler was evident owed to agrarian crisis, unemployment and inflation.”

Meanwhile, husbandman person from Vidarbha Vijay Jawandia said that a triumph for the ruling confederation does not connote lack of workplace distress.

“Farmers are getting Rs 3,800 to 4500 per quintal for soyabean, which is beneath the MSP of Rs 4,892 per quintal. The fabric growers besides are getting conscionable Rs 6000 to Rs 6500 per quintal arsenic against the MSP of Rs 7,521 per quintal,” helium said.

Vidarbha besides assumes governmental value arsenic the RSS office is located successful Nagpur, which is besides the location of Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, authorities BJP main Chandrashekhar Bawankule and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had held 2 nationalist rallies successful the region, astatine Wardha and Washim connected September 20 and October 5 respectively, adjacent earlier the Assembly polls were announced.

While Leader of Opposition successful the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi held a nationalist gathering successful Nagpur, Congress person Priyanka Gandhi concluded the party’s canvass run by holding a roadshow successful Mahal wherever RSS office is located.

In the 2014 Assembly polls, the BJP had swept Vidarbha by bagging 44 seats retired of 62 seats. The results saw BJP emerging arsenic the largest enactment with 122 seats. In the 2019 polls, it won lone 29 seats from the region, with its wide tally declining to 105 seats.