Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Congress: The country’s oldest political party Congress is currently going through a crisis. After the appointment of Mallikarjun Kharge as the Congress President and many senior leaders leaving the party, the questions about the leadership have been put to rest. Despite this, the Congress is not able to keep its leaders with it. In the past, many big Congress leaders have left the party and gone to other parties.
In the Lok Sabha elections of 2014 and 2019, an unprecedented increase has been recorded in the vote share of BJP. At the same time, while maintaining its vote share of around 20 percent, the Congress has still kept itself strong as compared to other political parties. Despite this, the party’s electoral performance in the states looks weak before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Let us know what challenges the Congress is going to face before the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
How powerful is the Congress, this is the current situation?
The figure of the number of members of the Congress party is 6 crores. Congress has only 52 MPs in Lok Sabha and in Rajya Sabha also the party has shrunk to 31 MPs. Congress has 649 MLAs across the country. It will be called a shocking figure that there is not a single Congress MP in 17 States/Union Territories. At the same time, the party has only one MP in 11 states/union territories. If we talk about the figures of MLAs in the states, Congress does not have any MLA in 6 states. At the same time, the Congress has only two MLAs in Uttar Pradesh, the country’s largest state.
In which states Congress governments?
Once upon a time, the Congress, which hoisted its flag in every state, has now been confined to two states. At the same time, in only two states, the party is part of the coalition and is involved in the government. In Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh only Congress government is in power with full majority. The Congress was voted out of power in the Punjab assembly elections held last year. At the same time, after the collapse of the Maha Vikas Aghadi coalition government in Maharashtra, the Congress was thrown out of power there as well. At present, the Congress remains part of the government by joining the coalition in Tamil Nadu and Bihar.
What are the challenges of the Congress before the Lok Sabha elections 2024?
Bharat Jodo Yatra led by Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has come to an end. In the figures revealed in a recent survey regarding the Bharat Jodo Yatra, it is being considered as a failure for the preparation of Mission 2024. By the way, before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, many challenges have arisen in front of the Congress. Brand as the biggest challenge before the party Narendra Modi Have to compete with. In fact, despite the Bharat Jodo Yatra, many opposition parties are still shying away from joining the Congress in the name of Rahul Gandhi.
At the same time, the assembly elections of 9 states to be held in 2023 are also going to be no less than an ordeal for the Congress. Assembly elections are to be held in Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Karnataka, Mizoram, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Telangana this year. Of these, in the states of Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Mizoram, Karnataka and Telangana, Congress has to compete with BJP as well as local parties. At the same time, in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh only, the Congress will have a direct fight with the BJP.
Congress is constantly trying to project itself as the strongest opposition. However, many leaders including SP President Akhilesh Yadav, BSP supremo Mayawati, TRS leader KCR, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik have kept distance from the Congress. Not only this, the party is also grappling with factionalism along with infighting in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. At the same time, in states like West Bengal, he will also have to pay attention to the expansion of his organization.
In the last few years, many veteran leaders like Jyotiraditya Scindia, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Hardik Patel, Jitin Prasad, Sunil Jakhar, RPN Singh have said goodbye to the party. It is feared that many other leaders may also migrate before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. Congress will have to take big steps to stop the exodus of leaders. Along with this, the Congress will have to find new partners for the UPA before the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
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