Probably, it is the first time in
Indian politics that a national party is leaning too much on West Bengal and
North-East for a clear majority to win the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. It is like
changing the centre of gravity of Indian electoral politics. Maybe, the BJP has
sensed the threat in the Hindi heartland ahead of ‘Mahagathbandhan’ for the
2019 election. BJP president Amit Shah on
Saturday said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) expected to bag 300 seats
in the coming Lok Sabha elections with a contribution of nearly 50 seats from
the Northeastern Region and West Bengal. Until 2014, Uttar Pradesh was
seen as the state tilting the balance in one's favor for the central
government. But the BJP looks at Odisha, West
Bengal, and Northeast as the new tilting factors. You may call it a 'North East Calling' or 'Look East' phenomena for BJP but; in case this happens, NaMo could
show what it means to 'act east'. 
Claiming impossible to be possible in 2019 ?
By IndianMandarins - 2019-01-07 10:28:24
Probably, it is the first time in
Indian politics that a national party is leaning too much on West Bengal and
North-East for a clear majority to win the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. It is like
changing the centre of gravity of Indian electoral politics. Maybe, the BJP has
sensed the threat in the Hindi heartland ahead of ‘Mahagathbandhan’ for the
2019 election.
BJP president Amit Shah on Saturday said the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) expected to bag 300 seats in the coming Lok Sabha elections with a contribution of nearly 50 seats from the Northeastern Region and West Bengal.
Until 2014, Uttar Pradesh was seen as the state tilting the balance in one's favor for the central government.
But the BJP looks at Odisha, West Bengal, and Northeast as the new tilting factors.
You may call it a 'North East Calling' or 'Look East' phenomena for BJP but; in case this happens, NaMo could
show what it means to 'act east'.
