Those five MPs, because of them, the big party sank in Maharashtra
The old Congress won only 16 seats, which was the first time in the electoral history of Maharashtra. After the crushing defeat, the party blamed the EVM. Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said we lost the election because of EVM data. Apart from Jairam’s statement, whatever may be the reasons for the Congress party’s defeat in Maharashtra, it is mainly the five leaders of the party who are responsible for the defeat.
It is said that after the outstanding performance in the Lok Sabha, the responsibility of victory fell on the shoulders of these 5 Congress leaders, but these leaders failed to achieve success.
KC Venugopal Name
KC Venugopal is the General Secretary of the organization. The position is considered the most important in Congress after the president. After the defeat in Haryana, KC himself was sent to Maharashtra. He deployed an army of big shots here, but it all turned out to be false.
The KC is responsible for coordinating with the coalition parties, but there is a huge lack of coordination in Congress from seat allocation to voting. During the seat allotment, the fight between Nana Patole and Sanjay Raut was being discussed.
On the day of the polls, former Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde publicly announced himself as an independent candidate to replace the Shiv Sena (UBT) in the Solapur South seat. KC can neither perform damage control nor take any action against Shinde.
Sushil Kumar Shinde’s daughter Praniti Shinde is currently the MP from Solapur constituency.
Ramesh Chennithala’s strategy failed
Ahead of the elections, the Congress put powerful Kerala leader Ramesh Chennithala in charge. The job of the leader is to strategize, coordinate and strengthen the cadre. Chennithala was unable to complete all three tasks correctly.
Vidarbha is considered a strong stronghold of the Congress. The party also lost miserably. The Congress party also proved to be lagging in Mumbai and northern Maharashtra. Chennithala undoubtedly remained determined to stay in Mumbai but failed to coordinate and gather the right input.
Patole, who dreamed of becoming CM, also failed.
Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole is the leading contender for chief ministership ahead of the elections. Patole has publicly declared this many times. Patole did well in terms of seat distribution and votes but Patole proved to be a failure in giving results.
In Bandargodia, Patole’s hometown, the Congress could win only one of the six parliamentary seats. Patole won his election with 208 votes. Not only that, the Congress party was also trapped in Nagpur, Patole’s stronghold. Congress won only two-sixths of the seats here.
Nana Patole addressed around 55 rallies throughout the election, but the Congress could win only one or two seats.
The conductor is silent
Madhusudan Mistry is in charge of ticket distribution and screenings in Maharashtra. The Congress fielded 102 candidates in Maharashtra, but the party’s 86 candidates failed to win. If you look at percentages, only 16% of congressional candidates win. Balasaheb Thorat, Prithviraj Chavan and other big Congress leaders lost the elections.
In Kolhapur North constituency, the Congress candidate withdrew his nomination in the election. In this context, the question arises: on what basis did Madhusudan Mistry select the candidates? Doesn’t he know the situation on the ground?
Madhusudan Mistry had previously headed many state screening committees. However, the party also suffered heavy defeats in these states.
Kanuguru could not understand this strategy
Sunil Kanugolu is a Congress election strategist. Kanuguru’s role is to understand the BJP’s strategy and strategize for the Congress. Kanuguru’s team cannot understand the BJP’s micromanagement tactics in Maharashtra.
This time the BJP has devised micromanagement strategies in Maharashtra like in Madhya Pradesh. This strategy of the party worked and the BJP even won the trapped seats.
Questions about the Congress High Command also
The issue of censorship was discussed after the Congress failed in Haryana and collapsed in Maharashtra within a month. Questions have also been raised over the failure of the Congress high command. Rahul Gandhi and Malikajun Haq were initially not part of the campaign. In the end, the big guys did use their strength, but it was of no use.
Congress’s big leaders neither campaigned aggressively in the Maharashtra elections nor stayed in Maharashtra to strategize. Instead, Amit Shah himself set the political chessboard in Maharashtra from the BJP’s side.
In this case, after the failure, the Congress high command was also questioned.
