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The Modi government may have to make another big effort as soon as the assembly elections in the five states are over and appoint new Governors in the vacant Raj Bhavans. Still 7-8 Raj Bhavans are lying vacant and many Governors are performing dual responsibilities, while many Governors have been above 75 years. Sources reveal that there was a discussion in the central government over whether the retired bureaucrats carry out the responsibilities of Raj Bhavan properly or the politicians. The government is said to be happy with the appointment of Manoj Sinha in Jammu and Kashmir and the subsequent situation, while on the other hand there is Satyapal Malik who has been troubling the central government. Still, the government feels that it would be better to place bets on politicians rather than retired bureaucrats. Ever since this news has come out, politicians facing political exile have intensified their rounds to the Sangh.

Mamta Banerjee has also not allowed the lack of resources for her party in the Bengal elections and she is also spending money in this election more than the BJP. The BJP claims that the widespread appointment of paramilitary forces in the Bengal elections has exposed Mamata. Firstly, a large number of Bangladeshi citizens illegally came and captured the polling booths in the elections. At the same time, in a changed scenario, Mamata is not able to reach her ground-level cadre properly. The BJP claims that more than 250 crore rupees of cash of the Trinamool have been seized by the paramilitary forces. At the same time, the Trinamool is confident that Mamata will form the government in the state this time too because TMC is getting outright votes of 29 percent of the Muslims of the state. Moreover, women have also openly supported Mamta. So, the party leaders claim that Trinamool will cross the figure of 150. At the same time, the BJP can be reduced to 100-125 seats.

Sensing the changing times, the Chief Minister of Jharkhand and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Supremo Hemant Soren has started increasing closeness with the BJP. He is constantly afraid that the BJP can change the game in Jharkhand whenever it wants because the 10 Congress MLAs in his government are arguably in touch with the BJP and it is suspected that they can change color at any time. This is the reason that when Hemant came to Delhi last time, he met Rahul Gandhi as well as Amit Shah. Recently, when Hemant joined Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari through video conferencing, Gadkari opened his heart to Hemant and Jharkhand. Gadkari told Soren that if they can get the land acquisition and approval of the Ministry of Forest and Environment done and provide good officers, “we will make the roads of Jharkhand like West Europe and America in three years”. Gadkari also said that ” The central government is ready to give five thousand crore rupees to the road construction department of the state. ‘Gadkari’s approach has hidden far-reaching effects, which is an announcement that if Hemant Soren comes under BJP’s shelter, so he can remain the Chief Minister. The BJP is also said to be eager to play the same game in non-BJP states like Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

Whatever be the election results of Assam, the face-to-face battle, between the BJP vs Congress alliance, has become interesting. Even if the election results are to come on 2 May, the BJP seems to be busy in the efforts to form the government from now on, on the basis of which the Congress alliance candidates are the ones who are showing victory. Sensing the change of loyalties of its candidates, the Congress alliance has sent 20 of its candidates to a resort in Jaipur for their protection, even their mobile phones are no longer with them. These are the candidates with the possibility of victory, among whom the number of candidates of Badruddin Ajmal’s AIUDF is much higher. The process of other coalition candidates coming to Jaipur may also continue, as Congress is worried about horse-trading. Sources associated with the BJP make it clear that the saffron party is worried about the conduct of its big leader in the state, Hemanta Biswa Sarma, who clearly feels that if the BJP once again gets an absolute majority in the state, his claim to the post of chief minister will be sidelined. Hemanta feels that his dream of becoming Chief Minister can be fulfilled only in a ‘Hung Assembly’. Even once in Haryana, when Bhajanlal was the state president and the state election was fought under his leadership, the party supremo Sonia Gandhi handed over the command of the state to Bhupendra Singh Hooda in his place. The fear of the opposition parties was not only in Assam, where a candidate of the Congress alliance changed sides to the BJP during the elections, opposition parties have been facing the same fear in Kerala and Bengal, where BJP strategists are well aware of the weak links of the UDF and TMC that can change the path even after victory.