Gujarat results may be reckoned as the wake up alarm for the BJP government in Rajasthan. Internal party conflicts, caste conflicts, reservation issues, resentment of various government employees, angst of the youth and farmers, rise in women related crimes coupled with a work system of bureaucracy dominating legislative representatives have created a potent mix that could spell trouble for the governnment next year.
These problems are not just for chief minister Vasundhara Raje but for BJP in totality. It cannot be refuted that for BJP, the 2019 route to Delhi passes through Rajasthan and it needs to clear hurdle 2018, the state elections.
The state government is already skating on thin ice. The issues that prove to be contentious are plenty.
The most crucial problem is the widespread resentment among the party cadre on various factors. Dominance of bureaucracy and neglect of legislators is a major factor, “We connect to the people and for that we need to have rights,” said an anguished MLA of BJP. Their inaccessibility to CM and party chief, coupled with total centralisation of decisions spells big trouble in the coming assembly polls. “I am the state head of a party cell and I do not have the liberty to decide my team,” said a party functionary on condition of anonymity.
Government employees and doctors who are present in the remotest areas are an angry lot. Rajputs, Brahmins, Gurjars and Jats are at war with the government for various reasons including reservation. Farmers seek loan waivers, a burning political issue constantly being put on back burner.
Incidents of communal violence and hate crimes are creating communal unrest. Add to it the slack handling of cases related to cow vigilantism.
These are problems from its own fold, add to it the opposition that is baying for blood and all set to claim the state. Former chief minister Ashok Gehlot, who has had a dress rehearsal for poll campaign in Gujarat, BJP’s woes automatically multiply.
It is an irrefutable fact that the war of 2019 to capture Delhi cannot be won if the battle of 2018 in Rajasthan is lost. The state having a history of never repeating a government. This creates a situation for the BJP, at all levels to use all resources at hand to win the state.
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