Y.S. Sharmila, who took over as the PCC chief in Andhra Pradesh, has been touring the state at a rapid pace. As the elections are drawing near, she is focusing on some strategic issues.
As a result, her speeches are mainly focused on her opposition to her brother Jagan and the BJP. However, it is understood that Sharmila is moving forward with a long-term strategy to make Congress a strong force, even if it is not in the next elections, but in the elections five years later.
In comparison to the northern states, there is a strong opposition to the BJP, which is in power at the center, in the southern states. The BJP is likely to win only a nominal number of MP seats from the southern states this time. It is also difficult for the BJP to open an account in states like Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Andhra Pradesh.
As a result, the BJP is pinning its hopes on MP seats in only Telangana and Karnataka. Overall, it seems that the BJP’s strategies in the southern states have been completely checked after losing power in Karnataka and failing in Telangana.
However, the situation is different in Andhra Pradesh. Even though the BJP does not have a single public representative here, it is doing all the work it wants through parties like YSRCP and TDP. If she can put a brake on them, Sharmila will be successful.
As a result, Sharmila’s focus is now on checking the regional parties like YSRCP, TDP, and Janasena by taking the BJP opposition to the people. She also wants to hurt YSRCP, which is ruling the state with the help of votes from minorities and other groups that oppose the BJP.
The BJP, which once entered the state with the help of Chandrababu Naidu in hopeless circumstances and won a few seats, is now in a situation where it is not losing even though it does not have those seats.
As a result, Sharmila is taking steps to bring back the votes of Muslims and Christians, who were once a strong vote bank for Congress and later went to YSRCP, as a vote bank against the BJP. As a result, it is going to be a major challenge for YSRCP to protect them.
Similarly, Chandrababu and Pawan have joined hands to prevent the anti-YSRCP vote from splitting in the upcoming elections. Now, Congress, Sharmila’s party, is also bound to split the anti-YSRCP vote to some extent. If both of them strongly bring the issue that they are friends of the BJP to the people, there will be problems.
Due to Sharmila’s popularity compared to the leaders already in Congress, leaders who did not get tickets in other parties are leaning towards her party. However, even if the vote bank does not completely turn, if some votes are split, the opposition is sure to face problems tomorrow. In this way, the situation is such that no one can ignore the steps that Sharmila is taking to dent the ruling and opposition parties.