Opportunistic Leaders are a Question of Concern for BJP

Lucknow: The Indian Party (BJP), which has defined itself as superior to all other political parties with the slogan 'Party with Difference', is struggling to recover from recent defeats. Assembly elections have commenced in five states: UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa, and Manipur. All five political parties contesting the elections in the five states have nominated their candidates. Meanwhile, party leaders are defections in droves. The BJP has suffered the most throughout this time. Leaders who joined the BJP seeking power a few years ago have left the party and joined other parties.

Top BJP leaders have also defected. In 2014, to beat Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP took all opposition figures from Dhadle and made them candidates. Since then, whether it's state assembly elections or the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP has recruited leaders from all parties.

Opportunistic Leaders in BJP:

The BJP's burgeoning mass base attracted many opportunists from other parties whose pulses were not melting. They're all BJP now. The BJP also favored non-BJP politicians. He also ran for assembly and Lok Sabha elections, which made him a minister. In such a circumstance, the party, the leaders who have worked for the BJP for years, were entirely neglected.

The BJP embraced the defector leaders. Bypassing the traditional party employees, he got his loyalists' seats in different posts. Disappointment among the party's core workers pushed him out of the mainstream.

Many BJP leaders from previous parties were accused of corruption due to long-term abuse of power. His name was fraught with controversy. As a result, after the elections, he joined another anti-BJP party, knowing he would not be re-elected. One of them left the BJP just before the elections. Having a strong candidate in front of the party became tough. Many politicians who joined the BJP from other parties left the party shortly after taking power, leading to the party's demise.

Nana Patole, a former Congress politician who joined the BJP before the 2014 elections, beat an experienced leader like Praful Patel. Three years later, he quit the BJP and the MP to join the Congress. After Nana Patole retired, NCP's Madhukar Rao Kukde beat BJP's Hemant Shravan Patel in a by-election. In the by-election, Congress backed the NCP candidate.

Savitribai Phule, MP from Bahraich in Uttar Pradesh, Ramakant Yadav, former MP from Azamgarh, and Sukh Ram of Himachal Pradesh had all deserted the BJP during the recent Lok Sabha elections. Who joined the BJP from other parties. Several top figures in West Bengal, including Mukul Roy, joined the BJP before the elections. Everyone expected a BJP administration in Bengal. So many individuals joined the BJP for their personal gain. However, after the assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee was re-elected as chief minister for the third time. Then additional BJP politicians began defecting.

First, BJP national vice-president Mukul Roy re-joined Mamata Banerjee. After that, Babul Supriyo, a former minister at the Centre, resigned from the BJP and his parliamentary seat to join the Trinamool Congress. Several top BJP officials and MLAs have joined the Congress in Bengal. Arya, Sanjeev Arya, and Harak Singh Rawat, all former BJP MLAs, rejoined the Congress after the 2017 Uttarakhand assembly elections.

Swami Prasad Maurya, Dharam Singh are also in UP

They resigned as ministers and joined the Samajwadi Party. Around 15 other BJP MLAs have joined the Samajwadi Party. Besides these leaders, many more may quit the BJP if they are not handed seats. After Swami Prasad Maurya quit the party, the BJP took in his competitor, former Union Minister RPN Singh. RPN Singh was a three-time MLA from Padrauna, Swami Prasad Maurya's seat. His Kurmi caste belongs to the Mauryas, and Padrauna is their ancient legislature.