The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) has rubbished BJP president Amit Shah’s claim that the BJP’s victory in Assam and its performance in the other four States “is a stamp on the performance” of the Narendra Modi Government. Shah’s assertion that the election results in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Pondicherry as the “new beginning of politics of performance” is a farce and far from truth, the party said.
Madhya Pradesh unit SDPI president Advocate Sajid Siddiqui in a statement said that the way in which the BJP is celebrating the Assam victory looks like as if it has won all the 5 States’ elections that went to polls. The winning of Assam is not some ideological shift of the people of Assam from being secular to becoming Communal.
Siddiqui said that Assam was won by the BJP because the party pulled out Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, as poster boys from the Assam Elections. The two factors with the anti-incumbency that any government will face after three terms, was the reason that the Congress lost in Assam. So, it seems rather funny to see Shah claiming credit for the win in Assam, when the real story is that Assam was won despite of Shah and Modi. But when one turns to other states, the dismal picture of Modi influence just multiplies many folds. So, when the Media tries to portray that the BJP has gained in this election is absurd and outlandish, he added.
Siddiqui said that every healthy democracy needs a viable opposition. However, India is heading to a phase of fragmented opposition which is not a good sign. It seems that the Congress has not to have learnt anything from its many defeats. It is a party led by a dynasty that rewards sycophants rather than nurture genuine leadership.