The destiny of the political parties and candidates who contested elections for the fourteenth Assembly of Madhya Pradesh, for which elections held on November 25, has been sealed in the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) amid claims and counterclaims of victory.
Political pundits are predicting a close finish between the two major political players of the State, arch rivals the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition Congress. But what is interesting is that it is for the first time that some of the political analysts feel that the smaller parties might also play some role in the formation of the next Government in the State.
Though both the BJP and Congress ridiculed this very idea of collision Government and claimed of forming the next Government in the State with absolute majority but the smaller parties are confidant of their role in the next Government of Madhya Pradesh.
leaders of Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Janata Dal United (JDU), Gondwana parties, left wing parties Communist Party of India (CPI) and Communist Party of India – Marxist (CPI-M) are claiming that no Government would be formed in the State without their support after the result of the elections get declared on December 8.
BSP Madhya Pradesh unit President IS Mourya while talking to the The Pioneer said, “It would be hung Assembly this time as no party is going to get the majority. BSP would play an important role in the formation of the government as we are confidant of wining minimum twenty seats.”
Mourya further said that we have posed tough challenge on over three dozen seats and the results of the 2013 Assembly elections would for the first time introduce coalition government system in the State.
SP state President Gauri Singh Yadav said, “like neighboring state Uttar Pradesh SP has moved firmly towards MP and with the blend of Young leader’s enthusiasm and elder leaders’ experience we are sure of winning on over one and a half dozen seats.”
Yadav like his BSP counterpart claimed that no Government in the State would be formed without his outfits support.
CPI State media in-charge Shailendra Kumar Shelly said, “People of the Stare are fed up with the BJP and the Congress due to the corruption and rising prices and claimed that the results of the election would be surprising and the major political parties of the state would need outside support to form the next Government in the State.”
JDU state president Govind Yadav said, “Our alliance with the Gondwana Gantantra Party (GGP) have posed stiff competition to BJP and Congress in Jabalpur, Rewa and Sagar divisions besides Ratlam and Jhabua and we are sure that we would emerge victorious on half a dozen seats of the State and would play important role in the formation of next Government in State.”
However, it would be interesting to witness as how much substance does the claims of these smaller parties and major political players has, the picture of that would get clear on December 8.