By Praveen Dwivedi Bhopal 24 Aug : Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia’s meeting with BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya at his residence in Indore on Monday caused speculation about a the leadership changes in the Madhya Pradesh unit of the party.
The meeting of Scindia with Vijayvargiya occurred one week after the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who was a member of the party’s all-powerful the parliamentary board since August 2014 was sacked from office on August 18 15 months before the election scheduled for.
Some political analysts consider the meeting to be more personal and less political Some see it as the start of the beginning of a new era in politics in the state.which if not now, it could be six months from now or after 2023 Assembly elections in 2023.
Political observers observed certain modifications in movements of Scindia in the course of his meeting with Vijayvargiya when he was with his son of 26 years Mahanaryaman Scindia.In a video of the meeting that was shared through social media platforms, the senior Scindia could be heard telling his son: “Aapke liye ek surprise laya hun (I have an offer to you).”
When they met Vijayvargiya in an act of respect, junior Scindia reached out to his feet and hugged each the other.This led to people in political circles speculate about the fact that “Scindia family members have never made the same gesture of respect before,” said a Bhopal-based senior journalist.
Senior political observer N.K.Singh N.K.Singh, a senior political observer, was of the opinion that there is no doubt that Shivraj Singh Chouhan is the only well-known image of the BJP in Madhya Pradesh, who has won three consecutive Assembly elections by himself, but he did not win the election in 2018.”If you believe that the BJP is the ruling party in Madhya Pradesh today, it could be due to the influence of Scindia.It seems that Shivraj Singh will be facing the same scenario as Congress chief Digvijaya Singh faced in 2003.”
Singh added that both the veterans of the Congress -the Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh and Madhya Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) head Kamal Nath — are experienced politicians and the BJP is aware of who is able to take on the two leaders.
“The signal was evident that when Scindia became a member of the BJP but the situation was not as clear.The meeting of Scindia with Vijayvargiya as well as others senior BJP members of Madhya Pradesh, it could be that the Central’s top leadership is trying to create a favourable scenario for him with Madhya Pradesh based senior politicians.
Certain senior BJP leaders who are anti-Shivraj have already changed their views in Scindia’s side,” he said.
After being dismissed from the most powerful the decision-making body of the 11-member board of parliamentary representation this week, Shivraj had said: “I do not care whether I’m qualified.If the party grants me the responsibility of carpeting I’ll take it in the best interest of the entire nation.If I am asked to remain in Jait (home village of Shivraj) then I will do that and if the party asks me to stay in Bhopal I will comply with the instructions.There shouldn’t be any personal ambitions in political life.”
Political observers are also speculating Shivraj Singh Chohan an experienced politician, and others who weren’t in his stead were kicked out and have begun campaigning against him, and Vijayvargiya was one of the people who lobbied against him.
“Meeting with Vijayvargiya should not be seen as a huge signal of change since he also has a limited part in the party right now.However, he has a strong influence in Indore division.” stated a BJP spokesperson under the an ad hoc basis of confidentiality.
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