Is the rising anti-incumbency affecting the ruling party in Gujarat?

Gandhinagar 29 August : The the Prime Minister Narendra Modis two-day trip to Gujarat two meetings that were not scheduled have caught the attention of people and readers of the political press.

In addition to a number of public occasions, he held meetings with BJP leaders, which werent scheduled prior.Sources within the party have said the ground feedback has alerted Prime Minister.

On Saturday the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a one-and-half-hour private meeting with Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel at the airport following his arriving in Gandhinagar.Sources told the media that Modi issued clear directives to implement more pro-people initiatives and deal with the anger in the state employees.

This meeting also intended to reassure the Chief Minister he should not be concerned.One of the most interesting aspects of the gathering was the presence of Modis most trusted Chief Principal Secretary, a bureaucrat, to CM K.Kailashnathan, according to sources.In a separate, unscheduled meeting the Prime Minister sat down with BJP key committee members on Sunday evening .They collected ground reports and later instructed the members on how to formulate the election strategy in order to fight the "freebies marketing".State Education Minister Jitu Vaghanis argument was based on the request of the state governments request, Modi was willing to go to the office of the party and assist them with the Assembly elections.

Sources from the party have told IANS that they have been receiving feedback about rising anti-incumbency levels and the decline of followers of the party due to inflation, and the AAPs "guarantee" politics.Sources told us that up to the end of June, partys leaders reasoning was that the presence of AAP in elections could split anti-incumbency votesand benefit the ruling party.

Their assumption was that it would cut into Congresss vote bank.However, in the last six months there has been a lot of water has flooded under the bridge.

Now leaders are seeing AAP as a danger and are beginning to feel that AAP has begun to erode the BJPs voter bank.This is causing concern for the national and state leaders According to sources.

According to sources that according to sources, the party is working on two issues.The first is to offer less time to opposition politicians to run in elections and the party is considering preparing for elections, even if its for a period of two to three weeks.

The other point is that it is working on a a no-repeat theory, but is careful to ensure that older voters arent irritated and hurt the chances of the party.If an MLA or leader who is in office is not given a chance to run the party may consider the possibility of naming a candidate from the leaders family, sources told.har/dp.