Modi factor will not work in South, says BJP leader

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Modi factor will not work in South, says BJP leader

On Thursday, BRS leader KR Suresh Reddy said that in the last three big elections in Telangana, BRS performed and increased its tally from election to election. Mr Modi said the Modi factor will not work in the South, only performance and development work will be work.

BJP had a chance to win in Karnataka. But the election results show how they were. Now, if you are talking about Hyderabad and the BJP winning a couple of seats, it is a big deal. In Telangana, it is not a big number because we have won three big elections. In all the elections, TRS has consistently performed, and increased its presence from election to election, Reddy said at India Today Conclave South 2023.

The regional performance is a matter of breadth and breadth. The Modi factor will not work in the South. Only performance will work. It's to be noted that you BJP is competing against performing leaders, he said at the conclave of India Today.

He was joined by Tamil Nadu BJP's K Annamalai, Rajya Sabha BJP's CPM John Brittas and the Congress' MP Manickam Tagore.

Voicing similar trends, Congress MP Manickam Tagore said the BJP's hate politics have no scope in the southern part of the country, especially in Karnataka.

Every election is different, Manickam Tagore said. The BJP in the Deccan could not enter into the basis of hate politics, particularly the RSS-backed BJP. In Karnataka, they failed. In southern India, Narendra Modi is not a working force. In the past elections in Tamil Nadu, the BJP came up with a plan, he said. But their way of moving forward is the same, and that is through Rath Yatra, Hinduism and more.

When elections come, the BJP comes with the symbol, said Tagore. In the Tamil Nadu election last year, they came up with Murugan. Where was this sengol for nine years? It follows the same pattern. They yatra, take out symbols, and do rath yatra. The politics of education is there in southern India. People don't vote for Modi in southern India, he said, adding that people won't vote for Narendra Modi.

The Tamil Nadu BJP chief, K Annamalai, said that the southern states in the 2024 election will be a breakout for the BJP, especially in Tamil Nadu and Telangana, along with Karnataka and Kerala. He added that developments and the Modi factor will play a crucial role in the party's win in the crucial election.

A combination of cultural renaissance and development works in the South will push us over the line, Annamalai said, adding that in 2024, breakout performance from the BJP will come.

Talking about the BJP's popularity in the South, Annamalai said: Manickam Tagore uses the word high command. The Tamil Nadu National Party has a bad name due to Congress's culture. Even if Rahul Gandhi is unemployed, it doesn't mean the whole country is unemployed. The BJP has to battle the tactics of the Congress and the Communists in Kerala, he said.

In contrast to Annamalai's comments, Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas said: The BJP ispracticing the 3Ds. If you cannot dislodge the opposition government, you disrupt it.