Navneet Gurjar’s column- What happened to ‘Jawan, Pahalwan and Kisan’? Were these issues in the air? | नवनीत गुर्जर का कॉलम: ‘जवान, पहलवान और किसान’ का क्या हुआ? क्या ये मुद्दे हवा में थे?

Navneet Gurjar

The election results of Jammu Kashmir and Haryana are saying a lot. If asked what happened in Kashmir, the answer is clear. Barring Jammu, Kashmir Valley has completely rejected BJP’s issue of Article 370.

It can be said that the people of Kashmir Valley are not in favor of removing Article 370. This time people have given open support to the National Conference there. Last time, PDP (People’s Democratic Party), the largest party, is limited to two-three seats there this time.

Well, it was visible to some extent that Kashmir may go in favor of National Conference this time but the results of Haryana were the most shocking. Congress was making big money here to eat laddus without doing much hard work. Perhaps his over-confidence drowned him.

Actually, the central leadership did not take any decision in time. Even when former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was getting the tickets fixed as per his own. …even when Kumari Selja herself was hoping to contest the elections. And even when she remained angry and sat at home for a few days.

After the results, it can be estimated that due to excessive inclination towards Jat leaders, other castes almost moved away from Congress. The ’36 communities’ considered non-Jat of Haryana are quite important. Congress did not want to think about him. This emerged as the biggest problem for him.

Although, till 11 am, the results of Haryana were such that Congress was expected to get sixty-five to seventy seats, but this happiness of Congress was dashed within a few hours. The decisions or estimates were suddenly reversed and they went in favor of BJP. How? No one knows.

What happened to the issue of ‘jawan, wrestler and farmer’? Were these issues only in the air and had no impact on the ground? This seems to be the case from the results. However, what happened to all those exit polls which were giving 55 to 60 seats to Congress in Haryana?

According to exit poll estimates, BJP was not even remotely in any contest here. Then what and how did this happen? The same situation with exit polls happened in the last Lok Sabha elections also. All exit polls had then predicted BJP to get 400 or more seats, but then BJP could not reach even 250 seats. Now the same happened in Haryana also.

After all, what gap is left in these exit polls? Do they get swept away in the storm of social media? Or do they keep giving arbitrary seats to some parties under some pressure? Some experts say that the exit polls, which had given more seats to BJP under pressure last time, were trying to balance this time by making Congress win in Haryana. This was the reason why the estimates proved wrong.

Actually, such are the consequences of making guesses without knowing the ground reality. It can be said that some people tried to stop these exit polls, but now people will definitely stop believing in them. Most people will start believing that the actual results are the ultimate truth. Exit poll estimates are neither accurate nor close to the truth.

’36 fraternities’ gone away? After the results, it can be estimated that due to excessive inclination towards Jat leaders, other castes almost moved away from Congress. Whereas the ’36 communities’ considered non-Jat of Haryana are quite important.