The sitting MPs of Bharatiya Janata Party are a worried lot in the northern states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and even Maharashtra. PM Modi and Amit Shah are all set to implement the Gujarat model in the coming election. When Modi was chief minister of Gujarat for a long time, he used to refuse tickets to sitting MLAs against whom there is negative feedback. Modi would get special inputs from experts on performance of the MLAs and decide their fate.
The same model is going to be implemented in parliamentary election. Modi’s Gujarat model is considered a successful one in those years when he won election after election without giving chances to opponents. This time, Modi has asked all the party MPs to submit their report cards and performance reports. These would be compared with the internal assessment of the party before taking a decision on tickets.
Going by this latest decision, there are fears among sitting BJP MPs that up to 50 per cent of them may not get tickets. Modi and Shah are expected to give weightage only to those who have good public feedback and clear winning chances. Modi is getting specific reports on how each party MP took steps to make sure benefits of Central programmes reached the poor families.
G.Ravikiran
