Vote Bank  

In spite of facing loss in the Kerala polls, E Sreedharan has ensured many families in the constituency he contested get electricity 
 

 The Samajwadi Party, the main opposition party in Uttar Pradesh, has come forward to cash in by playing the Brahmin card in the state. According to party sources, the SP had decided to raise an issue of the Brahmin community through a different platform to attract them

Before the present NDA came to power in India in 2014, with a repeat return in 2019, the erstwhile governments, (reference is inferential), have mostly compromised for their vote bank politics, to try to secularize the acts of terrorism in some parts of India particularly in the state of Jammu and Kashmir

 While Priyanka Gandhi attempts to help Congress regain power in UP with the help of Bhim Army chief, Mayawati is clearly upset that the game played with Dalit vote bank may be going against her
 

Newly elected BJP national president JP Nadda slammed  Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal for lending support to 'tukde-tukde' gang for his vote-bank politics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led central government signed an agreement with representatives of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) and the Assam government to provide massive political as well and economic package for the community. Do not miss the headlines of the day on MyNation in 100 seconds.

Newly elected BJP national president JP Nadda slammed  Aam Aadmi Party's Arvind Kejriwal for lending support to 'tukde-tukde' gang for his vote-bank politics. He also said that several anti-India forces in JNU raised seditious slogans like 'Bharat tere tukde honge'.

Addressing a public rally in West Bengal, BJP chief Dilip Ghosh said that it was due to the Bangladeshi Muslim infiltrators that chief minister Mamata Banerjee was opposing CAA and NRC as she banks on their votes

While West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee fears implementation of the CAB, WB BJP leader Rahul Sinha says infiltrators were brought by CPI(M) and TMC to strengthen their vote bank

Mamata Banerjee resorts to vindictive response to Amit Shah’s claim, reverses NRC Bill in West Bengal. Abhinav Khare deep dives into her political gimmick to garner votes.

Mamata Banerjee’s heavily loaded statements in the past week serves to show that she is not quite happy about losing the Muslim vote bank after Asaduddin Owaisi’s announcement of AIMIM contesting the 2021 elections in Bengal.

In Bengal, it has almost become a norm to safeguard illegal immigrants from Bangladesh. The problem is not new and parties such as the Congress, CPI(M) and now the TMC have all been protective of these elements as it had become their vote bank. Once declared an illegal immigrant, these persons lose their voting rights and this is what the political parties opposing NRC are really worried about.

 

Addressing the media, Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said that the Labour Party's call for international intervention in the Kashmir issue is just an attempt to pander vote-bank interests, and he also said that no third party has a role in India's decision.

Former assistant commissioner of police from Karnataka Abdul Azeem lashed out at the Congress, ulemas and moulvis for "using Muslims as a vote bank" and criticised Congress leader BZ Zameer Ahmed Khan for ridiculing him

Tamil Nadu’s Deputy Speaker Jayaraman, whose family is accused of being part of the Pollachi sexual assault case, has expressed confidence in getting more votes than ever before. Jayaraman has denied all accusations made against his family and sought proof of the allegations.

Swing voters will once again play a crucial role in determining who forms the government in 2019. Political strategists of parties need to focus on this vote bank and devise strategies to bring them into party fold