What is Bhupesh Baghel’s strategy for winning Assam?
What is Bhupesh Baghel’s strategy for winning Assam? | India Today Insight
The Chhattisgarh chief minister, appointed senior observer for the Assam election, is betting on ground-level workers and limited, deliverable poll promises
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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel addresses an election rally, in Kamrup district, Assam, Feb. 17
Appointed senior observer for the Assam assembly elections by the Congress high command, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has been camping in the state for close to three weeks now, with intermittent visits to his state capital Raipur. Accompanying Baghel in Assam are half a dozen Congress MLAs from Chhattisgarh and a nearly 700-strong group of Congress leaders at the middle and booth level, who are central to the Congress’ plans to win seats.
Assam Congress is hoping to emulate Chhattisgarh model of winning against the BJP
Guwahati:
With less than two months to go for Assam elections, the opposition Congress hopes to put up a strong fight against the ruling BJP, despite several top leaders switching parties in the last five years.
The party hopes to follow the Chhattisgarh model, after it successfully unseated the Raman Singh government in a landslide victory in 2018 polls.
Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is the Congress observer for this Assam election, and has imported a dozen of his tacticians to mentor leaders and workers from every constituency in the art of taking on the BJP.