The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Palakkad firmly believes that high achievements will take place in the framework of high expectations. The steady increase in the party’s vote-share in Palakkad over the past 25 years has inspirited the BJP to firm up a winning formula here.
Tuesday’s roadshow by Prime Minister Narendra Modi was part of the BJP’s all-out effort to get closer to a winning equation. What emboldens the BJP to dream of a victory is the steady upturn of the votes the party candidates won from 1989 to 2019.
From 3.7% vote share in 1989, the BJP has grown to 21.44% in 2019. BJP leaders here expect a minimum five percentage point growth in the party’s voteshare in the upcoming election.