The SOUTH! Exclaimed Congress chief Karti Chidambaram after his get together wrested Telangana even because the BJP received three states decisively. There have been a number of posts on X that spoke concerning the North-South divide amongst voters and triggered a debate.
The three states — Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan — received by the BJP are thought of a part of the Hindi heartland. Telangana, the second Telugu state, was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014.
Congress chief Praveen Chakravarty mentioned on X:”The South-North boundary line getting thicker and clearer.” He later deleted the submit.
BJP chief CR Kesavan shared a screenshot of the now-deleted tweet and alleged an try by the Congress to divide the nation on north-south strains after the failed bid to divide the nation on caste strains.
He was apparently referring to the demand for an all-India caste census by the Congress to counter the BJP. The demand got here after the outcomes of the caste census was launched by Bihar.
“The Dynastic Congress party’s agenda to divide Bharat on caste lines and uproot #SanatanaDharma , has been outrightly rejected by our people. Now their toxic plan is to attack Bharat with North – South divide. In 2024, the Congress will be consigned to the dustbin of history,” mentioned Kesavan.
Congress’s Tehseen Poonawalla warned that indulging within the north-south-divide argument would backfire.
“Warning: The North South divide will BACKFIRE! Don’t indulge in it & reduce the legacy of the Congress, the first Nationalist & the oldest political party of this great nation! Just like people did not like the abuse of Sanatan DHARMA they won’t tolerate the NORTH SOUTH divide!” Poonawalla posted.
A number of folks, together with politicians and journalists, identified what they alleged to be a North-South divide within the Meeting ballot outcomes.
“Victory for Hindutva and its coalition partner Big Business. Soft Hindutva of Cong fails miserably. North-South divide widens.” posted author-journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta.
Veteran journalist and founding editor of a information portal, M Ok Venu too spoke concerning the north-south divide and the anticipated raids by investigating businesses forward of the 2024 election.
“North-South divide has become ever sharper with Congress won in Telangana and BJP poised to retain most Hindi states. Now expect ED/IT agencies to be fully deployed in South until Lok Sabha 2024 elections!” posted MK Venu.
There have been a number of different handles that spoke concerning the “clear north-south divide”.
Everybody who spoke concerning the north-south divide confronted large criticism and backlash.
“There is no South and North India, West or East India. There is just Bharat and its people who are Bharatiya,” mentioned journalist-author Savio Rodrigues.
Political knowledgeable Yashwant Deshmukh rubbished the north-south argument, saying the BJP was a powerful participant in Karnataka and was prone to win huge there within the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
“This North-South divide theory doing the rounds is big bullshit. BJP was a key player only in Karnataka so far, and they are likely to win that state again in LS 2024. Same is true about Congress in Kerala. Yes they have won Telangana today, but they are a big zero as far as Andhra and TN are concerned, just like BJP,” argued Deshmukh.
“The fact is that all Southern regional players are on their own strength, not because they are anti-BJP or anti-Congress. Just like the Northern regional players,” he added.