If the worries of the Chief Minister of Jharkhand Hemant Soren are to be considered, then his government is under threat. Sources associated with Congress say that just a few days ago Hemant spoke to Rahul Gandhi and urged him to speak one-to-one with Congress MLAs of the state. The Chief Minister of Jharkhand is afraid that the BJP is luring the 15 Congress MLAs to carry out its ‘Operation Lotus’ in the state. The state has a government consisting of 28 MLAs of the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, led by Hemant Soren, 15 of the Congress, 1 each of the RJD, NCP, and CPIL, while in response the opposition has 26 of the BJP, 2 of the AJSU and 2 Independent MLAs. By-election is being held on Bermo assembly constituency after the death of Congress MLA Rajendra Singh from Covid-19 who was the sitting MLA. Moreover, since Hemant Soren won 2 seats in the state, he has left the Dumka seat, and a by-election is happening there too. Sources reveal that after Soren’s warning, RPN Singh and Ahmed Patel are talking to the state Congress MLAs one by one and trying to allay their concerns. Congress knows that it is not in its power to defeat ‘Saffron Chanakya’ in a game of political manipulation. Otherwise, in 18 states where assembly elections were held between 2014 and 2019, the BJP was able to come to power only in 2 states of UP and Gujarat with an absolute majority. While the BJP could for governments either with the coalition or by toppling existing governments and though, the same effort took place in Rajasthan, it did not succeed there.

It appears as if BJP’s enchanting star Yogi Adityanath’s uninterrupted saffron journey has marred by a bad omen. There was a time when he was counted among the most powerful Chief Ministers of BJP, and even after all the news of ‘fall-out’ with party’s ‘number two’, there was no break on his ‘free flight’, as he was believed to have special blessings from the PM and the Sangh. Time passed and Yogi’s administrative confusion increased, now the situation has reached the point that his number two is on his throne. Nearly two weeks back, Uttar Pradesh’s Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya had himself tweeted about him being corona positive and then the news came that he was in Quarantine but in Delhi. Sources were also quoted as saying that he is doing political lobbying for himself while living in Delhi. According to sources, during this period, apart from some prominent leaders of BJP, he also met Sangh’s number two Dattatreya Hosabole and Krishna Gopal. Maurya has been trying to establish himself as a replacement for Yogi, and since the Hathras case, as the speculations have spread wings that Yogi may be discharged, Maurya has become increasingly active. It is said that ever since this news has come to Yogi, he has also made his intentions clear that Maurya will have to step down from the post of Deputy CM. In the message sent to the Sangh, it is said that they have made it clear that ‘if there is a danger of resentment of OBC votes by removing Maurya, then he is ready to replace Keshav with Swami Prasad Maurya as Deputy CM’. This means that the bigul of the war has been blown and Yogi has to show political maneuvering by controlling his feelings.