With just about eight months left for the Assembly elections in Madhya Pradesh, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is firming up its strategy. The party has still not recovered from the shock of losing the tribal-dominated seats in 2018. What is adding to its worries is the fact that tribal-dominated Barwani, Dhar, and Alirajpur districts (Malwa-Nimar region) are considered strongholds of the Jai Yuva Adivasi Sangathan (JAYS). This organisation supported the Congress in 2018.