Election UP 2022: BJP wins 91% of 58 regional seats in 2017 election
New Delhi:
The battle for Uttar Pradesh – believed to be the semi-final before the 2024 general election – begins today. 58 constituencies in the state’s key Western constituency, the center of farmers’ protest, went to the polls as the campaign was cornered.
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While the BJP won in 2017 with a sweeping mandate, this The election is expected to be a referendum towards the government of Premier Yogi Adityanath, who has been criticized for his handling of the second Covid wave. The Uttar Pradesh countryside was hit hard and the images of bodies drifting down Ganga and buried on its sands shocked the country.
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The BJP’s biggest rival is the rainbow coalition led by Akhilesh Yadav, the head of the Samajwadi Party, who has strengthened his pro-Islam-Yadav base with small parties commanding a trail among the Lost Classes. other post. His key ally is Jayant Chaudhary of Rashtriya Lok Dal, whose supporters are influential across more than 30 seats.
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The election is also expected to be a test for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra of Congress, who was tasked by her brother Rahul Gandhi to win the UP by her brother 4 years ago. Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj party, which has a large support base among Dalits – who can have an impact on the outcome of 20 seats – is also running.
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The area – where voting patterns have largely changed since the Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013 – has seen a campaign of polarization. BJP chief strategist, Mr. Amit Shah, campaigned in Kairana, The Land of No Hindus in 2016. Minister Yogi Adityanath has repeatedly accused the opposition Samajwadi Party of being pro-Pakistan.
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While the BJP won 91% of the 58 seats in the region in the 2017 election, many believe in the possibility of a farmer backlash as a result of protests over the agricultural law. After farmer leader Rakesh Tikait issued a call to punish the BJP, it was sounded out by Samyukt Kisan Morcha, an umbrella organization of farmers’ unions.
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The farmers’ resolve has been eroded by anger over the incident in Lakhimpur Kheri, where protesters have fled, allegedly by the son of Union Minister Ajay Mishra. The government’s move to support the minister, and the delay in taking action against his son, greatly upset the farmers.
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Before the election, Jayant Chaudhary had stated that Amit Shah had repeatedly tried to entice him to join the BJP and break the opposition coalition. In his speeches, Mr Shah repeatedly warned the Jat leader that he had chosen the “wrong home”.
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In an interview with ANI news agency on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi dismissed the opposition coalition as “a two-boys game that we’ve seen”. “They accepted us in 2014, 2017 and 2019. They will accept us in 2022 after seeing our work,” he said.
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BJP is relying on government development activities, maintaining law and order, social plans such as transferring direct rights of Rs 6000 to farmers and temples. After starting work on the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Yogi Adityanath and his deputy Keshav Prasad Maurya made many mentions of the Krishna Janmabhoomi temple in Mathura.
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The counting of votes will be held on 10 March. Election results in four other states – Goa, Manipur, Punjab and Uttarakhand – will also be announced on the same day.
