The BJP had won all the eight seats in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh on Friday, in 2014. In the previous elections, BJP managed to win only three of these seats.
The BJP had won all the eight seats in the first phase of Uttar Pradesh on Friday, in 2014. In the previous elections, BJP managed to win only three of these seats. Looking at the political equations in this year’s elections, this time too, the opposition’s ‘India’ alliance seems to have a leading here than the BJP.
LUCKNOW: The BJP, which dreams of making Prime Minister Narendra Modi the prime minister for the third time, had started claiming that the BJP would win all the seats in Uttar Pradesh even before the 2024 Lok Sabha election campaign. These claims also reflected the empiric policy of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to try to create a certain mentality of the society on the basis of wrong points. In this way, due to the differences in the opposition front, the claims made by the BJP were gaining more strength. But as the election time approached, the party leadership ordered to make all-out efforts to win more seats out of the seats that went to polls in the first phase.
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But looking at the facts, BJP and India Aghadi, who are hoping to win eight seats in the first phase, have to work hard on these seats. In 2014, when the BJP won 71 out of 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, the party won all eight of these seats. But in 2019, the party had to face defeat in five of these seats.
The equations here have changed in this election. Mayawati appears to have compromised with the CBI hanging over her head, while the Rashtriya Lok Dal has also decided to join the National Democratic Alliance. It is clear that Mayawati’s slogan of ‘Ekla Chalo Re’ and giving Muslim candidates in three out of the eight seats in the first phase was careful to divide the Muslim vote and benefit the BJP.
Altered equations
In the previous election, BJP won in Pilibhit due to the popularity of Varun Gandhi. However, Varun was not nominated this year as his party’s policy did not suit his party’s policy. Therefore, journalists say that it will be difficult for BJP candidate Jitan Prasad to win here this year.
A three-way fight was witnessed between the Congress Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the BJP in Saharanpur. This was the only constituency in the first phase where a Congress candidate is in the fray. Here, BJP has nominated Raghavalal Lakhanpal and BSP has nominated Majeed Ali, Congress has fielded Imran Masood from here. Rampur constituency has been in discussion due to Azam Khan. Akhilesh nominated Imam Moitullah Nadvi, a native of Delhi, in this constituency, which is a bastion of the Samajwadi Party (SP). BJP nominated Ghanshyam Lodhi. Though the BJP won again in Muzaffarnagar, Pilibhit and Kairana seats, the election in the other five seats is not as easy for the BJP.
Chance for BJP in Moradabad?
Samajwadi Party MP from Moradabad A. P. Instead of Hasan, Ruchi Vera, who is close to Azam Khan, has been nominated from here. Because of this, Hassan supporters are believed to be upset, and local journalists say that BJP candidate Sarvesh Kumar has a chance to win here.
Azad’s challenge
Chandrasekhar Azad, who has emerged as the loudest voice of Dalits, has filed his candidature from Nagina, the equations here may change. It is believed that if they were included in the ‘India’ alliance, it would have definitely benefited the India alliance.
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