This time bjp is eyeing all the 80 seats of Uttar Pradesh. If bjp is able to do this, then compared to last time, NDA's 19 seats can increase from Uttar Pradesh alone. Not only this, BJP's seat count may also increase by 10 or more. bjp, along with its allies, wants all the seats in the state to go to nda in the upcoming lok sabha elections.
Uttar Pradesh is BJP's biggest strength
bjp is in a very strong position in Uttar Pradesh. prime minister Narendra Modi, chief minister Yogi Adityanath and ram mandir Factor bjp is the biggest strength here. Along with this, Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj party is not with akhilesh yadav this time. BSP is contesting the elections alone in the state. Due to fragmentation of opposition votes, this factor is also going to prove to be very positive for bjp in Uttar Pradesh. Mayawati's decision to contest elections with Akhilesh in Uttar Pradesh could lead to a loss of at least 10 seats for BJP. However, due to Mayawati's stance, that possibility was dashed even before the elections.
Look at the equation of Western Uttar Pradesh
There are some seats in Western Uttar Pradesh where bjp was facing the threat of defeat from Samajwadi party and Jayant Choudhary's RLD. On its own, Rashtriya Lok Dal no longer has any special political status from the point of view of lok sabha elections. This is political reality. But with the alliance of RLD with Samajwadi party and Congress, it may create problems for bjp on at least 10 to 18 seats in Western Uttar Pradesh. bjp does not want to take any risk regarding the seats falling in saharanpur and Moradabad divisions as well as Meerut, aligarh and Agra. There are 27 seats in Western Uttar Pradesh. Of these, Jat votes prove to be very decisive on 22. Last time bjp had lost on 8 out of these 22 seats.
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