UTTAR PRADESH
Battleground Uttar Pradesh:
Will BJP Retain This Crucial State?
In order to counter anti-incumbency sentiments, will the BJP change its strategy for the 2022 Assembly elections?
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By Achyut Nath Jha
n Indian politics, there is a popular saying — the road to Delhi passes through Lucknow (Capital of Uttar Pradesh). In state elections too, it elects the largest numbers of MLAs — 403. In 2017, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies had a landslide victory, winning 312 seats, i.e. 110 seats more than the simple majority to rule the
state Next assembly elections are scheduled for January-February next year, just six to seven months from now. Repeating this feat or even coming back to power in India’s most populous state is an uphill task as much water has flown under the bridge since 2017. As expected, all eyes now once again focus back on the 2022 assembly polls
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in Uttar Pradesh even as the second and deadlier wave of the coronavirus is receding in the state. Many say that the results of the recently concluded panchayat elections this month have boosted the confidence of the main Opposition party, Samajwadi Party (SP). SP has claimed that of the 3,500 district panchayat seats which went to the polls, it supported 1,500
