The battle for Uttar Pradesh enters its last leg in Phase 7 when 13 seats will go to polls in the Purvanchal region of the state.
It's a high-stakes battle for the Bharatiya Janata Party as Uttar Pradesh is among a handful of states (along with West Bengal, Odisha, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh) where the party hopes to compensate for losses from states where it maxed out in 2019.From a narrative and optics perspective, the BJP needs to win additional seats from Uttar Pradesh, the epicentre of the Ram Mandir movement.The BJP-led alliance which includes the Rashtriya Lok Dal, the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, and the NISHAD Party, is striving to improve its tally, riding on the positive sentiment generated after the inauguration of the Ram Mandir and a divided Opposition with the Bahujan Samaj Party not part of the INDIA bloc.
The BJP is contesting 75 seats, the RLD and SBSP two each, and the NISHAD party just one seat.
The battle for Uttar Pradesh enters its last leg in Phase 7 when 13 seats will go to polls in the Purvanchal region of the state. It's a high-stakes battle for the Bharatiya Janata Party as Uttar Pradesh is among a handful of states (along with West Bengal, Odisha, Telangana, and Andhra Pradesh) where the party hopes to compensate for losses from states where it maxed out in 2019.From a narrative and optics perspective, the BJP needs to win additional seats from Uttar Pradesh, the epicentre of the Ram Mandir movement.The BJP-led alliance which includes the Rashtriya Lok Dal, the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, and the NISHAD Party, is striving to improve its tally, riding on the positive sentiment generated after the inauguration of the Ram Mandir and a divided Opposition with the Bahujan Samaj Party not part of the INDIA bloc. The BJP is contesting 75 seats, the RLD and SBSP two each, and the NISHAD party just one seat.
