2024-05-06 16:45:20
Manoj Kumar Pandey, Basti: The same rivals as in 2019 are facing each other in the Basti Lok Sabha seat of Uttar Pradesh. But the only difference is that one opponent’s party has changed. In the last elections he was riding an elephant. This time he has come riding a bicycle to challenge the BJP candidate. At the same time, old BJP leader Dayashankar Mishra has created such a problem by contesting from BSP this time that it is becoming difficult for BJP. BJP has declared Harish Dwivedi as its candidate from Basti Lok Sabha seat. He had won the elections in 2019 also and this time too he is contesting on the BJP ticket. Ram Prasad Chaudhary is from the Samajwadi Party alliance against BJP’s Harish Dwivedi. Ram Prasad comes from Kurmi community. Has been a minister in the state government. He continued doing BSP politics for a long time. He had joined SP just before the Lok Sabha elections. Basti’s former district president of BJP Dayashankar Mishra is also in the electoral fray this time. He left BJP and got ticket from BSP. Dayashankar has been in BJP. Everyone is aware of his tricks. That’s why this election has become interesting.
Efforts will be made to tap the vote bank
The number of extremely backward people in the colony is high. The number of Brahmins is also quite high. This class was said to be with BJP in the last elections. There are Yadavs and Muslims too, but their vote is not decisive. This vote affects the difference between victory and defeat on this seat. The fight in Basti is likely to be interesting. In the last election, Ramprasad Choudhary lost by just 30 thousand votes. However, there was also SP-BSP alliance at that time. This time BSP is also in the election field.
Therefore, it would be inappropriate to assess the Lok Sabha elections 2019 on the basis of vote percentage. Basti’s Haraiya assembly seat has a majority of Brahmins and BSP candidate Dayashankar Mishra also comes from this assembly constituency. Therefore, he will definitely try to break into the Brahmin votes. If such a situation arises then the path of BJP will become difficult.
Basti Lok Sabha seat at a glance: Total voters: 18.90 lakh
Male: 10.05 lakh
Women: 8.85 lakhs
Prospects for a triangular confrontation
Lok Sabha election 2019 was between Harish Dwivedi and Ram Prakash Chaudhary. But this time Dayashankar has made it triangular. By the way, experts are also assuming that if Dayashankar contests the elections strongly, then the loss will be more to the BJP candidate, because he will make more dents in their own vote bank. The reassuring thing for the BJP is that the fear that there would be a disintegration in the organization due to Dayashankar’s rebellion did not happen. Yes, it is definitely true that Daya Shankar would definitely like to use all the tricks he has learned while being in BJP.
Results of previous elections on Basti Lok Sabha seat:
election yearcandidateteamTotal votes2019Harish Chandra alias Harish DwivediBJP4,71,163Ram Prakash ChaudharyBSP4,40,808Rajkishore SinghCongress27,6732009Harish Chandra alias Harish DwivediBJP3,57,680Brij Kishore Singh DimpleSP3,24,747 Arvind Kumar ChaudharyBSP2,68,666Raj Kishore SinghSP1,63,456Dr. Y D SinghBJP1,17,259Basant ChaudharyCongress95,235
Backward decide, upper caste decide the stand
The Kurmi community is in large numbers in the Basti parliamentary seat and they play a decisive role. But, gold is also no less. The number of Brahmins and Kshatriyas is also quite high. These vote banks play an important role in deciding the outcome of the elections. This election is a little different from the previous elections. Only the attitude of the backward classes and the inclination of the gold voters will determine victory or defeat in this election.