2024-06-07 03:18:39
Sitapur: The victory of the All India Alliance in Uttar Pradesh has raised many questions. Sitapur, about 200 km from Ayodhya, is named the guts of UP and the stronghold of the BJP. This district is linked to Sita. Sitapur is changing into the explanation for the defeat of the BJP in UP. A unique scenario was seen relating to Sitapur earlier than the Lok Sabha elections. No contender might be discovered for the Sitapur seat. A unique scenario is being seen on this seat for the ticket between the Samajwadi Social gathering and the Congress. Later, Rajesh Rathore was chosen to contest the election from Congress. Native individuals say about him that he neither has a reputation neither is value remembering. Rajesh Rathore not solely contested the election from right here, however he additionally defeated veteran Rajesh Verma. Rajesh Verma had been profitable the seat first for the BSP after which for the BJP. After the development of Ram temple in Ayodhya in January, the final expectation was that it might be nearly unimaginable to defeat the BJP. The notion of BJP’s victory was so robust that whoever was provided a ticket both refused to take the ticket or returned it after taking it. Sitapur Lok Sabha seat was presupposed to go to SP first. SP needed to discipline Narendra Verma, who has been an MLA six occasions. Regardless of repeated efforts by Akhilesh Yadav, Narendra Verma didn’t agree. He cited well being causes for refusing the ticket. When no candidate was discovered, SP gave this seat to Congress. Congress instantly made Nakul Dubey, who was a minister within the BSP authorities, as its candidate. Nonetheless, inside 4 days Nakul Dubey returned the ticket.
Congress was dealing with a dilemma
Congress was left with a seat however no candidate. The celebration was caught in a dilemma. Observers stated Narendra Verma and Nakul Dubey refused to take the ticket fearing defeat. With no possibility left, Congress lastly approached Rajesh Rathore. Rajesh Rathore instantly accepted the supply to develop into a candidate. Congress’s desperation in fielding Rajesh Rathore was clearly seen, as he comes from the low OBC Teli neighborhood. This class has hardly any presence in Sitapur. It’s lucky for Rajesh Rathore that inside a couple of days of his nomination, OBCs and Dalits joined palms in opposition to the BJP. This class determined to help India Block.
Seeing the silent wave of OBCs and Dalits shifting in the direction of India Bloc, Narendra Verma advised his mates that he had made the ‘largest mistake’ of his life by rejecting Akhilesh’s supply. Sitapur is among the many seats that went in the direction of India Bloc as OBCs and Dalits united in opposition to the BJP.
SP wins in Dhaurahra
In Dhaurahra, the seat subsequent to Sitapur, SP candidate Anand Bhadoria received. Within the adjoining Barabanki seat, Tanuj Punia, son of former Congress MP and Dalit chief P L Punia, received comfortably. Faizabad, which incorporates Ayodhya and is a common seat, was comfortably received by the SP’s Dalit candidate. The ‘gathbandhan’ not solely received the Kaushambi-Pratapgarh-Allahabad belt, but additionally jap and central UP. The SP-Congress outreach to OBCs, ‘most backward’ and Dalits noticed a silent consolidation of votes of their favour, with the group voting to ‘save Ambedkar’s structure’ and the ‘Mandal agenda’.
The BJP’s anti-Yadav technique had helped woo the group since 2014. It drifted away from the saffron camp. On the identical time, Muslim consolidation ensured that votes weren’t break up in favour of ‘BJP proxy candidates’ standing from the neighborhood below different events.
what was causing the change
Earlier in UP, Mandalwadi politics was carried out with Mandalists like Kalyan Singh after which Modi. Each these leaders offered themselves as OBCs in UP. Former MLA and minister in Mayawati authorities OP Singh stated that this election noticed the consolidation of OBCs as a result of two causes – BJP’s opposition to caste census and denial of quota within the appointment of 68,000 academics. Because of this the protest began rising. Then again, SP-Congress talked about PDA-caste census. Gave tickets to OBCs in massive numbers. Gave minimal candidature to Yadav candidates. Regardless of PM Narendra Modi elevating the problem of Muslim-Mangalsutra-Mujra on India Block, the OBC-Dalit alliance was not affected. Gave an unprecedented victory to the opposition.