Saffron wave continues in UP, Yogi’s stature will increase on the national stage

Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Uttar Pradesh seems to be moving towards becoming a stronghold of saffron politics. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, in the Modi wave, the Bharatiya Janata Party along with its allies had won 73 seats for the first time, in 2017 also the party got a landslide victory and now under the leadership of Mahant Yogi Adityanath of Gorakshpeeth, it has won all the elections in the state. BJP’s popularity graph is increasing in every election, municipal elections in 2017, Lok Sabha elections in 2019, assembly elections in 2022 and now 2023 municipal elections have written a new chapter.

Under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi ji in the civic elections 2023, the BJP has set a record by winning the biggest ever victory in terms of seat and vote percentage in all the 17 municipal corporations and thereafter in the Nagar Panchayat and Municipality elections as well. In the bypolls held at the same time, the BJP destroyed the last bastion of SP strongman Azam Khan. This victory of BJP has dampened the enthusiasm of the opposition parties and they have lagged behind in preparing for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, while the BJP along with all its allies is going to run a campaign to win all 80 seats.

The victory of the BJP in all the 17 municipal corporations in Uttar Pradesh is huge because now independent councilors will not have to take the help of any municipal corporation to run the corporation. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is the hero of this victory, whose intention, policy and working style are pleasing to the public. In 13 days, Yogi Adityanath held 50 public meetings in 43 districts and many road shows, in which he talked about urban development and establishment of law and order. The Chief Minister’s statement during the assembly session, “Mitti mein miladenge mafia ko” and after that the action against many dangerous mafia increased the confidence of the common people on Yogi ji, while under the politics of Muslim appeasement, the mafia of all secular parties including SP, BSP, Congress Standing with Yogi ji’s clear intentions rang.

From the capital Lucknow to the entire Awadh, Bundelkhand, East and West in many areas, the public was not happy with the functioning of the BJP councillors, but still, for the first time, the people of the state voted for the BJP in many localities and streets in the name of law and order even in the municipal elections. Voted unilaterally. BJP workers were successful in convincing the voters in the corporation elections that there would be no benefit by making independents and others win in the election of corporators, because when the corporator of the same party is the MLA and the MP, there would be harmony in getting the work done. Is. The public understands this and its result has also come out. For example, Lucknow, which has been former Prime Minister Atalji’s parliamentary constituency, has once again blossomed there and this time more votes have been received than last time and councilors have also won. have been successful.

The Chief Minister believes that the historic victory of the BJP in the civic body elections is the result of good governance, development and fear-free environment, which the voters have given mandate. The BJP has achieved a historic victory in UP on the strength of a large organizational structure, a huge army of dedicated workers and a well-planned strategy. In these elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party has achieved success in breaking the cycle of castes riding on the flag of religion. In order to make inroads among the castes who have the capacity to play a decisive role in the elections on the basis of numerical strength in all the municipal corporations, the party organized effective voter conferences, the effect of which has been seen. In many seats, rebellious people also tried to show their attitude, which were either made to sit after being explained or strict action was taken on them in time, the effect of which has also been seen on the results.

BJP State President Bhupendra Chowdhary, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and all the cabinet colleagues made an efficient strategy together and made a stormy tour across the state. By successfully implementing the strategy from candidate selection to booth management on the ground, the plans of the opposition were dashed. In 2023, BJP has made a lot of progress as compared to 2017. In the year 2017, BJP had won 14 municipal corporations and won the post of president in 70 municipalities out of 198 municipal councils. This time BJP has won the election of president in 87 out of 199 municipalities. In the year 2017, BJP had won elections in 100 out of 438 Nagar Panchayats and this time BJP has won the post of president in 191 out of 544 Nagar Panchayats. For the first time in the corporation history of capital Lucknow, 80 BJP councilors have been able to feed lotus.

BJP and minority society

Amidst the politics of Hindutva and nationalism, BJP is trying to bring minorities into the national stream. For this, the BJP has achieved some success in making inroads among the Pasmanda community and the poor Muslim voters with the help of the beneficiaries of various schemes of the central and state governments. For the first time in the politics of the state, BJP had given tickets to 395 Muslims in the municipal elections and in that 54 Muslim candidates won the victory. State President of BJP’s Minority Morcha, Basit Ali said that BJP had given tickets to 395 Muslims for various posts, out of which 54 have won. Two councilors won the Municipal Corporation, while five won the posts of Nagar Panchayat President and 35 Nagar Panchayat members. Lubna Ali Khan from Hussainabad in Lucknow and Akikul Nishan from Gorakhpur have won for the posts of councillors. Apart from this, many Muslim Nagar Panchayat members have also won the elections.

This time the body elections were also overshadowed by controversies over OBC reservation and after the decision of the Supreme Court, these elections were concluded with new delimitation and 27 percent OBC reservation. Political analysts were speculating that 27 percent OBC reservation and Pasmanda Muslim society etc. in the corporation elections may not backfire for the BJP, but under the leadership of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who is useful for Uttar Pradesh, saffron and lotus will prevail in the municipal elections of the state. didn’t have to be disappointed. After this massive victory, the biggest challenge before the Bharatiya Janata Party is to live up to the expectations of the people.

Mrityunjay Dixit