The by-elections to be held for nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh have created a do-or-die situation for both the BJP and the Samajwadi Party, and the common factor for both the parties is the Lok Sabha election results.
The Samajwadi Party won the maximum number of seats in UP and the BJP was reduced to the least number of seats in the new era, and in that too, as a result of Ayodhya tilting in favor of the Samajwadi Party, all those things kept the political arena of UP. He has been nervous for some time. Makes it bigger than Maharashtra and Jharkhand.
Yogi Adityanath is as important to Akhilesh Yadav as Narendra Modi is to Rahul Gandhi because both leaders of the INDIA block have to work tirelessly and fight thanks to the two BJP leaders. It is the effect of Yogi Adityanath that Akhilesh Yadav is losing power, and exactly the same story is happening in parallel in Delhi too.
Just like Rahul Gandhi sometimes calls Prime Minister Narendra Modi a panauti, Akhilesh Yadav has also called Yogi Adityanath a gangster and a criminal and all that, but the statement that Akhilesh Yadav has made about Yogi Adityanath in the midst of the by-elections, is like a copy of Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal.
Arvind Kejriwal could not gain any benefit by attacking Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the name of Yogi Adityanath. Will Akhilesh Yadav get any benefit from the prediction that Yogi Adityanath will lose his seat after the elections?
Akhilesh Yadav’s claim as Kejriwal
Akhilesh Yadav claims that Yogi Adityanath will be removed from the post of UP Chief Minister as soon as the Maharashtra elections are over. This is exactly the same statement that was heard from Arvind Kejriwal during the Lok Sabha elections. Then, Arvind Kejriwal also claimed to have removed Yogi Adityanath after the elections, but along with Modi, Union Minister Amit Shah’s name was also there.
Arvind Kejriwal was trying to explain that even if the BJP wins the Lok Sabha elections, Narendra Modi will remain Prime Minister for only a few days. Arvind Kejriwal’s argument was that Amit Shah will become Prime Minister as soon as Modi turns 75, and as soon as this happens, Yogi Adityanath will be removed from the post of UP Chief Minister with immediate effect.
Akhilesh Yadav has not suggested so many conditions, but his reference is only to the ongoing conflict with Yogi Adityanath and the BJP leadership, and as the elections in Maharashtra are ahead, he has set a deadline on his part until the results are announced. .
It doesn’t look like Akhilesh Yadav has made any strong moves. Rather, Badi’s move was weak, even Arvind Kejriwal did not get any benefit. He wanted to counter the Modi wave. He wanted the people of Delhi not to vote for the BJP in Modi’s name. He wanted people to have doubts about Yogi Adityanath becoming Narendra Modi’s successor, so he left a political vacuum.
Will there be any impact on the UP by-elections?
Akhilesh Yadav is trying to give the message by narrating the story from his side that if Yogi Adityanath will not remain the Chief Minister, then what is the point of voting for the BJP in the by-elections?
In reality, the effort will be to win the 9 seats for both parties, but these ideal circumstances do not favor anyone. When votes are cast on the basis of caste and religion, neither the BJP nor the SP can win over everyone.
But the most important position for both of them currently is that of Karhal. If there had also been a by-election in Milkipur, then that could definitely have happened. Karhal seat fell vacant as Akhilesh Yadav became MP from Kannauj.
In the Kannauj seat, BJP gave ticket to the family’s son-in-law Mulayam Singh, while Akhilesh Yadav named Tej Pratap Yadav of the family as its candidate. Akhilesh Yadav will try to save Karhal’s seat at any cost, while Yogi Adityanath wants to avenge the Lok Sabha defeat by winning. The Karhal assembly seat falls under the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, which is currently represented by Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple Yadav.
Attempt to stop Yogi’s growing influence
Akhilesh Yadav will also try to stop the growing influence of Yogi Adityanath. Ever since Yogi Adityanath gave the motto ‘Bantege to Katenge’, his aura is spreading everywhere. Not only is Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat backing Yogi Adityanath’s agenda, but Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also repeating the same in his tone: stay united, stay safe.
The question is whether Yogi Adityanath has started becoming an obstacle in UP’s caste politics and that is why Akhilesh Yadav is trying to stop him by adopting a new tactic to counter him.
