Achi news desk-
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will kickstart the Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign for the Lok Sabha Elections from Meerut on March 31.
PM Modi will address a public rally in Meerut. The BJP has fielded Arun Govil from Meerut, the actor who played Ram in Ramanand Sagar’s Ramayan in the 80s, summarizing a message on the Ayodhya temple, which was inaugurated earlier this year.
The BJP is also eyeing Western UP with optimism to achieve its ambitious target of 370 seats on its own, despite facing setbacks in the last elections. In 2014, the BJP secured 24 out of 27 seats in the region, which dropped to 19 in 2019, with all eight seats going to the SP-BSP combined.
In 2019, the BJP candidate Rajendra Agarwal then managed to win the Meerut seat by defeating the BSP candidate supported by SP Haji Yakub Qureshi by less than 5,000 votes.
In 2014, the BJP won a whopping 71 seats in the state. However, in 2019, facing a formidable alliance between the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the ruling alliance’s number of seats dropped to 64. Although the BSP secured 10 seats, the SP failed to surpass five.
The Lok Sabha polls will be held in seven phases starting April 19. Uttar Pradesh, which sends the highest number of MPs, 80, to the Senate, will vote in all the seven phases.
With political dynamics changing in the state, the BJP is leading a strong alliance, which encompasses parties like RLD, SBSP, Apna Dal (S), and Nishad party strengthening its position.
On the other hand, while Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav is aligning with the opposition bloc, Mayawati is embarking on the solo electoral journey.
Voting for phases one and two will be held on April 19 and April 26. Next, the state will once again vote in phases three and four on May 7 and May 13. The electorate of Uttar Pradesh will also vote in phases five. , six, and seven on May 20, May 23, and June 1 respectively. The votes will be counted on 4 June.
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