VARANASI: If there is ‘maun maar raha hai’, it fits perfectly on the silence of voters in the ongoing assembly elections in UP. Due to this silence, analysts and political pundits are unable to gauge the ground reality, although it has its positive aspects too.
This has enabled all the parties to claim that they are getting a ‘thumping’ majority.
The silence is even more complicated in eastern Uttar Pradesh, where caste complexities emerge more early. Be it Azamgarh, Mau, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Sonbhadra or Varanasi, voters are clearly not against the BJP government, PM Modi Narendra Modi or chief minister Yogi AdityanathBut the candidates are getting criticized.
People from west to east complain about animal damage to crops but at the same time praise schemes for the poor and neglected. Sachin Kumar of Azamgarh tells TOI that every farmer has to face the problem of stray cattle damaging the crop, and then admits that almost every family in his village got free ration from the government. He also admitted that the law and order situation has improved a lot.
The mystery of the effect of caste equations on voting patterns has also deepened. Muslims and Yadavs seem to have voted for an alliance together with Jats in West UP and a section of Rajbhars in East. The non-Yadav OBC and the upper castes seem to be united in support of each other.
The influence of Jayant Chaudhary’s RLD on Jats in western UP and Om Prakash Rajbhar’s SBSP on Rajbhar is not very deep in their respective regions. A section of Jats in western Uttar Pradesh was seen in favor of Choudhury, but the other, mostly women, was influenced by the ‘reformed’ law and order.
With whom is a section of Rajbhar in eastern Uttar Pradesh allying? OP RajbhariBut the other believes in the BJP’s campaign song “Jo Ram ko Laye Hai, Hum Unko Laayenge”.
Rajbhar had contested the 2017 assembly election in alliance with the BJP, remained in the Yogi cabinet but parted ways after almost two years and entered into a pact with the Samajwadi Party.
Akhilesh Rajbhar of Ghazipur says that there is a fight between BJP and SBSP’s symbol ‘lotus’ and ‘stick’. “Look, one belongs to the community, the other is also in Ayodhya” Ram Mandir It’s a party to be made.”
But the mathematics of UP politics has never been so easy. A lot depends on the popularity and hold of the local candidates, while there is an anti-incumbency wave against the sitting MLAs as well.
Political pundits say that three major categories of voters will influence the result on March 10. One is a large section of silent voters, the other is the beneficiaries of crores of government schemes and the third is women voters. The latter could become a new vote bank as schemes like toilets, free LPG connections, piped water supply, free ration and housing have affected them the most.
If women vote freely and do not follow the orders of men, then a new change will be seen in the politics of UP.
This has enabled all the parties to claim that they are getting a ‘thumping’ majority.
The silence is even more complicated in eastern Uttar Pradesh, where caste complexities emerge more early. Be it Azamgarh, Mau, Ghazipur, Chandauli, Sonbhadra or Varanasi, voters are clearly not against the BJP government, PM Modi Narendra Modi or chief minister Yogi AdityanathBut the candidates are getting criticized.
People from west to east complain about animal damage to crops but at the same time praise schemes for the poor and neglected. Sachin Kumar of Azamgarh tells TOI that every farmer has to face the problem of stray cattle damaging the crop, and then admits that almost every family in his village got free ration from the government. He also admitted that the law and order situation has improved a lot.
The mystery of the effect of caste equations on voting patterns has also deepened. Muslims and Yadavs seem to have voted for an alliance together with Jats in West UP and a section of Rajbhars in East. The non-Yadav OBC and the upper castes seem to be united in support of each other.
The influence of Jayant Chaudhary’s RLD on Jats in western UP and Om Prakash Rajbhar’s SBSP on Rajbhar is not very deep in their respective regions. A section of Jats in western Uttar Pradesh was seen in favor of Choudhury, but the other, mostly women, was influenced by the ‘reformed’ law and order.
With whom is a section of Rajbhar in eastern Uttar Pradesh allying? OP RajbhariBut the other believes in the BJP’s campaign song “Jo Ram ko Laye Hai, Hum Unko Laayenge”.
Rajbhar had contested the 2017 assembly election in alliance with the BJP, remained in the Yogi cabinet but parted ways after almost two years and entered into a pact with the Samajwadi Party.
Akhilesh Rajbhar of Ghazipur says that there is a fight between BJP and SBSP’s symbol ‘lotus’ and ‘stick’. “Look, one belongs to the community, the other is also in Ayodhya” Ram Mandir It’s a party to be made.”
But the mathematics of UP politics has never been so easy. A lot depends on the popularity and hold of the local candidates, while there is an anti-incumbency wave against the sitting MLAs as well.
Political pundits say that three major categories of voters will influence the result on March 10. One is a large section of silent voters, the other is the beneficiaries of crores of government schemes and the third is women voters. The latter could become a new vote bank as schemes like toilets, free LPG connections, piped water supply, free ration and housing have affected them the most.
If women vote freely and do not follow the orders of men, then a new change will be seen in the politics of UP.