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BJP report attempts to explain Lok Sabha setback in Uttar Pradesh

Inย recentย days,ย thereย haveย beenย allegationsย ofย anย internalย fractureย withinย theย Bharatiyaย Janataย Partyย (BJP)ย sectionย inย Uttarย Pradesh.

Asย Yogiย Adityanath,ย theย chiefย minister,ย blamedย Keshavย Prasadย Maurya,ย hisย deputy,ย forย theย party’sย electoralย defeatย inย theย Hindiย heartlandย state,ย thereย wereย growingย rumorsย ofย tensionย betweenย theย two.

Citingย theย minister,ย Maurya’sย officeย statedย inย aย mysteriousย postย onย Xย onย Wednesday,ย Julyย 17,ย thatย “theย organizationย isย biggerย thanย theย government.”

Theย Uttarย Pradeshย BJPย isย saidย toย haveย givenย aย reportย outliningย theย reasonsย behindย theย saffronย party’sย electionย defeatsย inย theย northernย stateย toย theย upperย echelonย ofย theย partyย amidย theseย rumorsย ofย discord.

Accordingย toย anย Indiaย Todayย story,ย theย BJPย compiledย aย 15-pageย studyย basedย onย inputย fromย 40,000ย partyย activistsย representingย theย 80ย Lokย Sabhaย seatsย inย Uttarย Pradesh.

Accordingย toย theย BJPย report,ย theย party’sย voteย shareย hasย decreasedย byย atย leastย 8%ย inย eachย ofย theย state’sย sixย regions:ย Westernย Uttarย Pradesh,ย Braj,ย Kanpur-Bundelkhand,ย Awadh,ย Gorakhpur,ย andย Kashi.

Inย Uttarย Pradesh,ย theย BJPย securedย justย 33ย ofย theย 80ย Lokย Sabhaย seats,ย aย sharpย downย fromย theย 62ย seatsย itย hadย securedย inย 2019.

Theย Samajwadiย Partyย andย theย Congressย inย Uttarย Pradeshย ledย theย oppositionย INDIAย group,ย whichย wonย 43ย seats.

Inย theย Westย UPย andย Kashiย regions,ย whereย itย wonย justย eightย ofย theย 28ย seats,ย theย saffronย partyย didย theย worst.

Eightย ofย theย thirteenย seatsย inย Braj,ย sixย ofย theย thirteenย seatsย inย Gorakhpur,ย sevenย ofย theย sixteenย seatsย inย Awadh,ย andย justย fourย ofย theย tenย seatsย inย theย Kanpur-Bundelkhandย areaย wereย wonย byย theย BJP.

Accordingย toย theย BJP’sย assessment,ย severalย castesย haveย stoppedย supportingย theย partyย inย elections.

Accordingย toย theย survey,ย theย Bahujanย Samajย Partyย (BSP),ย ledย byย Mayawati,ย hadย aย tenย percentย decreaseย inย itsย voteย share,ย whichย benefitedย theย Congressย inย theย state.

Tenย explanationsย wereย providedย inย theย Uttarย Pradeshย BJPย reportย forย theย party’sย poorย showingย inย theย state’sย Lokย Sabhaย elections.

Theย party’sย failureย inย theย pollsย isย attributedย toย theย “high-handedness”ย ofย stateย administrationย andย authorities.

Dissatisfactionย withย theย UPย governmentย amongย BJPย employeesย wasย anotherย factor. Theย partyย employeesย hadย grievancesย againstย theย state’sย seniorย brass,ย butย theyย hadย noย wayย ofย raisingย them.

Afterย Uttarย Pradesh,ย whichย castย votesย inย allย sevenย stagesย ofย theย Lokย Sabha,ย theย partyย volunteersย wereย likewiseย wornย out.

Theย BJPย distributedย ticketsย aheadย ofย schedule,ย whichย dampenedย theย workers’ย enthusiasmย forย theย sixthย andย seventhย votingย stages.

Theย BJP’sย chancesย inย theย pollsย wereย alsoย impactedย byย itsย leaders’ย commentsย aboutย “changing”ย theย Constitutionย ifย theย partyย surpassesย 400ย members. Additionally,ย theย partyย wasย unableย toย refuteย theย opposition’sย claimย thatย reservationsย willย beย eliminatedย byย theย saffronย party.

Thisย wasย exacerbated,ย accordingย toย Indiaย Today,ย whichย citedย theย BJPย allegation,ย byย theย stateย administration’sย purportedย penchantย forย hiringย contractย workersย fromย theย generalย categoryย whenย hiringย forย governmentย employment.

Accordingย toย theย party’sย analysis,ย theย BJP’sย chancesย ofย winningย theย UPย electionย wereย harmedย byย aย numberย ofย documentย leaksย inย governmentย employmentย overย theย previousย sixย years,ย governmentย officials’ย resentmentย ofย theย outdatedย pensionย plan,ย andย worriesย overย theย Agnipathย recruitmentย programย forย Armyย troops.

Theย namesย ofย theย BJP’sย mainย supportersย absentย fromย theย electors’ย listย inย roughlyย allย seats,ย betweenย 30,000ย andย 40,000,ย additionally also cost the party.

Inย orderย toย discussย theย findings,ย BJPย nationalย presidentย JPย Nadda,ย Homeย Ministerย Amitย Shah,ย andย UPย BJPย chairmanย Bhupendraย Chaudharyย met.

Inย Delhi,ย Deputyย Chiefย Ministerย Mauryaย alsoย metย Nadda. Inย theย daysย ahead,ย moreย gatheringsย ofย thisย kindย involvingย leadersย ofย theย stateย andย Centralย partiesย areย anticipated. Accordingย toย reports,ย Yogiย Adityanathย andย Brijeshย Pathakย wouldย beย summonedย toย Delhiย forย theย same.

 

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