(By fielding Yogi from his traditional Gorakhpur seat, the message from BJP is clear that Yogi Adityanath does not need a particular seat to prove his Hindutva leanings. And that he is the Chief Minister of the entire state and all communities.)
New Delhi
Eyeing to return to power riding the strong pro-incumbency wave in favour of a right mix of Hindutva and Development, the BJP on Saturday announced that Uttar Pradesh Chief Yogi Adityanath will contest from Gorakhpur Sadar/Urban seat.
Deputy Chief Minster Keshav Prasad Maurya will be the party nominee from Sirathu assembly segment in Prayagraj region.
The party has marked its "victory march with the blessings of voters of Uttar Pradesh", B L Santhosh,
party general secretary, said in a tweet.
The announcement of first list of 107 candidates for the crucial Uttar Pradesh polls was made
at a press conference by party general Arun Singh and Union Minister Dharmendra Pradhan,
who is the party's election in charge for the country's most populous state.
Both Yogi and deputy CM Maurya are members of legislative council as of now.
Gorakhpur is known bastion of UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath.
The BJP has been retaining the parliamentary seat of Gorakhpur, for decades now.
In electoral politics, Gorakhpur is a known 'saffron fortress' and as the Mahant of ‘powerful’ Gorakhpeeth,
Yogi Adityanath has been winning the seat for six consecutive terms.
The issue of national security, need for strong anti-terror measures, pro-Hindutva agenda
and development are major issues for the people in Gorakhpur and other parts of the state.
Among others the list of candidates include Khurja (SC) - Meenakshi Singh, Khair (SC) Anoop Pradhan Balmiki, Koil - Anil Parashar, Iglas (SC) - Rajkumar Sahyogi, Chhata - Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan, Mathura - Shrikant Sharma, Baldev (SC) - Pooran Prakash Jatav, Etmadpur - Dharampal Singh, Agra Cantt (SC) - Dr. G.S. Dharmesh, Agra South - Yogendra Upadhyaya, Agra North - Purushottam Khandelwal, Agra Rural (SC) - Baby Rani Maurya and Fathepur Sikari - Chaudhary Babulal.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has exuded confidence time and again that the BJP would retain power by winning "300 plus seats" in the 403-member assembly.
List:
Shamli-Shri Tejendra Singh Nirwal
Budhana-Shri Umesh Malik
Charthawal Smt. Sapna Kashyap
Purqazi - SC Shri Pramod Utwal
Muzaffar Nagar Shri KApidev Aggarwal
Khatauli Shri Vikram Saini
Meerapur Shri Prashant Gurjar
Siwalkhas Shri Manendra Pal Singh
Sardhana Shri Sangeet Som
Hastinapur – SC Shri Dinesh Khatik
Kithore Shri Satyavir Tyagi
Meerut Cantt. Shri Amit Aggarwal
Chharprauli Shri Sahendra Singh Ramala
Baraut Shri Krishnapal Singh (K.P Malik)
Baghpat Shri Yogesh Dhama
Loni Shri Nandkishor Gurjar
Muradnagar Shri Ajit Pal Tyagi
Sahibabad Shri Sunil Sharma
Ghaziabad Shri Atul Garg
Modinagar Dr. Smt. Manju Shivach
Dholana Shri Dharmesh Tomar
Hapur – SC Shri Vijay Pal Aadti
Garhmukteshwar Shri Harendra Choudhary Tevatiya
Noida Shri Pankaj Singh
Dadri Shri Tejpal Singh Nagar
Jewar Shri Dhirendra Singh
Sikandrabad Shri Laxmiraj Singh
Bulandshahr Shri Pradeep Chaudhary
Syana Shri Devendra Singh Lodhi
Anupshahr Shri Sanjay Sharma
Debai Shri C.P. Singh
Shikarpur Shri Anil Sharma
Khurja (SC) - Meenakshi Singh
Khair (SC) - Shri Anoop Pradhan Balmiki
Barauli - Thakur Jayveer Singh
Atrauli - Sandeep Singh
Chharra - Ravendra Pal Singh
Koil - Anil Parashar
Iglas (SC) - Rajkumar Sahyogi
Chhata - Chaudhary Laxmi Narayan
Mant - Rajesh Choudhary
Goverdhan - Thakur Meghshyam Singh
Mathura - Shrikant Sharma
Baldev (SC) - Pooran Prakash Jatav
Etmadpur - Dharampal Singh
Agra Cantt (SC) - Dr. G.S. Dharmesh
Agra Sotuh - Yogendra Upadhyaya
Agra North - Purushottam Khandelwal
Agra Rural (SC) - Baby Rani Maurya
Fathepur Sikari - Chaudhary Babulal
Kheragarh - Bhagwan Singh Kushwaha
Fatehabad - Chhotelal Verma
Bah - Rani Pakshalika
Round 2
Behat - Naresh Saini
Nakur - Mukesh Chaudhary
Saharnpur Nagar - Rajeev Gumbar
Saharanpur - Jagpal Singh
Deoband - Brijesh Singh Rawat
Rampur Maniharan (SC) - Devendra Nim
Gangoh - Kirat Singh Gurjar
Najibabad - Kunwar Bhartendu Singh
Nagina (SC) - Dr. Yashwant
Barhapur - Sushant Singh
Dhampur - Ashok Kumar Rana
Nehtaur (SC) - Om Kumar
Bijnor - Suchi Mousam Chaudhary
Chandpur - Kamlesh Saini
Noorpur - C.P. Singh
Kanth - Rajesh Kumar Chunnu
Moradabad rural - Krishakant Mishra
Moradabad Nagar - Ritesh Gupta
Kundarki - Kamal Prajapati
Bilari - Parmeshwer Lal Saini
Chandausi (SC) - Gulabo Devi
Asmoli - Harendra Singh (Rinku)
Sambhal - Rajesh Singhal
Chamraua - Mohan Kumar Lodhi
Bilaspur - Baldev Singh Aulakh
Rampur - Aakash Saxena
Milak (SC) - Rajbala
Dhanaura - Rajeev Tarara
Naugawan Sadat Shri Devendra Nagpal
Amroha Shri Ram Singh Saini
Hasapur Shri Mahendra Singh Khadagvanshi
Gunnaur Shri Ajeet Kumar (Raju Yadav)
Bisauli – SC Shri Kushagra Sagar
Sahaswan Shri D.K. Bhardwaj
Bilsi Shri Harish Shakya
Budaun Shri Mahesh Gupta
Shekhupur Shri Dharmendra Shakya
Dataganj Shri Rajeev Singh (Babbu Bhaiya)
Meerganj Dr. D.C Verma
Nawabganj Dr. M.P Aarya Gangwar
Faridpur – SC Dr. Shyam Bihari Lal
Bithari Chainpur Dr. Raghvendra Sharma
Bareilly Dr. Arun Saxena
Barielly Cantt. Shri Sanjeev Aggarwal
Aonla Shri Dharmpal Singh
Katra Shri Veer Vikram Singh
Powayan – SC Shri Chetram Pasi
Shahjahapur Shri Suresh Khanna
UP battle for Vikas Vs Casteist Samajwadi
New Delhi
Caste considerations have been a hard fact of political life in Uttar Pradesh.
But it has been blatant in recent decades with patronage from parties such as Samajwadi, BSP and also Congress to a great extent.
All have been shown their places electorally and repeatedly but none seemed to have learned any lesson.
The Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party is back again with the same game and is now trying to win over some disgruntled leaders from a few caste groups in particular.
Swami Prasad Maurya and Dharam Singh Saini are two such leaders. The media spin is on expected line as the if sky has fallen and something extra ordinary things have happened.
Five years back, such a hype was generated when Akhilesh Yadav had decided for an alliance with Rahul Gandhi's
Congress. In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Akhilesh tried yet another experiment and went for alliance with
BSP of former Chief Minister Mayawati.
In both the instances, Akhilesh Yadav's game-plans failed if not boomeranged and the electorate showed confidence
in Narendra Modi and the BJP.
In 2019 parliamentary polls, the BJP and its ally Apna Dal(S) won 64 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats,
proving all arithmetic of the SP-BSP 'Mahagatbandhan' in Uttar Pradesh wrong. Between SP and BSP, they
won only 15.
In 2017 assembly polls, Congress won only seven while SP could win 47. The BSP could win
19 and the saffron party's tally was 312 and vote share was 39.67 per cent.
Having said these, one thing is clear Modi and BJP and later Yogi Adityanath have brought inclusive
development (Sabka Vikas) and uplift of hitherto neglected segments at the centre stage of UP's electoral politics.
The BJP on Saturday announced Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as its candidate from Gorakhpur Urban.
The message being the saffron party continues to take eastern Uttar Pradesh much seriously and for it, what matters
more is politics of inclusive development.
"Fielding Yogi from Ayodhya would have given a boost to BJP's campaign in Awadh region; but unnecessary
media hype would be there about the Hindutva card or so. The message from BJP is clear that Yogi
Adityanath does not need a particular seat to prove his Hindutva leanings. And that he is the Chief Minister of
the entire state and all communities," said a former Union Minister and in the know of things in BJP's strategy making.
The Modi-Yogi duo Double Engine has only strengthened the faith of voters and the resolve of the BJP workers and sympathizers in development and protection of Hindu right.
The so-called secular forces have been busy appeasing Muslims and repeatedly hurling abuses on
Hindus and Hindu culture. It is only during elections, they remember to visit temples.
But the people have treated them electorally as they deserved.
The Congress lost touch with UP practically in 1989 itself, and others have done in later period.
There is another twist in the tale. They do no say as much but the 'sickular' forces are already
experiencing the impact caused by the entry of AIMIM into the political arena.
Asaduddin Owaisi has demonstrated how it can do harm to secular parties in states such as Maharashtra
and Bihar.
In Uttar Pradesh, the AIMIM impact could be more severe as the Hyderabad-based party had initially proposed
Uttar Pradesh as its major target area of political expansion.
The road to power in New Delhi is most often via Uttar Pradesh, India's most populous state.
Things have just begun with initial phases of ticket distribution. But with regard Owaisi, he is a threat to self-styled
and self-seeking secular forces as this Hyderabad Member of Parliament is in great demand in hubs and pockets
of UP where Muslims see him as a new messiah.
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