Exit polls say, People nod Yogi, BJP holds 'most populous' Uttar Pradesh

 Exit polls say, People nod Yogi, BJP holds 'most populous' Uttar Pradesh 

New Delhi 

If things go according to exit polls, the blind opponents of Narendra Modi would get a shocker and the bigger shock would be for the 'dynasts' Congress party and its leader Rahul Gandhi.

The exit polls for elections just held in five states including India's most populous Uttar Pradesh  suggest that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP is expected to retain its hold in the key northern state which sends 80 MPs to Lok Sabha. 

Some survey says nearly 45 per cent of people in Uttar Pradesh rested their confidence in the performance of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. 

Without doubt, BJP's comfortable win in Uttar Pradesh as predicted by various exit polls would mark a salutary effect on the leadership of PM Modi and electoral popularity of Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

It not only gives a huge boost to Modi's hopes of winning a third straight term office in the 2024 general 

election, the return of the BJP to power in Lucknow would mark a huge endorsement of the party's electoral 

management of Amit Shah and organisational leadership of party's national president J P Nadda.

In contrast, in elections held in Punjab, the Aam Admi Party is projected to win making it clear that the Congress

would have to bow out of office. In another setback to Congress, the party contrary to earlier prediction may fail to

return to power even in BJP-ruled Uttarakhand. 

In terms of numbers, C-Voter exit poll has predicted 228-244 seats for the BJP in UP, 

132-148 for the SP, 13-21 for the BSP, 4-8 for Congress and 2-6 for others.

The Today's Chanakya exit poll predicts 294 seats for BJP in UP, 105 for SP, 2 for BSP, 1 for 

Congress and 1 for others.

Jan Ki Baat exit poll predicts 222-260 for BJP in UP, 135-165 for SP, 4-9 for BSP, 1-3 for Congress and 3-4 for others.

The Times Now - Veto exit poll has predicted 225 seats for BJP in UP, 151 for SP, 14 for Congress and 9 for others.

Union minister and Apna Dal (Soneylal) leader Anupriya Patel, said she was not surprised by the exit poll 

predicting a sweep for the BJP and its allies in Uttar Pradesh."I was confident of a win," she added.

 The India Today - Axis My India has predicted 288-326 seats for BJP in Uttar Pradesh, 71-101 for the 

Samajwadi Party, 3-9 for the Bahujan Samaj Party, 1-3 for the Congress and 2-3 for others.

The BJP seemed much comfortable even in Manipur, Goa and Uttarakhand.

 The mandate - if the exit polls come true - will bolster PM Modi's image as the most popular politician 

in the country in decades.

The prophets of doom and India's self-styled sickular establishment had made issues out of

handling of COVID-19 crisis, jobs and so called anger against agrarian reforms that the 

Prime Minister rolled back in November 2021 after a year-long protests.

On the other hand, the BJP has maintained all along that its good governance counted a lot in four states of

UP, Manipur, Uttarakhand and Goa.

In UP, the Yogi government's policies like giving free staples to the poor during the pandemic, a fall in crime rates, 

and Modi's and Yogi's immense personal popularity, especially among Hindu voters perhaps have done the trick. 

A massive win in Uttar Pradesh could also perhaps be seen as people's nod to monk-turned- neta Yogi Adityanath as the next generation leader for the BJP. 

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