Purvanchal's mood will play a major role in forming the Uttar Pradesh government

In purvanchal, Subhaspa, Om Prakash Rajbhar, Dr. Sanjay Nishad, Anupriya Patel, Swami Prasad Maurya, and Dara Singh's political battles will be on display.

Ankit Awasthi
Published on: 23 Feb 2022 12:02 PM GMT
Purvanchals mood will play a major role in forming the Uttar Pradesh government
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Uttar Pradesh's Assembly elections are progressing slowly toward Purvanchal. In such a scenario, the BJP and SP alliance's leaders must be put to the test. Numerous politicians affiliated with the SP and BJP are vying for power on the basis of their castes. Numerous of them are also involved in the conflict. Apart from this, a number of SP politicians are contesting elections after defecting from the BJP. In purvanchal, Subhaspa, Om Prakash Rajbhar, Dr. Sanjay Nishad, Anupriya Patel, Swami Prasad Maurya, and Dara Singh's political battles will be on display.

To begin, if we consider Subhaspa president Om Prakash Rajbhar, who is competing from the Jehoorabad seat, which was the epicenter of the eastern election, he won four seats in 2017 in an alliance with the BJP. He was also appointed a minister, but resigned from the BJP a few days later, establishing a front against the BJP. He is now running for office in affiliation with the SP. He refers to himself as a powerful leader of the lower castes. Kumhar, Bind, Mallah, Prajapati, Kushwaha, and Kori are the focal points of his whole politics. He is competing from Jehurabad this time, while his son is up against a homogeneous politician Anil Rajbhar from Varanasi's Shivpur seat. There is a severe test for a caste's leaders. He ran for 11 seats, winning nine of them. This time, the BJP allocated a large number of seats to the Apna Dal in order to address the caste issue. This time around, the BJP has 17 seats reserved for Anupriya. He has a significant uphill battle to win these seats and establish himself as a Kurmi leader.

Concerning Dr. Sanjay Nishad, who describes himself as a "major Nishad leader," the BJP has allocated him 16 seats in the alliance. The majority of these seats are located in Purvanchal. When he beat the BJP in its strong Gorakhpur seat in the 2018 by-election with the backing of the SP, the governing camp extended a hand of goodwill to him. Following this, Sanjay Nishad's son Sant fought the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket from Kabirnagar and is presently an MP. This time, they must also pass a difficult exam in order to establish their worth.

Ministers Swami Prasad and Dara Singh will face a major test in the next election by gaining the support of the BJP. Both leaders are running on SP ballots this time. Anupriya's mother, Krishna Patel, has spoken out in support of the SP. Apna Dal Kamerawadi has allied with the SP. Pallavi Patel, his daughter, is up against Deputy Chief Minister Keshav. In such a setting, particularly during the sixth and seventh phases of the elections, it will become evident how successful these caste leaders, who are conducting caste politics by genuinely pushing ahead of progress, are. According to Prasoon Pandey, a leading political analyst, the problem for all parties in the upcoming elections in Purvanchal. The caste system is prominent in this region. In such circumstances, all sides rely on the strength of their partnership.

Om Prakash Rajbhar is contesting from Jehurabad, while Kalicharan Rajbhar and BSP candidate Shadab Fatima, who is also an SP minister, are locked in a triangular battle. Subhaspa is vying for 18 seats this time around. The BJP has formed an alliance with Anupriya Patel in order to avert a Kurmi vote boycott. She ran for 11 seats in the 2017 elections, winning nine of them. This time, it has allocated a large number of seats to the Apna Dal in order to address the caste issue in opposition to the BJP. This time, the BJP has allocated 17 seats to Anupriya. The significant task ahead of them is to gain these seats and establish themselves as chair leaders.

Concerning Dr. Sanjay Nishad, who describes himself as a "major Nishad leader," the BJP has allocated him 16 seats in the alliance. The majority of these sites are located in Purvanchal. When he beat the BJP in its strong Gorakhpur seat in the 2018 by-election with the backing of the SP, the governing camp extended a hand of goodwill to him. Following this, Sanjay Nishad's son Sant fought the 2019 Lok Sabha elections on a BJP ticket from Kabirnagar and is presently an MP. This time, they must also pass a difficult exam in order to establish their worth.

Ankit Awasthi

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