New Delhi:
The Uttar Pradesh BJP unit has sent a comprehensive report outlining the reasons behind its disastrous Lok Sabha election to the party’s top command, amidst claims of internal strife among leaders. The study focuses on issues that have allegedly led to party workers’ anger and dissatisfaction, including paper leaks, the hiring of contract workers for government positions, and the state administration’s alleged highhandedness.
The Samajwadi Party-Congress combination won 43 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state, while the NDA only managed 36 (down from 64 in 2019). In response, the state BJP has filed a detailed 15-page report outlining the faults of the campaign. According to sources, opinions from about 40,000 individuals were gathered to evaluate the party’s performance, with particular
The analysis highlights an important 8% drop in the BJP’s vote percentage in all of Uttar Pradesh’s areas. It demands that the federal government respond swiftly to keep elections from devolving into a fight between privileged and underprivileged groups in the future.
The data shows that the BJP’s vote share has significantly decreased—by 8%—across the board in Uttar Pradesh. In order to prevent future elections from turning into a conflict between affluent and poor people, it is imperative that the federal government act quickly.
He asserted that the organization and the party transcend individuals.
Senior party officials were recently met by UP BJP President Bhupendra Chaudhary and Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya. After the party’s electoral defeats in the key state, additional talks with Uttar Pradesh officials are being planned as part of a larger strategic review.
As Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath blamed the election losses on “over-confidence,” a claim refuted by his deputy Keshav Mauryan, rumors of internal conflict among state party leaders grew more intense. He asserted that the organization and the party transcend individuals.
According to the state unit’s report, there are six main reasons why the BJP has performed so poorly. These include the party workers’ dissatisfaction, frequent paper leaks, the perception of administrative high-handedness, and the use of contract workers in government positions, which the opposition claims supports the party’s reservations policy.
Another leader brought up the fact that the opposition had been able to amplify its narrative that the BJP was trying to delay reservations since there had been at least fifteen paper leaks in the state in the last three years alone. “On top of that, government jobs were being filled up by contractual workers, which only strengthened the opposition’s misleading narrative about us,” he said.
Following his attendance at a state executive meeting in Lucknow, BJP President JP Nadda spoke with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Bhupendra Chaudhary, and other influential figures to devise a methodical approach to tackling these concerns.
A BJP official told NDTV, “They are calling state leaders in batches because these matters have to be discussed at length.”
BJP Leaders in UP Talk About the Report with Senior Leadership.
The report also highlights changes in electoral support, pointing to a decline in votes from the Dalit community and a decline in support from the Kurmi and Maurya populations. It recognizes as extra considerations the declining vote share of Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Congress’s improving performance in some areas.
According to sources, the BJP’s central leadership has been made aware of the need for the state unit to quickly settle its differences and launch community-based initiatives to stop the sentiment from turning into a “agada versus pichada” (upper caste versus lower caste) dispute. In the 1990s, the UP BJP, led by former chief minister Kalyan Singh, had claimed the support of the Lodh group and was formerly considered as an OBC-favoring party. However, OBC support for the BJP has declined.
According to the report, the BJP only received one-third of the Dalit votes this time around, and the Kurmi and Maurya castes moved away from the party. It also pointed out that the Congress gained ground in three UP regions, impacting the total results, while the BSP’s vote share fell by 10%. The state unit also noted that the quick distribution of tickets contributed to the party’s early campaign peak. The study stated that labor tiredness had set in by the sixth and seventh phases. Party leaders’ remarks criticizing reserve policies made the party’s declining popularity even worse. Seniors were affected by issues like the Old Pension Scheme, while younger people were affected by issues like Agniveer and paper leaks.
