Bharatiya Janata Party retained power in the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, but saw a drop in number of seats compared to the previous elections, as Twell as several top leaders bite the dust.
The biggest casualty was Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya who lost Sirathu to his Samajwadi Party rival, Pallavi Patel, by a margin of 7,337 votes.
Among others who lost the polls this time were Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs, and Rural Development who was defeated by Samajwadi Party’s Jai Prakash Anchal from Bairia constituency by 12,951 votes
BJP Sports Minister Upendra Tiwari lost the polls from Phephana constituency, losing to Samajwadi Party’s Sangram Singh by a margin of 19,354 votes.
Cabinet Minister Rajendra Pratap Singh, popularly known as Moti Singh, lost the elections from the Patti seat to Samajwadi Party’s Ram Singh by a margin of 22,051 votes.
Sugarcane Minister Suresh Kumar Rana was defeated by Rashtriya Lok Dal’s Ashraf Ali Khan by a margin of 10,806 votes in the Thana Bhawan Assembly.
BJP Education Minister Satish Chandra lost to Samajwadi Party’s Mata Prasad Pandey in Itwa by 1,662 votes. In nut Shell compare to 2017 elections results BJP alliance lost 52 seats whereas SP alliance gained 76 seats
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Firebrand Hindu monk Yogi Adityanath’s political stock is rising in India, where he is set to deliver the ruling party a thumping election win in the country’s most populous state despite the pandemic and fury at farm reforms that were eventually ditched.
His performance in Uttar Pradesh, home to more than 220 million people and where he is chief minister, has reinforced the perception among some leaders of the nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Hindu groups that support it that he could one day be prime minister.
The incumbent, Narendra Modi, is still hugely popular and looks set to win a third term in office when national elections come in 2024.
But at 49, Hindu hardliner Adityanath is 22 years his junior, giving him time.
“The respect he commands is on a par with a federal cabinet minister now,” said a member of the cabinet who declined to be named because he is not authorised to discuss internal discussions with the media.
The minister and another senior party official said that Adityanath’s “clean image” in a country where many politicians are seen as tainted by graft is a major advantage over the longer term.
BJP leaders said the likely win was the result of free staples being handed out to the poor during the pandemic, a crackdown on crime and the popularity of Modi and Adityanath, especially among the Hindu majority
