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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Uttar Pradesh polls: A loophole in democracy -Shaikh Mujibur Rehman

Uttar Pradesh polls: A loophole in democracy -Shaikh Mujibur Rehman

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published Published on Feb 14, 2022   modified Modified on Feb 15, 2022

-The Hindu

Only if the Samajwadi Party-led coalition wins by a large margin can it be assured of government formation

It is clear that the fierce electoral battle for Uttar Pradesh is mainly between the Akhilesh Yadav-led gathbandhan (coalition) and the Yogi Adityanath-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), even if it appears multi-cornered on paper. The failure of unity among supposedly secular parties against the BJP once again demonstrates not just their half-hearted commitment to secularism but also their self-centredness as they continue to give more importance to their political future than to India’s secular polity. Without doubt, this failure of opposition unity has given a huge advantage to the BJP.

The key difference between the 2017 election and the ongoing one is that neither the BJP nor the Samajwadi Party (SP) enjoys uniform advantage in all the regions of U.P. as the BJP did in 2017. The election is thus highly competitive. In western U.P., particularly in Muzaffarnagar, the SP-Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) coalition enjoys a great advantage. The new-found bonhomie between the Muslims and Jats, established during the farmers’ movement, could severely dent the BJP’s fortunes in the region. There is limited evidence of reconciliation on the ground between the farmers and the BJP even after the farm bills were withdrawn.

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The Hindu, 14 February, 2022, https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/oped-by-shaikh-mujibur-on-uttar-pradesh-elections-and-a-loophole-in-democracy/article65049450.ece?homepage=true


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