Prime Minister Narendra Modi had to cancel his Bijnor rally in Uttar Pradesh polls on Monday due to bad weather, but Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Jayant Chaudhary claimed he did so because of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) facing difficulties in the state. Chaudhary’s party, allied with Akhilesh Yadav’s Samajwadi Party (SP), has been attacking the BJP, claiming the party will face trouble in western Uttar Pradesh.
“It was a sunny day in Bijnor, but bad weather in BJP,” Chaudhary tweeted. He tweeted two photos – a screenshot of a news announcement showing the Prime Minister’s trip has been canceled, and a screenshot of Google Weather showing sunny weather in Bijnor.
Prime Minister Modi almost spoke at his “Jan Chaupal” rally after poor conditions did not allow his helicopter to take off.
In his speech, PM Modi launched an all-out attack on the SP and its allies. Prime Ministers say ‘fake Samaiwadis’ is always trying to quench their thirst.
Uttar Pradesh’s seven-phase elections will begin on February 10, with the first phase seeing 58 seats in the western state of the state witness votes. The 143 seats in the west of the state will be crucial in determining whether the BJP can retain power or whether the SP-led coalition can help continue the state’s recent history of voting out of incumbent lawmakers.
The region, roiled by farm protests against three central laws that were finally repealed last November, backed the BJP in the 2014 and 2019 general elections and in parliamentary polls in 2017. But the SP-RLD coalition hopes to turn around the BJP’s gains by capitalizing on the farm’s anger, encouraged by thousands of people who turned up at their maha panchayat against the farm law.
Both sides have been campaigning aggressively in the Western UP. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Chief Minister Yogi Adiyanat and other senior BJP leaders are traveling across the region to deliver the party’s development message. On the ground, the message also resonated.
But Chowdhury and Yadav countered the BJP’s campaign with a series of promises to farmers – a corpus for cultivators to ensure fast payments, free electricity for irrigation, fast payments for sugar cane farmers and purchase of crops at minimum support prices .
Complete News Source : Hindustan Times
