UP: Dalit mahout could not ride the elephant, BSP expressed maximum confidence in the candidates of Kurmi and this caste.

BSP did not play the “Dalit card” even once in Sitapur Lok Sabha seat. BSP continued to use the formula of social engineering as the basis of its ticket. Expressed maximum trust on Kurmi and Muslim.

Uday Prakash Singh, Published by: Shahrukh Khan

BSP, which has made deep inroads in politics with the help of Dalit vote bank, has not played the Dalit card even once on Sitapur parliamentary seat. The BSP chief has been making the formula of social engineering the basis of the ticket here. BSP has sometimes been betting on the backward and Muslim class.

BSP, which had held the Sitapur seat for one and a half decade, has hit many birds with one stone this time by making former MLA Mahendra Yadav its candidate. How effective this move of BSP will be will be known on June 4. BSP contested the Sitapur parliamentary seat for the first time in 1989. In this, BSP made Syed Nasir its candidate.

In the very first election, Hathi performed strongly and secured third place with 1,16,680 votes. In the 1991 elections, BSP’s Aziz Khan stood fifth with 35,670 votes. In the 1996 elections, BSP changed its candidate, this time it placed its bet on Premnath Verma. BSP again showed strength in this election.

BSP candidate Premnath stood third by securing 1,17,791 votes. BSP again expressed confidence in Premnath in 1998. Premnath Verma was the runner up in this election by getting 1,88,954 votes. BSP lost this election to BJP’s Janardan Mishra by a margin of 27,920 votes. From here BSP tasted victory in 1999.

This time too, adopting the formula of social engineering, Rajesh Verma was made the mahout of the elephant. For the first time, BSP’s account opened on Sitapur seat and with the help of SC and backward class votes, Rajesh Verma took the elephant to Delhi by securing 2,11,120 votes.

Even in the 2004 elections, Rajesh Verma retained his seat. In the 2009 elections, BSP changed the elephant’s mahout from here, but repeating the old history, again played a bet on Kaiserjahan from the Muslim community.

Kaiserjahan registered victory with the help of Muslim and SC vote bank. Qaiserjahan got 2,41,106 votes in this election. In 2014, Kaiser Jahan lost the election even after getting 3,66,519 votes. She was a runner. In 2019, BSP played the Brahmin card.

BSP-SP alliance fielded Nakul Dubey as a candidate. Nakul Dubey stood second with 4,13,695 votes. This time BSP is contesting the elections alone. This time BSP has firmly stepped forward on the path of making the contest triangular by making Mahendra Yadav its candidate. BJP has expressed confidence in Rajesh Verma for the third time. Whereas former MLA Rakesh Rathore from Congress-SP alliance is in the fray.

Attempt to break into BJP and SP through Mahendra

BSP will try to sabotage BJP and SP through former MLA Mahendra Yadav. Actually, Mahendra Yadav became MLA from Biswan assembly constituency in 2017 on BJP ticket. Even after being denied ticket in 2022, he remained active in BJP with full energy. Therefore, we will definitely find a way to break into BJP. At the same time, being from the Yadav community, every possible effort will be made to break into the traditional vote bank of SP.

Possibility of winning search in social engineering formula

The major reason behind BSP winning the Sitapur seat thrice from 1999 to 2009 has been its social engineering. The elephant has traveled from Sitapur to Delhi twice with the help of Rajesh Verma of Kurmi community and once with the help of Kaiserjahan of Muslim community. Once again BSP is exploring the possibility of victory through the formula of social engineering.

Played Brahmin card only once, got failure

BSP also played the Brahmin card once in 2019 on Sitapur seat. But this move did not prove effective. Even after alliance with SP, Nakul Dubey had to face a crushing defeat by a margin of more than one lakh votes.

This is the mathematics of elections

There are about 28.1 percent SC-ST voters in Sitapur Lok Sabha constituency. This class is considered the cadre vote bank of BSP. Apart from this, there are about 27.9 percent backward class, 23 percent general and 21 percent Muslim voters. BSP is trying to win over Dalit and backward class voters in its fold.

Courtesy: Hindi News