UP Election Result 2022: The picture of Uttar Pradesh assembly election results has become completely clear. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under the leadership of Yogi Adityanath is going to form the government, destroying the record. The Samajwadi Party (SP) will once again have to sit in the opposition. Akhilesh Yadav has not been able to win the trust of the general public in spite of alluring promises like raising unemployment, inflation and the problems of stray animals and free electricity. However, the party has definitely more than doubled the seats while improving its performance. Let us try to find out some reasons for this defeat of SP.
The old image of the party suffered
This time Akhilesh Yadav broke the old image of the party by giving the slogan of ‘New SP’ which was created by opposition parties like BJP and BSP. Calling SP a party of goons, the BJP was a constant attacker this time too. In such a situation, fielding some jailed leaders and tainted-multiple candidates on behalf of the SP also proved suicidal. It is not that other parties did not field tainted candidates, but the BJP’s image of SP was being created by the party by fielding the tainted ones, adding to the allegations of the BJP and helping the saffron party to convey the message to the public that the SP If the government comes, hooliganism will increase in the state.
Could not win trust on promises like employment
Akhilesh Yadav raised the issue of employment vigorously in the elections. The party hoped that this would support the youth population. However, this bet did not work for the party. It is believed that between 2012 and 2017, many recruitments in the Akhilesh Yadav government kept doing legal rounds in the courts, so a large section of the youth could not trust him.
It was difficult to name Jinnah?
Jinnah’s issue was also heavy for Akhilesh Yadav. In a speech before the first phase of voting, the BJP made a big issue of taking Jinnah’s name along with freedom fighters like Sardar Patel, Jawaharlal Nehru. Describing Akhilesh Yadav as Jinnah lover, Yogi Adityanath himself started the campaign to prove Akhilesh Yadav as Pakistan lover. The BJP succeeded in curtailing the alleged resentment against it in western UP by raising the slogan of Jinnah versus sugarcane.
The problem increased after the court’s decision in the Ahmedabad blast
In the middle of the elections, the decision on the terrorist attack in Ahmedabad in 2008 also came. In this case, 38 terrorists were sentenced to death, including some terrorists of Azamgarh. One of the terrorists’ father has been a SP leader. Showing the picture of Akhilesh with the terrorist’s father, the BJP described him as a sympathizer of the terrorists. PM Modi himself, CM Yogi Adityanath surrounded SP and Akhilesh on this issue. It is believed that with this the BJP was successful in giving a message to the public that the SP is sympathetic to the opponents of the country.