UP: SP to use Dalit card to breach BJP’s impregnable fortress, clinch 140 seats in western Uttar Pradesh; see figures
The SP’s political campaign for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections will begin in Agra. Workers from 30 districts of western Uttar Pradesh will gather for a Dalit convention. Hurt by Dalit oppression and the disrespect shown to statues of great men under BJP rule, the Bahujan Samaj is now looking for an alternative. The SP has its sights set on the Dalit community.
The Samajwadi Party, preparing to breach the BJP’s impregnable political fortress by using the Dalit card, will formally launch its campaign for the 2027 Assembly elections in Agra. The Dalit convention will be held on November 15th at the Government Inter College (GIC) grounds in Panchkuiyan.
The SP will bring together workers from 30 western districts and the Bahujan Samaj on one platform to herald a change of power in the state. This conference, to be held under the leadership of SP National President Akhilesh Yadav, aims to mobilize over one lakh people from the Scheduled Castes from the Agra, Aligarh, Meerut, Saharanpur, Bareilly, and Moradabad divisions.
SP National General Secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Lal Suman said that Agra has historically been the capital of Dalit socio-political consciousness. Hurt by Dalit oppression and the disrespect shown to statues of great personalities under BJP rule, the Bahujan Samaj is now looking for an alternative.
The party leadership believes that amid the BSP’s declining support base, Dalit voters strengthened the SP alliance in the 2022 Assembly and 2024 Lok Sabha elections. In the SP’s PDA (Backward, Dalit, Minority) formula, the D (D) category, meaning the Dalit community, is the main axis for power change in the state, and Agra is the main base for this category.
SP Metropolitan President Shabbir Abbas says that the inclination of Dalit voters in Western Uttar Pradesh has always been decisive in forming governments. Now, by laying the groundwork for Dalit social polarization from Agra, the BJP’s stronghold built on religious polarization will be dismantled in the 2027 political battle.
Political Mood in Electoral Data
- In the 2017 and 2022 assembly elections, the BJP consistently swept all nine assembly seats in Agra. However, the Samajwadi Party emerged as the main rival, finishing second in five seats.
- In the 2007 assembly elections, the Bahujan Samaj Party won six out of nine seats in the district, forming a government with an absolute majority. In 2012, it won six seats for the second time.
- In the 2012 assembly elections, the Samajwadi Party won only one of the nine seats in the district. In 1993, the SP had won the Etmadpur seat.
The Groundwork for 140 West Indian Seats
Akhilesh Yadav will lay the groundwork for social polarization from Agra on the 15th for 30 districts across six divisions of Uttar Pradesh. There are 140 assembly seats in these divisions. In the 2022 18th Assembly elections and subsequent by-elections, the BJP dominates 111 of the 140 assembly seats in Agra, Aligarh, Meerut, Moradabad, Saharanpur, and Bareilly. The SP won 29 of these seats. The BSP failed to even open its account in the last election.
Power deployed in Valmiki settlements
Preparations for the Samajwadi Party’s Dalit Mahasammelan, to be held on November 15th at the GIC grounds in Panchkuian, have intensified. On Saturday, under the leadership of Metropolitan President Shabbir Abbas, a series of meetings and panchayats were held in Valmiki settlements. During the outreach, the emphasis was on women’s participation.
Meetings were held in Basai and the Rui Mandi Valmiki settlement. Shabbir stated that women constitute approximately 48.6 percent of the Scheduled Caste population. Therefore, a strong presence of women, youth, and the elderly is essential in the fight for social equality and rights. During this, State Secretary Rahul Chaturvedi, Dharmendra Yadav, Vinay Aggarwal, Dr. Bablu Singh, Ramjilal Vidyarthi, Bunty Yadav and Poonam Valmiki etc. were present.
Courtesy: Hindi News
