UP Assembly polls may be in Nov-Dec 2016,Uttar Pradesh Assembly election schedule, Narendra Modi,BJP,SP,BSP ,Election Commission
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UP Assembly polls may be in Nov-Dec 2016,Uttar Pradesh Assembly election schedule, Narendra Modi,BJP,SP,BSP ,Election Commission
Political circles in Uttar Pradesh are rife with an interesting speculation, according to which the Assembly elections in the state may be advanced by at least six months. It means that the elections may be held in November-December 2016 instead of Mid-2017.
Technically speaking, these are mere speculations, but a closer analysis of the political moves undertaken by both the ruling Samajwadi Party and BJP appear to give credence to the speculations.
Clearly, the Akhilesh government is not leaving anything to chance and the CM himself is reportedly keen to expedite the work.
There is a feeling in Samajwadi Party that the Election Commission (EC) may advance the dates under the pressure of BJP.
Political observers point out that there could be some merit in the speculation because the BJP ideally would not want UP Assembly elections to be held after elections to Punjab Assembly which completes its tenure of 5 years at the end of January 2017.
Since the Prakash Singh Badal-led Akali-BJP alliance is not expected to do well in Punjab assembly elections, the BJP may not want the elections in UP to be impacted by the loss in Punjab.
The historic victory of BJP in Assam has further boosted the morale of party workers throughout the length and breadth of the country. And the central and state leadership of BJP would not like to let the euphoria wane before the crucial UP Assembly elections.
Interestingly, PM Modi raised the emotive issue of payment of dues to cane farmers and reminded the people of the state that it was his government which released Rs 6,000 crore to the state for this purpose.
“Others only talked about paying the dues to cane farmers but we have actually released the money,” PM Modi quipped.
It’s so important that Rahul Gandhi was seen doing padyatra sometime back with the cane farmers to express his solidarity with them.
Mayawati, when she was the Chief Minister, had actually threatened to sell sugar mills to pay the dues of cane farmers although she could not do anything concrete in this regard.
PM Modi reportedly was working on the issue of cane farmers from August last year and his speech at Saharanpur clearly hinted that he wants to encash it electorally as soon as possible.