Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav is on a Rath Yatra to increase his chances of returning to power in Uttar Pradesh next year. Rath Yatra has a special political meaning in the politics of Uttar Pradesh. It was a Rath Yatra from the experienced leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), LK Advani, who brought the party to power in Uttar Pradesh in the early 1990s. Akhilesh Yadav’s move to make Rath Yatra part of his campaign is aimed at countering the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh.
His Rath Yatra in Unnao saw a huge crowd and also Akhilesh Yadav receiving gifts from his party workers and supporters. Among the photos that caught public attention was one of Lord Hanuman.
Lord Hanuman’s photo is framed with the Samajwadi Party election symbol, “Bicycle”, prominently displayed below with the name of the party worker who gave it to Akhilesh Yadav, who lunged forward from the “balcony” of his makeshift rath (wagon) . holding the portrait of Lord Hanuman with both hands.
In another photo, Akhilesh Yadav wields a ‘gadaa’ (club), Lord Hanuman’s famous weapon. With Gadaa in his left hand, Akhilesh Yadav greets the crowd of supporters on a street in Unnao.
In contrast to previous elections, Akhilesh Yadav consciously showed his Hindu identity during the election campaign in Uttar Pradesh. This is the backdrop to a series of election declines from the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. During this time, the BJP projected Akhilesh Yadav and his party against Hindu identity and pro-Muslim. This has led to polarization in the elections, which the BJP won sovereignly in 2014, 2017 and 2019 in Uttar Pradesh.
Akhilesh Yadav, on the other hand, cited the constitution to attack the BJP’s Hindutva policies. He presented himself as a “secular” and integrative politician. In Unnao, one of the gifts Akhilesh Yadav received from his supporters was a miniature statue of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, known as the father of the Indian constitution.
Ambedkar, born in Maharashtra, was quoted many times in the Uttar Pradesh elections. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chair Mayawati has been vocal about Ambedkar’s contribution to the uprising of the Dalit while positioning herself as the leader of the community. However, it was “invisible” in the campaign for the parliamentary elections in Uttar Pradesh and offered Akhilesh Yadav a place to woo Dalit voters.
Uttar Pradesh is expected to vote for all 403 seats in the assembly in February-March next year. The electoral commission recently called on the central government to step up vaccination efforts in all polling states of Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav is on a Rath Yatra to increase his chances of returning to power in Uttar Pradesh next year. Rath Yatra has a special political meaning in the politics of Uttar Pradesh. It was a Rath Yatra from the experienced leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), LK Advani, who brought the party to power in Uttar Pradesh in the early 1990s. Akhilesh Yadav’s move to make Rath Yatra part of his campaign is aimed at countering the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh.
His Rath Yatra in Unnao saw a huge crowd and also Akhilesh Yadav receiving gifts from his party workers and supporters. Among the photos that caught public attention was one of Lord Hanuman.
Lord Hanuman’s photo is framed with the Samajwadi Party election symbol, “Bicycle”, prominently displayed below with the name of the party worker who gave it to Akhilesh Yadav, who lunged forward from the “balcony” of his makeshift rath (wagon) . holding the portrait of Lord Hanuman with both hands.
In another photo, Akhilesh Yadav wields a ‘gadaa’ (club), Lord Hanuman’s famous weapon. With Gadaa in his left hand, Akhilesh Yadav greets the crowd of supporters on a street in Unnao.
In contrast to previous elections, Akhilesh Yadav consciously showed his Hindu identity during the election campaign in Uttar Pradesh. This is the backdrop to a series of election declines from the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. During this time, the BJP projected Akhilesh Yadav and his party against Hindu identity and pro-Muslim. This has led to polarization in the elections, which the BJP won sovereignly in 2014, 2017 and 2019 in Uttar Pradesh.
Akhilesh Yadav, on the other hand, cited the constitution to attack the BJP’s Hindutva policies. He presented himself as a “secular” and integrative politician. In Unnao, one of the gifts Akhilesh Yadav received from his supporters was a miniature statue of Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, known as the father of the Indian constitution.
Ambedkar, born in Maharashtra, was quoted many times in the Uttar Pradesh elections. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chair Mayawati has been vocal about Ambedkar’s contribution to the uprising of the Dalit while positioning herself as the leader of the community. However, it was “invisible” in the campaign for the parliamentary elections in Uttar Pradesh and offered Akhilesh Yadav a place to woo Dalit voters.
Uttar Pradesh is expected to vote for all 403 seats in the assembly in February-March next year. The electoral commission recently called on the central government to step up vaccination efforts in all polling states of Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa.
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