Uttar Pradesh Politics: It is said that a leader is one who knows the way, walks on the way and shows the way. There have been many such leaders in our country but the ones who are most talked about these days are Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav. In the Lok Sabha elections, the duo of Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi gave a new direction to the politics of Uttar Pradesh. This political alliance not only prevented the BJP from reaching the majority figure but also gave new energy to the opposition in the Parliament which was marginalized for a decade.
The jugalbandi of Rahul and Akhilesh is also being seen in the Parliament. The confidence of Rahul and Akhilesh shows that this partnership can last long. In such a situation, the question is whether BJP can face a big challenge in 27. How will BJP break the political chakravyuh of two boys of UP in the assembly elections to be held in UP?
…when Rahul Gandhi roared in the Parliament
It was the first of July. The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha was going on in the Parliament. Rahul Gandhi was speaking in the Parliament for the first time as the Leader of the Opposition. At the very beginning of his speech, Rahul Gandhi mentioned the Constitution. He showed a picture of Lord Shankar. For the first time in ten years, the government was seen on the back foot.
After this, it was the same month of July and the 29th. The first budget session of the 18th Lok Sabha was going on. Rahul Gandhi again mentioned Lord Shiva. He narrated the story of Mahabharata. He told the story of Chakravyuh and told the path on which the politics of India’s alliance is going to move. A crisp white T-shirt, slightly grown beard and sharp attacks on the government with full confidence. Rahul Gandhi looks like this whenever he comes to the Parliament. The government is the same but Rahul Gandhi’s words have a sharper edge than ever before which directly challenges the government.
Akhilesh Yadav’s style in Parliament
The style has changed. The attitude has changed and not only Rahul Gandhi but Akhilesh Yadav also does not miss any opportunity to corner the government. During the discussion on the budget session, when Anurag Thakur was cornering Rahul Gandhi on caste census, the answer came from Akhilesh Yadav.
It has been only two months since the new government was formed but the kind of chemistry that is visible between Rahul and Akhilesh Yadav in the Parliament shows that the partnership of the UP boys is going to last long and is going to be a big challenge for the BJP but the question is why are Rahul and Akhilesh attacking the government? How much of a challenge are the two UP boys for the government? And the biggest question is what is the reason behind Rahul and Akhilesh’s confidence?
Jugalbandi of Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav
Be it the issue of NEET, caste census or budget, whenever there was a chance in the Parliament, Rahul and Akhilesh’s amazing jugalbandi was seen. Both of them left no stone unturned in cornering the government in the same style. Not only inside the Parliament but also outside the Parliament, the pair of UP boys is challenging the government on every front. Both of them seem to be full of confidence. The biggest reason for this is the crushing defeat of BJP in UP.
The way the Rahul-Akhilesh duo became a speed breaker in the path of BJP in UP, could have been imagined only by a political expert. BJP which was running with the target of winning 80 out of 80 seats, went back a decade but the biggest setback came in Faizabad seat.
Did these boys gain confidence after defeating BJP?
Ayodhya is the city of Lord Ram where faith and spirituality meet. In the same Ayodhya, a grand, divine Ram temple was built after five hundred years. Ayodhya was transformed but BJP had to face defeat from Faizabad Lok Sabha seat in the Lok Sabha elections. Electoral defeat in Faizabad was not a new thing for BJP. After the demolition of the disputed structure in Ayodhya, the saffron party has faced defeat on this seat thrice which is enough to tell that BJP has not lost the election in Faizabad for the first time.
After 2024, BJP continuously won the Faizabad seat. This time Ram Mandir The saffron party had full hopes of victory but it did not happen. Along with Faizabad, BJP lost 29 seats, many of which fell on the route which is considered Ram Van Gaman Path. This is the reason why the victory in Faizabad gave new energy to the INDIA alliance but the matter is not just this.
BJP was successful in winning 71 out of 80 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, which is a record in itself. After five years, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s seats came down from 71 to 62. In this way, BJP had to suffer a loss of 9 seats. After this, now in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP’s seats have come down from 71 to 62. Lok Sabha Elections In 2015, BJP’s tally dropped from 62 to 33 seats. This time BJP has lost 29 seats.
Has Narendra Modi’s influence diminished in Uttar Pradesh?
It is clear that in 2014 the Prime Minister Narendra Modi The rise that BJP got due to the charisma of PM Modi is diminishing in UP. In such a situation, Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav are seeing a golden opportunity to regain power in the country’s largest political state.
After the results, senior BJP leaders were constantly predicting the breakup of the Congress and Samajwadi Party alliance, but instead of breaking up, the pair of two boys from UP seems to be getting stronger from Parliament to the streets. BJP is also feeling the jugalbandi of Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav very strongly. BJP knows that Congress has got a political lifeline in UP and Samajwadi Party has got strength. If both the parties contest the 2027 assembly elections in the same way, then it is natural for the political tension to increase for BJP, but is it really so?
The pair of two boys flopped in 2017
However, this is not the first time that Rahul and Akhilesh have come together. This experiment has been done in the 2017 UP assembly elections as well, but then the duo failed to stop the victory chariot of BJP, but the political situation has changed in the last 24 years. The slogan ‘UP likes this alliance’ was given. About 7 years ago, this slogan was in the headlines in Uttar Pradesh. Two boys from UP had come together to stop the chariot of BJP in UP. Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav had joined hands. There was a strong alliance between the Samajwadi Party and the Congress.
In the 2017 UP assembly elections, BJP won 312 seats, while Samajwadi Party was reduced to just 47 seats. Congress got only 7 seats. In 2017, the alliance of Congress and Samajwadi Party was a big flop. The situation was such that after the defeat, both blamed each other, but in 2024, not only did the chemistry of Rahul-Akhilesh work wonders, but there was also amazing coordination between the workers of both the parties.
Akhilesh-Rahul duo is being taken seriously
Experts believe that with the support of Congress, Akhilesh Yadav wants to capture power in UP in 2027. Along with this, Akhilesh’s target is to expand his party at the national level. Samajwadi Party is the largest party in UP and Muslim votes are mobilized in their favor but in Maharashtra, Haryana and Jharkhand, Muslims are inclined towards Congress. In UP too, Muslim votes are returning to Congress. In such a situation, Rahul and Akhilesh can compete with BJP in UP. This is the reason why BJP is taking the political stand of two boys in UP seriously.