: UP Assembly Elections 2022: Dent in BJPs social coalition has aggrieved its masters! #IndiaNEWSAll #Elections After two phases of polling in assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh, it seems that the

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UP Assembly Elections 2022: Dent in BJPs social coalition has aggrieved its masters! #IndiaNEWSAll #Elections
After two phases of polling in assembly elections of Uttar Pradesh, it seems that the ruling Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has lost its sheen. Moreover, its gilt is getting eroded day by day due to the eyewash tactics that previously remained hidden from public view.
On February 10th when the state witnessed polling over 58 seats, PM Narendra Modi was addressing a rally in Saharanpur that saw 300 private buses carrying an audience from Haryana to fill the ground. This was not known until Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar reported the grievance of bus operators who were demanding a sum of INR 31 Lakh due on diesel and toll charges. As per details, these buses were arranged to fetch a fake audience by the Haryana administration on oral orders of District Transport Officers of Jind, Ambala, and Panipat. Orders to DTO were direct from the Haryana CM office and the key persons involved in arranging this service were BJP Media in-charge Vipin Chaudhary and Saharanpur BJP head Devendra Sharma.

What is compelling the top leadership of BJP to resort to such filthy techniques? The answer lies in the poll trend of two phases that is likely to continue in later phases, maybe turning into a snowball effect.
Dent in BJP s social coalition
Navnish, a senior journalist from Saharanpur gives a catchphrase to understand the scenario, The crux of the matter lies in the fact that every caste community of Hindus has more or less come out to vote against BJP. Plus the Muslims have voted for SP-RLD alliance.
In an interview with the Newsclick, Abhay Kumar Dube of the Center for Study of Developing Societies (CSDS)  has articulated this phenomenon as dismantling of BJPs social coalition that was responsible for its huge victories in 2014, 2017, and 2019. This social coalition consists of forward and backward Hindu votes. A chunk of votes from each section has now moved to the SP-RLD alliance due to its reasons and woes.
This phenomenon has played out differently on urban and rural seats. For example, in Ghaziabad and Noida that went for the polls in the first phase, the vote percentage remained less than 50 percent. Residents in high-rise societies and apartments did not come out to vote. These voters are predominantly upper-caste BJP supporters. A major chunk of workers of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) abstained from voting on the Sahibabad seat of Ghaziabad.
Sahibabad constituency is the largest in terms of voters (11 Lakh) and claims to hold the single largest number of RSS shakhas in Uttar Pradesh. The local in charge of Seva Bharti says that he did not go out to vote. Similarly, many functionaries of RSS and its affiliate abstained on the excuse that they have their names listed somewhere else.

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