Ahead of the Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab scheduled for early next year, key NDA ally and Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas) president Chirag Paswan, in an interview to The Hindu , said his party would contest in both States “with or without the BJP”.
“In 2024, the NDA did badly in the State in the Lok Sabha election but swept the Assembly polls that followed. His assertion comes on the heels of his recent remarks that he feels ashamed to be part of the government in Bihar in the context of molestation cases involving minor girls in Jamui, Samastipur, Banka and other districts. Paswan’s decision to maintain a nuanced distance from his senior ally, the BJP. Mr. In Uttar Pradesh, the party is particularly targeting Passi voters, who are present in significant numbers in eastern and central Uttar Pradesh, the two regions where the BJP faced setbacks in the last Lok Sabha election. Responding to a question on Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance posing a strong challenge to the BJP-led Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh, Mr. Gandhi’s efforts were negatively oriented while his campaign was focused on finding solutions.
These statements, read alongside his new Generation Z outreach campaign, “ Youth Bole Toh ”, launched in Patna on September 24, and followed by another rally under the banner in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, three days later, point to Mr. Paswan said his party had been working in both States. Paswan said the two parties were drawing confidence from their performance in the Lok Sabha election. The Opposition’s false narrative will fail and we will see a Maharashtra-like situation in Uttar Pradesh too,” he said. He dismissed comparisons between his campaign and “ Chhatron Ki Goonj ”, led by Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, saying Mr.
Earlier, he had also questioned the Election Commission’s handling of concerns surrounding the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
