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| Rumi Darwaza, a historical monument in Lucknow (Image Credit: Wikipedia) |
The air is getting warm in UP despite the prolonged winter spell as all major parties prepping up their pre-poll games in the state for the imminent Lok Sabha elections. Expected to be slated in April – May this year, the elections will find UP with its sizeable LS seat share, playing a major role in deciding who will rule in Delhi. Tea shop discussions are already on about the possible outcome.
"Public is now educated and sincere and they will vote for those who will work for the future of the country, " says Sanjay Tripathi, a businessman from Lucknow. He adds that the election should be held on the ground of development rather than caste or religion.
Moizuddin Ansari, a cycle mechanic who has been living in Lucknow for the last 35 years is that the SP-BSP alliance has better chances this time. “Akhilesh Yadav has worked for UP and I will definitely vote for him,” says Ansari. SP and BSP have formed an alliance this time. Both parties have decided to contest 38 seats each seats and will leave 2 seats for smaller allies. Though a staunch supporter of Akhilesh, Anzari says he is unsatisfied with SP and BSP alliance. “This alliance is formed just to oppose NDA. It must work for the state and county, instead”, he says. However, this is not reflected by many SP supporters. For instance, Ram Yadav, a shopkeeper from Lucknow has only one slogan, " no one else than Akhilesh Yadav.” He told that he has been voting SP all his life and he will continue to do so.
Ritesh Kumar lives in Gomti Nagar and is an employee of a private firm. He think this time BJP should be winning the fray. "I used to vote for BSP, but now on seeing the larger picture, I think I will vote for BJP," says he.
INC has decided to fight in UP alone this time. Nitish Dubey, a journalism student with the Lucknow University showed a different picture for the election. According to him, voters are very much confused with the alliances and it will definitely have an effect in the upcoming election. Being a ground level worker for Congress, he is confident that his party will make good this time in UP.
It is not difficult to spot Modi fan boys, especially among young voters. Suraj, an engineering student from Babu Banarasi Das University says he is going to vote for BJP mainly because of Modi. “For me the major concern is development and better opportunities and Modi, I believe, is working in the exact direction," he says.
However, UP is turning out to be a tough nut to crack for major parties. The exit polls point out that the SP-BSP alliance can actually play spoilsport by dampening the hopes of INC and BJP in UP. During the last general elections in 2014, BJP along with its ally Apna Dal bagged 73 out of the 80 seats leaving SP with five seats and INC with two seats.
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