UP Assembly Elections 2022: Why Karhal is 'driving seat' for Akhilesh Yadav, SP's 'blueprint' to win 100 seats from East to West

UP Elections 2022: The electoral struggle of Uttar Pradesh has started. The era of politics and counter-attacks is at its peak in the state. Who will sit on the throne of Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, its decision will be taken on March 10? But before that, all the parties have started setting up the election game. Some are trying to bring the equations of castes in their favor, while some want to increase their support base through alliances.

Yogi Adityanath is contesting from Gorakhpur Sadar seat this time. At the same time, SP supremo Akhilesh Yadav will also contest the legislature for the first time. After these two leaders landed on the 'Electoral Board', the election of UP has become more high voltage than before. Akhilesh Yadav will enter the electoral fray from the Karhal assembly seat of Mainpuri. It is being told as a safe seat for Akhilesh Yadav.

Akhilesh was busy setting the equation

But Akhilesh Yadav has not decided to contest from this seat. Behind this is the blueprint of winning 100 seats, with the help of which the Samajwadi Party wants to push on those seats in the East and West, where it stood second or third in the last elections. The Karhal assembly is a kind of "driving seat" for Akhilesh, from where he is trying to work outcaste equations in Agra, Aligarh, and Meerut divisions on the one hand and to increase the base of Azamgarh, Mirzapur on the other.

There are 1.5 lakh Yadav voters in Mainpuri. Talking about other voters, SCs are 17 percent, Shakyas 13 percent, Thakurs 9 percent, Brahmins 7 percent, minorities 6 percent, and others 8 percent. Tej Pratap, the grandson of Mulayam Singh Yadav, won the Lok Sabha elections from here in 2014. In 2019, Tej Pratap left this seat for Mulayam Singh. Now under the leadership of Tej Pratap, the complete blueprint of Akhilesh Yadav's election will be ready. In this election, Akhilesh Yadav has entered the election with the help of non-Jatav Dalit, non-Yadav backward equations, Muslims, and Brahmins.

How East and West UP will be affected by Karhal

It is believed that the Muslim Yadav (MY) factor in eastern and western Uttar Pradesh will be strengthened by Akhilesh Yadav's descent from Karhal. At the same time, the SP has an alliance with the RLD in this election, due to which the vote bank of the Jats is being said to join the SP. Apart from this, in addition to the seats of the Aligarh division, the alliance can be strengthened in Bulandshahr, Saharanpur.

There will be tough competition in Purvanchal

Yogi Adityanath is the candidate from the Gorakhpur Sadar seat. Looking at the political equations, Purvanchal is very important for BJP. PM Modi is an MP from Kashi. This will affect the seats of Purvanchal. To deal with this, Akhilesh Yadav has chosen Mainpuri Karhal because from here he can influence the seats of the East as well as the West. There is also a factor that polling is to be held in the sixth phase in Gorakhpur, while Karhal seat will go to polls on February 20 i.e. in the third phase. In such a situation, Akhilesh Yadav can focus better on the seats of Purvanchal.