UP Assembly Election 2022: BJP loses eight leaders in 48 hours and gains two MLA

By Lokmat English Desk | Published: January 13, 2022 04:40 PM2022-01-13T16:40:33+5:302022-01-14T13:14:04+5:30

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UP Election: After the announcement of the dates for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections (Uttar Pradesh Elections 2022), the BJP suffered a major setback in the last two days.

On Wednesday, OBC leader Dara Singh Chauhan quit BJP and became the sixth leader to quit the party in the last two days.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, Cabinet Minister and senior leader Swami Prasad Maurya resigned from the Yogi Adityanath cabinet. On the same note, the BJP leaders also held the meeting in Delhi headquarters.

Apart from this, BJP MLA Avtar Singh Bhadana resigned from the party and joined the National Lok Dal. At the same time, three MLAs who are considered pro-Maurya also announced their resignation.

After Maurya on Tuesday, BJP's Tindwari MLA Brajesh Prajapati, Tilhar MLA Roshan Lal Verma, and Bilhaur MLA Bhagwati Sagar also resigned. Meanwhile, Congress MLA Naresh Saini and SP MLA Hari Om Yadav joined the BJP on Wednesday.

Uttar Pradesh is the largest state in the country in terms of population. But it is also the most important state politically. And so the elections here are important.

Meanwhile, the Election Commission has announced the date of elections 7 phase elections would take place in the state, Voting will take place on February 10, February 14, February 20, February 23, February 27, March 3, and March 7, respectively. The results for all seven phases will be announced on March 10.

The term of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly will end on March 14, 2022. Uttar Pradesh has 404 Legislative Assemblies and 100 members in the Legislative Council. Uttar Pradesh is currently ruled by the BJP. The main opposition parties are Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party.

In the 2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, the BJP had won 312 seats. The BJP had got 39.67 per cent votes in the election. The Samajwadi Party had won 47 seats and the Bahujan Samaj Party 19 seats. Cave to Congress