After the consecration of Ram Mandir, there was a plan to garner votes in the name of Hindutva across the country. But BJP's experiment did not work in Ayodhya. Why and how did BJP lose in Faizabad? Whereas the consecration of Ram Mandir was done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. RSS and BJP together made lakhs of people visit the temple.
From where Ram Lalla's temple is located, a wind of changing the constitution started blowing. This wind later turned into a storm. Many big faces of BJP were swept away in the elections. This time a slogan was very popular in Ayodhya. Neither Ayodhya nor Kashi, this time Awadhesh Pasi. Samajwadi Party's Awadhesh Prasad belongs to the Pasi caste among Dalits. His supporters kept raising this slogan throughout the election. BJP's temple glory and brand Modi's magic did not work in front of this slogan. After the consecration of Ram temple, there was a plan to garner votes in the name of Hindutva across the country. But BJP's experiment did not work only in Ayodhya. Ayodhya is a part of Faizabad Lok Sabha seat in UP. There is also an assembly seat named Ayodhya.
Why and how did BJP lose in Faizabad? Prime Minister Narendra Modi conducted the consecration of Ram Mandir. RSS and BJP together made lakhs of people visit the temple. PM Modi conducted a roadshow in Ayodhya. He also visited the house of a Dalit woman Meera Manjhi. This was considered a big political message. UP CM Yogi Adityanath also conducted two election rallies here. But the party of Ram devotees, BJP, lost the election on the birthplace of Ram Lalla.
Last time there was an alliance between Samajwadi Party and BSP. Despite this, BJP candidate Lallu Singh won by 65 thousand votes. This time he lost to Samajwadi Party by 54 thousand votes. BJP's defeat in Faizabad is the biggest defeat. Ram temple has been an issue for BJP for the last several decades. It has been mentioned in every election manifesto of the party. But when Ram temple was built, the party lost.
Akhilesh did a big experiment in Faizabad
Akhilesh Yadav did a big experiment in Faizabad. He fielded a Dalit candidate on a general Lok Sabha seat. He did a similar experiment in Meerut as well. But Ram from Ramayana serial, that is Arun Govil, won the election. But Lallu Singh got stuck in Faizabad. Lord Ram's grace was such. Akhilesh Yadav came to Faizabad twice to campaign. Once while referring to Awadhesh Prasad, he called him a former MLA. Later, while handling the mike, Akhilesh said that you are going to become an MP, that is why I told you so.
Post-ticket friendly social engineering
After giving ticket to Awadhesh Prasad, favourable social engineering was done for him. Leaders of different castes were given tickets on all the neighbouring seats. Lalchi Verma of Kurmi community was fielded from Ambedkar Nagar while a leader of Nishad community got ticket from Sultanpur. Whereas BJP fielded Thakur and Brahmin leaders on the neighbouring seats of Faizabad. Samajwadi Party already had Muslim and Yadav votes. Kurmi-Patel, Nishad and Dalit votes were also added to these. In the name of saving the constitution and reservation, Mayawati's supporter Jatav voters also supported Samajwadi Party. They felt that BSP was not able to fight, so they became allies of Samajwadi Party to defeat BJP.
People were angry about land acquisition
In Faizabad, Dalits are 26 percent, Muslims are 14 percent, Kurmis are 12 percent, Brahmins are 12 percent and Yadavs are also 12 percent. BJP candidate Lallu Singh belongs to Thakur community. He was also an MP from here in the years 2014 and 2019. But this time there was a lot of opposition to him. Party people were demanding to change the candidate. But this did not happen. After the construction of the temple in Ayodhya, a lot of development work was done. But there is a lot of anger among the local people regarding land acquisition. They feel that they were cheated in exchange for compensation. Local social equations and anti-incumbency of the BJP candidate hoisted the flag of Samajwadi Party in Ramlala's house.
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