Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections will be heavily criticized

-Thousands of Jats are in the vote bank of Tikait

-Water came from UP for Tikait at Ghazipur border

New Delhi, 29 January 2021, Friday

The drama that erupted on Thursday night at the Ghazipur border, which connects the capital New Delhi with Uttar Pradesh, seems to be a long-term blow to Yogi Adityanath's government in Uttar Pradesh.

A large number of Delhi Police and Rapid Action Force were deployed on the Ghazipur border on Thursday night. The Ghazipur district magistrate had issued a notice to Rakesh Tikait to vacate the Ghazipur area. The power supply and water supply in the area were cut off.

Rakesh Tikait shed tears in front of the electronic media and refused to vacate the area despite a notice from the district magistrate. However, Tikait's tears had a miraculous effect and hundreds of farmers from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh started returning to Delhi overnight. The long-term impact of all these things is worth considering.

Panchayat elections are on in Uttar Pradesh. Behind Rakesh Tikait is the vote bank of thousands of Jats. Observers believed that whatever legal action the Uttar Pradesh government took against Tikait, it would not go unnoticed in the panchayat elections.

A large crowd gathered outside Rakesh Tikait's house in Sisauli area of ​​Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh this morning. On the other hand, hundreds of farmers who had left the Ghazipur border on Thursday and gathered at their homes were seen returning to Delhi from late night till this morning. Seeing all this, there were reports that the Yogi government had to back down.

On Thursday night, Tikait made a serious allegation before national TV news channels that pro-BJP MLAs were lathicharging elderly farmers. The whole country sees the atrocities being perpetrated on us. Rakesh Dhruske Dhruske cried and at one point even threatened to commit suicide. These scenes caused a stir in Western Uttar Pradesh. Most of the farmers are Jats and the displeasure of Jat voters in the panchayat elections could weigh heavily on the BJP.