CM Yogi Adityanath, Yogesh Sharma, Awadhesh Singh
Amid the political fever of Uttar Pradesh by-elections, the slapping incident of Bharatiya Janata Party MP Yogesh Verma has intensified the political heat. Yogesh Verma’s beating was questioned by his Kurmi community as a result of his popularity. In this way, by giving a political dimension to the Thakur v. Kurmi case, political tensions have been heightened for the BJP. In this situation, the BJP is now busy doing damage control. The first accused Awadhesh Singh and his wife Pushpa Singh were steered away from the BJP and now a case has been registered. In this case, the question is, is it necessary for the BJP to take action due to the imposition of by-elections?
There are political tensions as well as accusations and counter-allegations regarding the elections to the Lakhimpur Kaili Urban Co-operative Bank. On October 9, in the presence of police, BJP MP Yogesh Verma was slapped in public by Advocates Association president Awadhesh Singh, who and his Supporters were beaten together. A video of a BJP MP being beaten went viral on social media. Despite this, no action has been taken against Awadesh Singh and no case has been registered.
Kurmi becomes Thakur case
Businessmen of Lakhimpur Kheri were the first to stage demonstrations as no case was registered against Awadhesh Singh even though MLA Yogesh Verma was beaten up in front of the police. Following this, on October 11, a large number of people from the MLA’s Kurmi community surrounded the district magistrate’s office. Following this, people from the Thakur community came out in support of Awadesh Singh on social media. The people of Karni Sena also openly came out in support of Awadhesh. Because of this, the MLA beating incident gradually took on a caste color and turned into the Kurmi v. Thakur case.
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Yogesh Verma withdraws security personnel
Outraged over the attitude of the police authorities, MLA Yogesh Verma sent back his security personnel. Things took a turn for the worse when Awadhesh Singh was honored by the people of the Thakur community at a Kshatriya meeting. Due to this incident, the mobilization of BJP OBC MLAs started to intensify. Some OBC leaders in the BJP believe that the government is protecting accused Awadesh Singh. As a result, more than two-and-a-half dozen BJP MLAs met state president Bhupendra Chaudhry and complained.
Meet CM Yogi Adityanath
Amid the political heat of the Uttar Pradesh by-elections, the BJP does not want to risk offending any OBC leader. It was only after a complaint was lodged by a BJP OBC leader that the BJP showed a way out for Awadhesh Singh and his wife Pushpa Singh. On Monday, BJP MLA Yogesh Verma met CM Yogi Adityanath and expressed his views. CM Yogi assured Yogesh Verma that justice will be done. It was only after this that cases were opened against those who assaulted MLAs. It is believed that the BJP is trying to control the damage this way.
Akhilesh Yadav’s PDA formula
The Samajwadi Party is busy crafting a political narrative by linking the beating case of MLA Yogesh Verma to the respect of the Kurmi community. Kurmi is the second largest OBC caste in Uttar Pradesh after Yadav. SP eyes Kumi voters. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav successfully won the trust of the Kurmi community through the PDA program. As a result, the BJP’s seats in Uttar Pradesh decreased from 62 to 33.
By-election for 10 seats
By-elections are ongoing in 10 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, among which the Kurmi community has a large number of voters in Phulpur, Kattari and Mirkipur seats. Akhilesh Yadav was busy sending a political message to the Kurmi community on the pretext of Yogesh Verma as the accused belonged to the Thakur community. The SP is busy telling them to leave the OBC community and even the OBC MLAs of the BJP are not safe in the Yogi government. The strategy is to put the BJP in the anti-Kurmi defendant’s seat.
damage control drill
The BJP is in no mood to take risky steps to anger Kurmi or the OBC community ahead of the by-elections. That’s why when BJP president Bhupendra Chaudhary kicked out accused Awadhesh Singh and his wife from the party on CM Yogi’s orders, he immediately registered a case, Try to do damage control. In this way, the BJP is trying to break the Thakur vs. Kurmi narrative that was created before the by-elections.
