The battle of the election 2022 in Uttar Pradesh is scheduled from February 10 to March 7, 2022, to elect 403 members in seven phases of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes will be counted, and the results will announce on March 10, 2022.
The upcoming phase with the polling of 58 assembly seats widely spread in 11 districts of Uttar Pradesh West in Kairana, Thana Bhawan, Shamli, Budhana, Charthawal, Muzaffarnagar, khatuali, Meerapur, Purqazi, Meerapur, Siwalkhas, Sardhana, Hastinapur, Kithore, Meerut Cantt., Meerut, Meerut South, Chhaprauli, Baraut, Baghpat, Loni, Muradnagar, Sahibabad, Ghaziabad, Modi Nagar, Dhaulana, Hapur, Garhmukteshwar, Noida, Dadri, Jewar, Sikandrabad, Bulandshahr, Syana, Anupshahr, Dubai, Shikarpur, Khurja, Khair, Barauli, Atrauli, Chharra, Koil, Aligarh, Iglas, ChhataMant, Goverdhan, Mathura, Baldev, Etmadpur, Agra Cantt. Agra South, Agra North, Agra Rural, Fatehpur Sikri, Kheragarh, Fatehabad, Bah.
The first phase, Campaigning of the UP assembly election 2022, ended on Tuesday, February 8, at 6 pm. This phase covers the Jat-dominant belt of western UP.
Only the virtual model of the campaign was allowed; Political Parties were forced in the first phase due to the ban on roadshows and physical rallies because of the coronavirus pandemic.
According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), door-to-door campaigning is allowed in the assembly constituencies going to the polls on Thursday. While the primary contest is between BJP and SP-RLD, some seats were influenced by BSP in the first phase.
Under the leadership of the general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the congress party has generated interest, as seen in roadshows and door-to-door campaigning.
In the first phase of the Ballot, Suresh Rana, Atul Garg, Shrikant Sharma, Sandeep Singh, Anil Sharma, Kapil Agarwal, Dinesh Khatik, Dr. G S Dharmesh, and Chaudhary Laxmi Narain will decide the fate of nine ongoing ministers.
The battle will be between Pankaj Singh, Suresh Rana, Mriganka Singh, Sandeep Singh (grandson of late Kalyan Singh), Shrikant Sharma, Ahmad Hameed, and Kapil Dev Aggarwal. The promises and duties they will follow up already appealed to the people.
Inside Congress’ UP manifesto
Here are the significant promises made by the Congress in its manifesto ahead of the UP polls :
- The party leader will waive off farmers’ loans within ten days of coming to power.
- Electricity bills will be waived off.
- Covid-affected families will be given Rs 25,000.
- 20 lakh government jobs.
- Aid up to Rs 10 lakh will be given for any disease.
- Can buy Cow dung for Rs 2/kg.
Inside BJP’ UP manifesto
- In the upcoming five years, we will provide free electricity to farmers for irrigation.
- In the next five years, govt to strengthen wheat and paddy purchase at MSP.
- Interest to be taken from sugar mills if there is a delay in payment of cane dues to farmers beyond 14 days.
- For making Meritorious girls students self-reliant, Free scooters will give Under the yojana of Rani Laxmibai.
- Two crore tablets and smartphones will be given, Under Swami Vivekanand Yuva Shashaktikaran Yojana.
- Provision of 10-year punishment and Rs 1 lakh fine for those indulging in ‘love jihad’
- General Bipin Rawat Defence Industrial Corridor in Bundelkhand to be completed in record time.
Inside SP’ UP manifesto
- The 88-page manifesto promised minimum support price (MSP) for all crops, besides ensuring payment for sugarcane farmers in 15 days. “Will form a corpus for this if required.
- interest-free loan, insurance, and pension arrangements will be madeAll farmers will get free power for irrigation.
*Points to remember/follow *
The poll will be held between 7 am and 6 pm. Since this is a covid time, the voting will be saved using COVID-19 safety protocols and the guidelines as issued by the Election Commission from time to time.
While voters should also adhere to the covid 19 protocols (are required to wear masks, maintain social distance and use sanitizer while voting,) the election officials will also be given a COVID-19 kit to conduct the election smoothly.
All persons will be thermal scanned before voting, allowing them to enter the EVM room. The election commission may reserve the last one hour of the polling for COVID favorable voters.
Last election: In the 2017 elections, the BJP had bagged 53 seats out of 58, while the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party had got two seats each.
Edited By: Mahi Gupta
Published By: Shramana Sengupta
