Assembly elections are to be held in Uttar Pradesh in 2027, but political parties have already been ready to prepare their land. To make a hat -trick of power by conquering the election battle, the BJP is engaged in the new political equation every day. Rakesh Tikait, who is considered to be the axis of western UP politics, meets Deputy CM Brijesh Pathak of Yogi government, but is seen praising BSP chief Mayawati. In such a situation, the question arises that what is going on in the politics of UP?
Rakesh Tikait, leader of the Indian Farmers Union, met Deputy Chief Minister Brijesh Pathak in Lucknow on Tuesday. During this time, Rakesh Tikait has raised issues related to farmers in front of the deputy CM, while Brijesh Pathak shared his side while sharing the photo of the meeting. It may be said to be a courtesy call, but the political meanings of the meeting between the two leaders are being taken out for a long time.
Rakesh Tikait said that during the meeting with the Deputy Chief Minister, issues related to farmers and public interest were discussed. At the same time, Brajesh Pathak described the meeting with Tikait as cordial and said that the Indian farmer to go to Kushalaksheme from the senior leader of the union. Pathak and Tikait have met at a time when preparations for the next year’s panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh are in full swing and the 2027 assembly elections have intensified.
Means of meeting of tikait-reader
Rakesh Tikait, who has made a political identity with the peasant movement, meets Brijesh Pathak on Tuesday. While sharing the photo of their meeting on social media, the two leaders, while showing a courtesy call, write that they spoke on the interests of the farmers and the issues related to the general public. Earlier, Rakesh Tikait met former DGP Prashant Kumar, who was close to CM Yogi.
Rakesh Tikait is considered an influential face of Jat society in UP. He has a strong hold on the farmers of western UP. The peasant movement has made the identity of Tikait as an anti -BJP leader. Yogi and Modi keep raising questions about the policies of the government. In such a situation, the communication of Tikait with the Yogi government is also being seen from a political perspective.
BJP is improving in the west
Political analysts believe that Rakesh Tikat’s first meeting with Prashant Kumar and then Deputy CM Brijesh Pathak is being considered as a strategy for the BJP to strengthen its position among the Jat community and farmers in western Uttar Pradesh. In the 2022 assembly and the Lok Sabha elections of 2024, Rakesh Tikat had spoiled the BJP’s equation by appealing not to vote for the BJP.
BJP suffered a deep setback in 2022 in Muzaffnagar, Meerut, Bijnor, Moradabad, Kairana, Rampur and Sambhal districts with Tikait influence. In the 2024 elections, BJP had to face defeat after befriending RLD in Lok Sabha seats like Sambhal, Kairana, Nagina, Saharanpur, Sambhal, Rampur, Badaun, Amla and Moradabad.
It is believed that BJP is in an exercise to correct the fort of Western UP again before the 2027 elections. In this way, the meeting of Brijesh Pathak and Rakesh Tikait is not limited to knowing only the conditions, but there is also a political motive behind it. Rakesh Tikait is a big leader of the Jat society and has a very good penetration among the farmers.
At the same time, Deputy CM Brijesh Pathak is known as a leader to create political balance in the UP government and improve the equation. In the Yogi government, his position is of Brahmin face as well as number two. Rakesh Tikait’s political inclination has been towards SP in 2022 and 2024, due to which Brijesh Pathak has started political exercise so that his support can be gifted before 2027.
Meeting reader and praise of Mayawati
Rakesh Tikat meets Brijesh Pathak in Lucknow and reaches Sultanpur, his attitude changes. On the completion of 8 years of the Yogi government, farmer leader Rakesh Tikait taunted that BSP chief Mayawati was the number one Chief Minister for the farmers, she had done better work for sugarcane farmers. Sugarcane has increased the highest value in the BSP government. Apart from this, Mayawati has done many better work of farmers. CM Yogi Adityanath can also become number one Chief Minister by doing better work for farmers.
Farmer leader Rakesh Tikait praised Mayawati with a lot of strategy, and at the same time, Yogi Adityanath has also given a task to become a navar CM. In this way, Tikat wants to run a political balance so that he cannot be accused of BJP. Along with this, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav has also been betting on pressure politics. Since 2024, Akhilesh has not given a lot of political price to Tikait. It is believed that Tikait’s meeting with Brijesh Pathak and praise of Mayawati is considered to be a concern for the SP.
Tikait’s political importance in 2027
Issues related to farmers and youth are going to be important in the 2027 assembly elections to be held in Uttar Pradesh. After the withdrawal of Jagdeep Dhankhar from the post of Vice President, the opposition is also trying to give a edge to Jat Politics. There is a stateji to connect Dhankhar’s resignation to Jat Asmita. This is the reason that the BJP has already started making a strategy to strengthen its equation. If the farmer and youth do not go against the BJP, then the BJP’s way in the upcoming elections will become easier.
RLD is already with BJP to beat the opposition in western UP. In such a situation, if the Tikait brothers also adopt a shift corner for the BJP, then the BJP’s path can increase easy and SP’s trouble, because the fight for 2027 is BJP vs. SP. For Akhilesh 2027, farmers, youth, electricity, inflation and other people are raising issues and PDA’s bets are going on to keep their social engineering strong, which was their winning formula in 2024.
—- End —-
