The already heated atmosphere of the Uttar Pradesh state over the elections which are going to be held in next year, will get more furious as Samajwadi Party has alleged that the Election Commission of India (ECI), under the pressure of the central government as well as considering the elections in two more states of Punjab and Uttarakhand and due to the logistical reasons can postpone the elections in Uttar Pradesh for six months and will be holding in December 2017 instead of the mid-way next year.

A highly placed functionary in Akhilesh Yadav’s government said, “We anticipate that elections to UP may be advanced by six months and thus be held in December than mid-way in 2017. For example, the EC may cite the board exams or, among other things, the soaring temperatures in these months (March-April).”

He further added, “It can cite logistics and reasons related to resources. Anyway, the Samajwadi Party is ready for the polls. Moreover, this way the BSP will get even less time to prepare and mobilise voters.”

“The BJP-led NDA government does not want Uttarakhand and Punjab results to effect the results in UP. They have taken a big lesson from the (last year's) Delhi debacle. They know that had they conducted the Delhi polls just after the general election results, Arvind Kejriwal would have been nowhere,” the functionary said.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which won 71 of 80 seats in the last Lok Sabha elections is preparing to fight hard in the the state and to win it with highest amount of votes.

BJP secretary Shrikant Sharma said, “We are ready for elections. We are ready to take on the Samajwadi Party as well as the Bahujan Samaj Party. The electorate in the state has been shortchanged by both the parties and has seen their dismal performance. People of UP are ready to go for a BJPled change in the state politics.”

According to the report, Akhilesh Yadav has got the data from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) which places Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) on the first place in the state and hence he is in a hurry to start the flagship projects of his government in the state not leaving any thing which will affect his party in the elections.

“Look at the speed with which the dream projects of the Samajwadi government are moving: the Agra-Lucknow expressway or the Metro projects across the state. The Akhilesh Yadav government wants to inaugurate these in its tenure and not leave the electoral harvest to be reaped by the next government if there is a change of guard,” said a SP leader.  

The three major parties SP, BJP and BSP is having a fight at the state and all the three will look forward to win the state in the election.

By Prajakt K.