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The temperature of the politics of Uttar Pradesh is continuously rising, and as the time of upcoming assembly elections is approaching, the war of words between the regional parties and the opposition camp is also becoming fierce. A sharp political conflict is being witnessed these days between the national president of Samajwadi Party (SP) and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav and the leadership of All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). Recently, in connection with the taunts being made on each other through social media platforms and political forums, now a very strong and poetic counterattack has come from the spokespersons and leaders of Owaisi’s party. This latest political clash has created a stir in the political corridors of UP, where both the parties have come face to face over the equation of minority votes and political share.
Samajwadi Party seems uneasy after the increasing interference of AIMIM in the politics of Uttar Pradesh and the aggressive tours of Asaduddin Owaisi. Recently, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, while targeting the opposition forces and small parties without naming them, had indicated that some people are deliberately creating fragmentation in secular votes, which directly benefits the Bharatiya Janata Party. In response to this statement, the AIMIM camp made serious allegations against the Samajwadi Party. Party spokespersons and local leaders say that Samajwadi Party considers minorities and Muslims as its ‘vote bank’ only during elections, but when it comes to their rights and leadership, they are marginalized. Amidst this ideological and political tussle, Owaisi’s spokespersons have made sharp digs at the SP leadership through poetry on social media.
In response to Akhilesh Yadav’s statements and sarcasm, AIMIM spokespersons adopted a sharp tone in their statements and said that now the voters of the country and the state and especially the youth have understood everything. Taking aim in a poetic manner, he said that those who consider themselves contractors are not concerned with the real issues of the public. The spokesperson sarcastically said that brotherhood is remembered as long as votes are needed, and as soon as it comes to power or stake, the equations start changing. He clearly said that his party will fight for the rights and justice of its society with full force in the elections of Uttar Pradesh, and is not going to back down due to anyone’s pressure or intimidation. Such statements have created a situation of conflict between the workers of both the parties, from social media to the ground.
Political analysts believe that before the 2027 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, such rhetoric and sharp attacks will intensify further. For Samajwadi Party, the formula of ‘PDA’ (Backward, Dalit, Minority) in Uttar Pradesh has been the main basis of its political strategy, through which the party considers the Muslim and Yadav equation to be strong. On the other hand, Asaduddin Owaisi’s party AIMIM is continuously trying to give the message that the Muslims of Uttar Pradesh will no longer be at the mercy of anyone, but will move forward on the basis of their independent political strength and identity. Only time will tell what impact this political war between these two parties will have on the election results, but at the moment this war of words has completely heated up the political atmosphere in UP.