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At present, a very sensational and shocking news is coming out from the corridors of politics of Uttar Pradesh regarding Bisauli assembly seat of Badaun district, which has suddenly increased the political temperature of the entire state. Here, discussions about current Samajwadi Party MLA Ashutosh Maurya alias Raju joining the Bharatiya Janata Party camp have gained momentum, while on the other hand, speculations about former BJP MLA Kushagra Sagar, considered his staunch opponent, joining Samajwadi Party i.e. Akhilesh Yadav’s camp have created a stir in the political market. There was a close contest between these two giants in the 2022 assembly elections, where victory and defeat was decided by a margin of just a few thousand votes. Now, as the rumors of the upcoming elections are increasing, the equations are changing rapidly in this local seat of Badaun, due to which the atmosphere of confusion and curiosity among the workers of both the parties and the local voters has completely heated up. Let us understand every aspect of this interesting political development and internal turmoil in detail.
Bisauli (reserved) assembly seat of Badaun district has always been one of the high-profile and extremely sensitive seats of Uttar Pradesh. The politics here revolves around caste equations and local leadership. If we look at the history of previous elections, in the year 2012, Ashutosh Maurya had registered a spectacular victory by contesting this seat on Samajwadi Party ticket. After this, in the 2017 Modi wave assembly elections, Bharatiya Janata Party youth leader Kushagra Sagar broke into this fort and won and became MLA. However, in the subsequent elections i.e. 2022 Assembly elections, Samajwadi Party once again placed its bet on Ashutosh Maurya and he defeated Kushagra Sagar of BJP by a small margin of just 1,834 votes in a very exciting and tough contest. This small margin of victory and defeat had proved that both the leaders have a strong hold and public base on the land of Bisauli, but now suddenly the discussions about change in the stance of these two faces have changed the entire political scenario.
It has become a common discussion in the current political circles that SP MLA Ashutosh Maurya’s closeness with senior leaders of the ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party is continuously increasing. Experts believe that after some recent political developments, including cross-voting during the Rajya Sabha elections and the recent meetings of MLAs with Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow, speculations are being made about his changing sides. Local political analysts of Badaun also say that regional leaders often remain in touch with the ruling party to solve the issues of regional development works and equations of the upcoming election ticket, which is bound to increase the uneasiness in the opposition camp. Both supporters and opponents of Ashutosh Maurya are giving their respective reactions to these speculations, although it has not been officially confirmed by any party yet, but these discussions have definitely started a new debate among the local people of Badaun.
On one hand, there are rumors of Ashutosh Maurya moving towards BJP, on the other hand, speculations about former BJP MLA from Bisauli Kushagra Sagar joining the Samajwadi Party camp i.e. Akhilesh Yadav are also going viral. It is being speculated in the market of local discussions that if the equations change then this game of party defection can prove to be a big pawn for tickets and political revival in the coming times. A section of Kushagra Sagar’s supporters believe that he may be in touch with the opposition party to further strengthen his political base at the local level, while the other section also says that this could be just a rumor spread by the opposition camp to spoil the election atmosphere. Amidst all this, the silence of both the leaders and the ongoing rhetoric among their supporters has further increased the political temperature of Badaun, due to which it will be very interesting to see which side the political camel will sit here in the coming days.
As the elections are approaching in Uttar Pradesh, the market of defection and political speculation is starting to heat up from small to big districts. This turmoil going on in Bisauli seat of Badaun district is not limited to only two leaders, but it can have a direct impact on the caste and social equations of the entire Rohilkhand region. In the politics of Uttar Pradesh, local satraps often keep changing their strategies to strengthen their chances of victory. The public has also become completely sensible now and they are watching the profits and losses of these political upheavals very closely. Common voters of Bisauli say that no matter which party the leader joins or joins, the real issue should remain the development of the area, roads, education, health and employment. However, until there is no final official confirmation on the ongoing political speculations between Ashutosh Maurya and Kushagra Sagar, this seat of Badaun will remain the biggest hotspot for political analysts and media.