As 2022 dawns and Uttar Pradesh prepares for elections, the battle is becoming less political and even less issue-based.
A new political vocabulary is emerging with slander, laced with communalism, dominating the election campaign which, at present, seems to have narrowed down to a straight fight between the BJP and the Samajwadi Party.
The BJP which has been claiming it will return to power with 300 plus seats in Uttar Pradesh, is undoubtedly becoming increasingly nervous as the countdown to the polls begins.
Published 26 December 2021, 02:22 IST