Experts see temple-mosque disputes ahead of 2027 UP polls as effort to polarise voters | Latest News India
Lucknow, Although the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls are due only in 2027, political experts suggest that the increasing number of temple-mosque disputes in the state and the resultant polarisation have started to set the political narrative. Experts see temple-mosque disputes ahead of 2027 UP polls as effort to polarise voters Analysts point to the recent bypolls in the state where slogans like “Batenge to Katenge” played a key role in ensuring Hindu unity. And it is in this backdrop that the experts feel that the intensifying temple-mosque polarisation pitch has its own implications. “During the bypolls, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s ‘Batenge to Katenge’ slogan was seen as a response to the Samajwadi Party’s attempt to create caste-based mobilisation using the PDA move. The outcome was clearly in favour of the BJP,” political analyst Rajeev Ranjan told PTI. Of the nine Assembly seats that went to bypolls in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance won seven, while the main opposition SP secured the two remaining seats. “Recent developments indicate that the process of polarisation may …
