Watch | Is BJP Set to Face Losses in the First 2 Phases of the UP Polls?
Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
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Senior journalist Rajesh Mahapatra and The Wire's political affairs editor Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta have travelled widely across many constituencies of western Uttar Pradesh in the run up to poll day.
In this video, they discuss the first phase of the polls on February 10 and assess why the Samajwadi Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal combine is going to be the likely beneficiary of anger against the Adityanath government.
Watch to understand the impact of farmers' movement, opposition's planks of price rise, unemployment and farmers' concerns, and BJP's law and order pitch.
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