Why is UP the Faultline of Opposition Politics? BJP set to Inaugurate Ram Mandir After New Parliament

After inaugurating the new Parliament building in a regal and religious manner, the BJP leadership is now eyeing the inauguration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya in January.

After inaugurating the new Parliament building in a regal and religious manner, the BJP leadership is now eyeing the inauguration of Ram Mandir in Ayodhya in January. The politics of religiosity, narrow-mindedness and polarisation is the biggest plank for the 80 seats in the country's largest state, Uttar Pradesh. Elections are not fought there on governance issues. But are the main opposition parties of UP ready to take on the BJP? Do they have any ideology and concrete agenda to fight the politics of hatred, division and communalism? Parties like SP-BSP-Congress seem unable to face the challenge of BJP in UP. Thought-provoking analysis of this by senior journalist Urmilesh in #AajKiBaat: