Agra Lok Sabha Election 2024: Incumbent BJP MP S P Singh Baghel Locked In Triangular Contest With Samajwadi Party, BSP | India News

New Delhi: With Lok Sabha Elections scheduled on May 7 for the Agra constituency, the election fervour and political debates have engulfed the streets of town. The seat is reserved for Dalit candidates, about 30% of the 20.57 lakh voters are Dalits, with most of them being Jatav Dalits. Even although many are sad with the Bahujan Samaj Party’s (BSP) latest efficiency, most Jatav Dalits nonetheless appear to assist it. 

Despite the big variety of Dalit voters supporting the BSP, the Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) has received the Agra Lok Sabha seat within the final three elections. This time, the BJP has re-nominated S P Singh Baghel, who’s already a Union Minister, as their candidate. However, each the Samajwadi Party-Congress and the BSP have nominated Jatav Dalits for the seat – Suresh Chand Kardam and Pooja Amrohi, respectively. 

BSP’s Changing Winds In Agra 

Marking a shift within the method, the SP has chosen a candidate from the Jatav neighborhood. Following the dissolution of its alliance with the BSP in 2019, the SP initiated efforts to attach with the numerous Dalit demographic, estimated to comprise roughly 20% of Uttar Pradesh’s inhabitants. 

Stronghold Of BJP Since 2009 

However, it isn’t simple for any social gathering to shake the BJP’s floor. The social gathering has repeatedly received the Agra Lok Sabha seat for the previous 15 years because it turned a reserved seat. Ram Shankar Katheria received for the BJP in 2009 and 2014, however in 2019, Prof SP Singh Baghel took over and secured one other victory for the BJP, making it three in a row. Baghel, who belongs to the Scheduled Caste neighborhood, is as soon as once more the BJP’s candidate for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. 

Contemporary Sentiments 

There are round 3,50,000 Jatavs, who’re the second largest group after the dominant 4,50,000 Vaishya voters who assist the BJP. The battle right here is principally for the Jatav voters in Agra, who usually assist the BSP, however the BJP additionally has the assist of round 1,50,000 Valmikis, who’re additionally from the Scheduled Caste. 

The Samajwadi Party (SP) is relying on round 2,50,000 Muslim voters. There are additionally about 1,70,000 Brahmin voters and 1,50,000 Thakur voters.  

The BJP candidate, Prof SP Singh Baghel, has beforehand received from the close by Jalesar parliamentary seat as an SP candidate and is assured concerning the assist of round 3,00,000 backward voters in Agra.