Video: Here’s Why BJP Needs to Introspect on Losing Ground in UP

BJP lost 7/10 assembly seats in UP in 2014. And 3 more seats since then. All to SP. Why is BJP losing ground in UP?

11 months in power and 11 losses in the crucial political state of Uttar Pradesh. A sure suggestion that not all is well here for the BJP.

Let’s not forget – this was the state where the BJP on its own came up with a never-before tally of 71 seats during the Lok Sabha elections. It had in essence effected a clean sweep – all political rivals mere by-standers. How then has the BJP lost ground so soon in UP?

Senior journalist Bhupendra Chaubey puts out his take: