BJP hopes to win all bypoll seats in UP, political experts say not easy

Following a setback in the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP has vowed to win all 10 assembly seats, where by-elections are to be held, underlining its dominance in the state and sending a message to the Opposition that its recent resurgence was short-lived.

Political observers, however, say it could be an uphill task for the ruling NDA alliance.

Bypolls are to be held on 10 seats that fell vacant after nine MLAs were elected as MPs in this year's Lok Sabha elections and the MLA of Sishamau was convicted and given a seven-year jail sentence. However, the dates for the polls have not been announced yet.

"Let us all pledge that we will achieve 100 per cent victory in the upcoming by-elections on 10 assembly seats," BJP's UP unit president Bhupendra Singh Chaudhary exhorted party workers at the party's state working committee meeting held on July 14.

Since then the BJP organisation has been making extensive preparations for all 10 seats, including at the booth level, with ministers and par