Archive · 8 Sep 2026
Yogi Adityanath Launches Projects in Opposition Strongholds Ahead of 2027
Uttar Pradesh will hold its next Assembly election in February 2027.
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been visiting many districts across the state.
During these visits, he has started or opened projects such as roads, schools, hospitals, and water facilities.
The projects cover 115 Assembly areas and cost more than Rs 38,000 crore.
Many of these areas supported the Samajwadi Party and Congress in the 2024 national election.
The BJP had won most of the same areas in the 2022 state election.
Adityanath says the visits are government programmes that bring development to people.
A state BJP leader described them as an unannounced campaign before the election.
Adityanath has also criticized the Samajwadi Party and Congress at several events.
Yogi Adityanath has toured more than 44 of Uttar Pradesh’s 75 districts since May.
Projects worth more than Rs 38,000 crore have been announced or inaugurated across 115 Assembly constituencies.
The Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance led in 67 of those constituencies in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
The BJP won 71 of the 115 constituencies in the 2022 Assembly elections, compared with the Samajwadi Party’s 33.
The chief minister has also attacked the Samajwadi Party and Congress during public meetings accompanying the government events.
- Who
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the BJP government, with the Samajwadi Party and Congress as the main political targets of his speeches.
- What
- Adityanath has launched and inaugurated development projects worth more than Rs 38,000 crore across 115 Assembly constituencies.
- When
- The outreach has taken place since May, ahead of Uttar Pradesh’s Assembly elections scheduled for February 2027.
- Where
- Across Uttar Pradesh, including Rae Bareli, Mainpuri, Ayodhya, Gorakhpur, Pilibhit, Lucknow and Prayagraj.
- Why
- The stated purpose is to deliver development and welfare programmes; a BJP leader characterized the events as an unannounced campaign ahead of the elections.
Government and BJP Position
Opposition and Election Interpretation
Purpose of the programmes
Government and BJP Position
The government presents the events as development and welfare programmes involving completed projects, foundation stones and assistance for beneficiaries.
Opposition and Election Interpretation
A state BJP leader described the events as an unannounced campaign ahead of the 2027 Assembly election, while the BJP’s role was described as mobilizing crowds.
Political messaging
Government and BJP Position
Yogi Adityanath has used the public meetings to criticize the Samajwadi Party and Congress on issues including law and order, partition and alleged religious appeasement.
Opposition and Election Interpretation
The events are concentrated in constituencies where the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance performed strongly in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, making their political significance a central feature of the outreach.
- Projects
- More than Rs 38,000 crore in roads, schools, hospitals, power, water, tourism and skill programmes
- Assembly constituencies
- 115 constituencies covered by the projects
- Districts visited
- More than 44 of Uttar Pradesh’s 75 districts since May
- 2024 result in covered constituencies
- The Samajwadi Party led in 54, Congress in 13, BJP in 47 and Rashtriya Lok Dal in one
- 2022 result in covered constituencies
- The BJP won 71, while the Samajwadi Party won 33; allies won five additional seats
- Gorakhpur projects
- Projects worth Rs 4,387 crore have been rolled out across several Gorakhpur district Assembly areas
- Next election
- Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections are scheduled for February 2027