Litmus Test for Yogi as hub of farm stir votes; Impact of political messaging

• The voting for the crucial Uttar Pradesh assembly election has begun in the region which has been the centre of the farmer’s protest against Modi government’s three controversial farm laws. Combined with the challenge thrown by the Akhilesh Yadav-Jayant Chaudhary alliance, Western UP poses a critical litmus test for incumbent chief minister Yogi Adityanath. On the day of voting, Yogi Adityanath’s video message warning voters to pick BJP so that ‘Uttar Pradesh does not turn into Kerala or Bengal’ has also sparked a row. In this episode of Poll Baazi, Hindustan Times’ Aditi Prasad and Sunita Aron decode the impact of political messaging with BJP’s Sharad Trivedi, RLD’s Atir Rizvi and political commentator Manisha Priyam.