BJP supporters wear masks of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath as BJP President Amit Shah addresses an election campaign for the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, in Prayagraj (Allahabad), Monday, April 29, 2019. (PTI Photo)The turnouts were lower compared with 2014 in most of the 13 Uttar Pradesh seats that voted on Monday, repeating a pattern seen during last year’s by-elections when the BJP lost Gorakhpur, Phulpur and Kairana. In Gorakhpur, Phulpur and Kairana last year, many BJP voters didn’t turn up at the booths. But many villages boycotted Monday’s vote for reasons that implied unhappiness with the government in the BJP-ruled state. Most voters in Buchachitra in Lalitpur, Jhansi, stayed away because they hadn’t received their insurance money against crop failure.

Source: The Telegraph April 30, 2019 01:07 UTC