00:00But I'm coming to you live from Ayodhya, a city which is getting ready to witness what will be
00:07a spectacle of light, devotion and faith tomorrow. The massive Dipotsa will be celebrated,
00:16something that began in 2017 when it was about one lakh diyas. Tomorrow there'll be several
00:25lakh diyas that will be lit up, a celebration which will have not just outsiders witnessing it,
00:34but perhaps the entire country which because it will be broadcast live.
00:39For decades Ayodhya has been almost like an epicenter around which the entire UP politics
00:47revolved. We have seen what happened after the consecration ceremony of Ayodhya, of Ram Temple
00:55in 2024 when the elections, the Luxabai elections was won by the Samajwadi party in this constituency.
01:05But since then, there has been efforts by the BJP to ensure that Ayodhya
01:13votes for saffron again. What will happen in 2027 remains to be seen. Multiple issues that
01:21is resonating in battleground Uttar Pradesh from Chadhava Chori to Vote Chori. What will make the
01:30people of UP decide their vote that remains to be seen? But yes, our special broadcast from Ayodhya
01:39will happen tomorrow. But first up, here's the battle of narratives that we are hearing about.
01:51They say the road to power in Delhi runs through Uttar Pradesh.
02:03And the battle for 2027 is already taking shape, with faith, identity and the ballot emerging as key
02:11political flush points. A poster in Lucknow has set the tone. The Samajwadi party's message,
02:1727-27, projecting Lord Krishna alongside Akhilesh Yadav. The BJP's counter-attack was immediate. If
02:27Akhilesh invokes Krishna, will he back a Grand Krishna Jan Bhoomi temple in Mathura and the shifting of the
02:33camera watch?
02:34who, yes.
03:02Remember, the SPS repeatedly accused the BJP of using religion for electoral gains, targeting
03:08it over the Ram Mandir Chahavachori allegations.
03:12The BJP in turn accuses Akhilesh of playing soft Hindutva for votes, while reminding voters
03:17of the 1990 police firing on Karsevaks.
03:20But the battle is not just about Ram and Krishna.
03:24The SIR has opened another front.
03:26Days after CM Yogi claimed that 1.27 crore Hindu names are missing from UP's electoral
03:31rolls, Akhilesh Yadav has now questioned how Yogi knows the missing names belong to Hindus.
03:53SP is also up in arms against the BJP over alleged vote chori across the nation and is predicting
03:58BJP's loss in Uttar Pradesh.
04:12They have come from UP's party and they are going to go out.
04:15The current US party has been taken from UP's party.
04:24They have come from UP's party.
04:26And they have gone from UP's party and they are coming from UP's party.
04:29They have come from UP's party to the UP's party.
04:30Meanwhile, let's take an aim at the opposition's Votchori rally, accusing Congress and its allies of undermining democracy.
05:02So, as Uttar Pradesh gears up for 2027, what will dominate the political battlefield?
05:08Will Ram, Krishna, Votchori and Chhadawachori drive the narrative?
05:13Or will caste arithmetic, jobs, inflation, welfare and law and order take precedence?
05:18In Uttar Pradesh, the battle may be fought through faith, slogans and allegations.
05:23But the real test will be whose narrative strikes a chord with the voter.
05:27Bureau Report, India Today.
