Ahead of UP polls, Adityanath’s sampoorna cult will test BJP’s Sangathana Sarvopari doctrine

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. | Photo credit: ANI

Ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) state executive committee meeting in Lucknow last month, a former MP from western Uttar Pradesh, considered a protégé of the Centre, came up with the hashtag on social media: “Sangathan Sarvopari (organization is supreme)”. The comments section was soon filled with notes, all with the same basic message: “Don’t say this in Lucknow!”

With the Assembly elections about four months away, the perceived battle between the party organization and the bureaucracy in the ruling dispensation has resurfaced. During a meeting in Lucknow, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath stunned the audience when he claimed that the names of nearly 1.27 million (12.7 million) Hindu voters were missing from the lists. He reiterated this claim during a television interview on November 8 and said UP had filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India over the matter.

Published – 13 Nov 2026 09:58 IST