UP polls to youth unrest: Why BJP is treading with caution over delimitation

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Nitin Nabin and UP CM Yogi Adityanath (File)

6 min readNew DelhiSep 19, 2026 07:21 AM IST First published on: Sep 19, 2026 at 07:21 AM IST

With the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections barely five months away, the BJP seems to be getting increasingly circumspect about the timing of its proposed delimitation exercise.

A BJP section is in favour of pushing for expanding the Lok Sabha’s strength through delimitation after the UP polls, considering the high electoral stakes in the politically most crucial state and its possible impact on the party’s prospects in the 2029 Lok Sabha elections, party sources said.