# BJP chief Nabin confident of third straight term in UP 2027

2026-09-23T00:57:32+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk

Corroboration: 3 independent outlets

BJP national president Nitin Nabin on Tuesday expressed confidence that the party would win a third consecutive term in the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections with a massive majority. He was wrapping up a two-day visit to western UP, his first since becoming party chief, during which he held meetings with office-bearers and visited a Ravidas temple and a Dalit worker's home in Saharanpur. Nabin said the enthusiasm of workers and the public on the streets reflected support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. He cited expressways and semiconductor manufacturing as signs of a "new UP" that had moved past its mafia reputation. The Hindu reported that opposition MPs Iqra Hasan (SP) and Imran Masood (Congress) each claimed only their own leader could defeat the BJP, underlining pre-poll alliance tensions. The party is now focused on booth-level preparations ahead of the 2027 polls.

## Indian Opinion Analysis

The BJP president claimed a third term based on worker enthusiasm and development projects like expressways and semiconductors, a framing ABP and Hindustan Times carried straight. The Hindu added a crucial counterweight: opposition MPs from western UP openly disputing the BJP's strength, giving the story a political contest frame that the other two omitted. This makes the Hindu version more balanced, though all three reported Nabin's Dalit outreach on the same day as a JD(S) alliance meeting in Karnataka, a sequence that underlines the BJP's caste calculus in the region. The key number to watch on election day is Saharanpur's 43% Muslim and 22% SC voter share.

## Coverage

- news.abplive.com (neutral report) <https://news.abplive.com/news/india/up-2027-polls-bjp-chief-nitin-nabin-confident-of-third-straight-term-after-western-up-visit-1867827>
  Wire copy reprinted with minimal editing, no opposition view included.
- hindustantimes.com (neutral report) <https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow-news/bjp-will-return-to-power-in-up-with-massive-majority-nabin-101790086016980.html>
  Straight report of Nabin's remarks with development narrative but no opposition quotes.
- thehindu.com (neutral report) <https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/uttar-pradesh/confident-of-a-hat-trick-inupnabin/article71495972.ece>
  Nabin's claim balanced by opposition MPs contradicting each other and him.

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