Lok Sabha elections 2019: Stronghold Meerut now looks wobbly for the BJP

There's no wave discernible yet for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, even as it was from this city that he kicked off his campaign on March 28

In many ways, Meerut, about 70 km from Delhi, is looking at a commonplace Uttar Pradesh election. There’s yet no wave discernible for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, even as it was from this city that he kicked off his campaign on March 28, with the famous exhortation to vote against the “SaRaBa” — the acronym he coined for the “gathbandhan” (alliance) of the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

The city, which votes in the first phase on April 11, does not look like a “Hindutvawaadi” election town that typically brings various castes