Episode Details

Pankaj Chaudhary is the Union Minister of State for Finance, the Uttar Pradesh BJP President and a seven-time MP from Maharajganj.
In this episode of the ANI Podcast with Smita Prakash, he discusses the BJP’s strategy for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Yogi Adityanath’s leadership and Akhilesh Yadav’s PDA formula.
He responds to questions about the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, the Election Commission’s credibility, Muslim voters, the RSS’s role in elections and growing dissatisfaction among young voters.
*Timestamps*
00:00 - Introduction
00:59 - Inflation & Unemployment
06:46 - SIR Controversy
10:57 - Deletions from Electoral Rolls
14:36 - BJP Losing Young Voters?
17:07 - Upper Castes & UGC Rules
18:20 - CJP Protests and Congress
19:51 - BJP’s 2024 UP Setback
24:04 - BJP Workers Being Rewarded?
27:19 - Akhilesh’s PDA Formula
29:06 - Third Front in UP Politics?
29:51 - AI Videos and Personal Attacks
31:30 - Mayawati’s Declining Influence
32:38 - Why Did BJP Lose Ayodhya?
33:43 - Yogi vs Akhilesh in Ayodhya?
34:36 - Ram Mandir Donation Theft
35:31 - Election Freebies
36:52 - BJP–RSS Relations
38:15 - Rahul Gandhi’s Attacks on RSS
39:35 - BJP’s Ticket Distribution
44:40 - Entry into Politics
48:43 - Gorakhpur’s Deputy Mayor Battle
57:31 - First Lok Sabha Election
01:00:35 - Muslim Voters & Owaisi
01:05:05 - UP’s Bureaucracy
01:05:52 - Firing Outside His Home
01:10:05 - Defending Party Workers
01:12:44 - How Modi and Shah Plan Elections
01:16:50 - When PM Modi Walked to His Gorakhpur Home
01:20:07 - Managing Stress and Family Time
01:21:15 - Closing Remarks