LUCKNOW, May 26 -- Rajya Sabha MP and former deputy chief minister Dinesh Sharma on Tuesday claimed that the results of the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections would mirror those of Bengal, asserting that the BJP would retain power in the state with more than a two-thirds majority. He also said the SP, BSP and Congress would be wiped out, and that the Congress would complete a century of defeats under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi.

Sharma was addressing the concluding session of the BJP's 'Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Prashikshan Maha Abhiyan 2026' in Sitapur.

Addressing party workers, Sharma said the BJP is a worker-based party and its government functions on the strength of the organisation.

"Governments of opposition parties come a...