Union Home Minister and senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Shah said on March 5 that those hoping for a decline in the ruling party's power in Uttar Pradesh will be disappointed as the party This will form a state government with an overwhelming majority.

BJP national president JP Nadda seconded his statement and said:
“This is not at all a cutthroat competition in UP; it was a one-sided poll in favor of the BJP.

Addressing a press conference in Delhi, Shah said his party will once again form governments in four states: Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur. The minister said in Punjab, which holds the 2022 assembly elections on February 20, the BJP will do well.

He say “We found that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity in five poll-bound states is higher than that of any previous prime minister. I can confidently say that the BJP will return to power in four states and will make impressive progress in Punjab.