A day before the crucial meeting of the Bharatiya Janata Party state executive here on Sunday, the ruling party was left red faced after one of its legislators said that the BJP was not likely to return to power in Uttar Pradesh in the 2027 assembly elections.

In the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, the BJP suffered a big setback as its tally was reduced to 33 seats out of the total 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

In a video statement, BJP MLA from Badlapur assembly seat in Jaunpur district, Ramesh Chandra Mishra, said that the party was in a “very bad state'” in UP and the central leadership of the party needs to immediately intervene else the situation would worsen further.

“Our party is in a very bad state in UP. If immediate remedial steps are not taken then we will not be able to return to power in the 2027 assembly elections,”' Mishra is heard saying in the video, which has gone viral on social media.

“The Samajwadi Party has taken up the issues concerning the Pichhda, Dalit and Alpsankhyak (PDA). There is a lot of confusion in the electorate and as a result our position is not very strong,”' the MLA added.

“The situation can still be salvaged if the central leadership intervenes and takes drastic remedial steps.... Every party worker and leader will have to give his best if we are to nurture any dream of coming back to power in the state in the next assembly polls," he said.

Mishra’s video has surfaced a day before the proposed meeting of the BJP state executive here on Sunday to discuss the Lok Sabha poll results and organisational changes.

The BJP, with its allies, could win only 36 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP and its allies had won 64 seats.

The INDIA bloc comprising the SP and Congress won 43 seats in the recent Lok Sabha polls while one seat was won by an Independent candidate.

Reacting to the video, a senior SP leader here said that the BJP leaders had seen the writing on the wall. “BJP knows its game in UP is over and it is going to be routed in the next assembly polls," he added.