lucknow the yogi adityanath governments decision to annul the reservation formula introduced in 2015 by then akhilesh yadav government is being seen as a deft move to demolish opposition strongholds at the grassroots just months before the crucial panchayat pollsthe state government had a deadline of march 17 to hand over the list of reserved constituencies in threetier panchayats to the poll panel to enable conduct of panchayat elections by april 30the yogi government follows the constitution in letter and spirit we have set right a wrong done in 2015 said law and justice minister brijesh pathak while talking to toi after the cabinet decisionin 2015 then samajwadi party government had annulled the rotational reservation system in panchayat elections setting 2015 as the base year this was a political move by akhilesh yadav government to reserve seats where the party had a baseat a time when most contestants were gearing up for the forthcoming elections according to existing norms the yogi governments sudden move to scrap this provision stating reservation by rotation would be deemed since 1995 and not 2015 has set the opposition camp in disarraytalking to toi additional chief secretary manoj kumar singh confirmed the 2015 provision was rescinded and the base year for reservation is 1995 singh said a government order would be sent to district magistrates for following the reservation system taking 1995 as the base year and send recommendations for final decision to the state election commission for holding elections on timethe panchayat elections are already delayed and administrators have already taken over constitutional bodies triggering resentment in the ruling and opposition circles bjp has already launched poll preparations on a war footing and restoration of the old system of reservation would boost cadre morale