meerut the state elections are due next year and rashtriya lok dal rld buoyed by the ongoing farmer protest followed by a series of mahapanchayats is looking to reclaim the lost grounds in the sugarcane beltif in alliance with samajwadi party we will determine the language tenor and mode of the campaign in western up said rld vicepresident jayant chaudharythis comes in the backdrop of rlds active mobilisation of its core vote bank amid the farm stir where the party feels it is trying to cover the lost groundswe were swept away by the riots in muzaffarnagar in 2013 and the tension between communities that hurt us the most those relationships are on the mend today and i do see our traditional vote base reorganising again chaudhary added hinting at fresh camaraderie between jats and muslim in the regionajit singhs candidature from muzaffarnagar in 2019 went a long way in healing some of those issues and people did vote together it is another matter that he lost narrowly but at least that polarisation was not evident despite bjp trying it he saidlast year rld had organised several mahapanchayats post police lathicharge on chaudhary and his supporters who were on their way to meet the family of hathras victim now the party has been actively participating in farmer protests in the region with chaudhary not only seen sharing the stage with farm leaders but making scathing attacks on the governmentthey bjp dont want any dissent despite that rld has been trying to hold its own be it sugarcane dues farmer issues hathras and now the protest chaudhary added