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Yogi Adityanath's Cabinet expansion sharpens BJP’s micro-caste strategy ahead of 2027 pollsUttar Pradesh government has expanded its cabinet. The move focuses on smaller caste groups within OBC and Scheduled Caste segments. This s...- BJP gets new state presidents; ideological association with RSS & caste factor at playBharatiya Janata Party is nearing completion of its selection of state presidents. The selection process considers caste and association wi...
- Non-Yadav OBCs, unemployment, reverse migration big factors in last two phases of UP pollsThe Purvanchal region of UP is also the most backward region, second only to Bundelkhand. A sizable number of poor from this part of the st...
- Battle for UP: SP candidate seeks blessings from BJP leaders in fight against YogiIn another similar photograph, Shubhawati Shukla is seen taking the blessings of former BJP MP and retired Lieutenant General, Prakash Mani...
- BJP to hold conventions of intellectuals from September 6The BJP will be holding ‘Prabuddha Varg Sammelans’ (conventions of intellectuals) in each of the 403 assembly constituencies of UP between ...
- Mamata Banerjee has gone mad, says BJP MP Pragya Singh ThakurIn other controversial remarks, the Lok Sabha member from Bhopal cited dharmashastras (religious texts), claiming a 'shudra' (fourth and lo...
- First time Brahmins, Thakurs saw eye to eyeAs BJP under Modi and Shah, was confident of getting support of Thakurs and Brahims, the saffron outfit got elbow room for wooing non-Yadav...
- UP polls 2017: How saffron planned a big assault in Round 6Since this region has the maximum concentration of upper caste voters that's typically voted BJP , the party hopes that it will as always r...
- Caste, not development, decides vote swings in JalaunThe caste equations and opinion of local voters suggest that it is a fight between Congress and BSP on this seat.
- Congress looks to consolidate Brahmin, Thakur votes in UP pollsChampioned by Prashant Kishor, the political consultant hired by Congress, this upper caste-focused strategy is being debated vigorously by...
- Samajwadi Party's upper caste MLAs eyeing greener pastures in BJPAt least two sets of SP MLAs representing the upper caste groups of Brahmins and Thakurs have opened channels of communication with the BJP.
- Lok Sabha polls 2014: Beni Prasad Verma eyes second term from GondaBeni won in 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004 from Kaiserganj as a Samajwadi Party nominee and was elected in 2009 from here as a Congress candidate.
- Beni Prasad Verma has no warm feelings towards Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh YadavSteel Minister Beni Prasad Verma hardly has any warm feelings towards Samajwadi Party chief and his one-time leader in politics, Mulayam Si...
- Brahmin vote bank’s growing relevance in UP politicsIn the last month or so, BSP and SP have been quite vocal in their pursuit of the significant Brahmin vote, said to be 12% of voters in UP.
- Like Mayawati, Mulayam Singh too starts wooing Brahmins in UPWithin a fortnight of BSP chief Mayawati allotting 18 tickets to Brahmins of the 36 LS candidates declared so far, Mulayam too is eyeing th...
- UP elections: BJP banking on upper caste and most backward castesThe ticket distribution indicates BJP's strategy of banking on a coalition of the two groups to help it revive in politically crucial state.
- Assembly elections: Deliver growth and get re-electedConventional wisdom has it that voters in India are more swayed by caste, religion and local factors than economic growth.
- UP elections: BSP's politics of makeoverBSP, the quintessential Dalit party, became a rainbow organisation by 2007, recruiting leaders from across the caste spectrum, especially t...
- Battle for the cow beltCongress sees an opening in the crucial states of UP and Bihar.
- Kalyan Singh calibrates his speech to realise his dreamThe message cannot be simpler, the old Kalyan Singh is raring to be back at the seat of power in Lucknow and will do whatever it to get the...
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