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Yogi Adityanath's caste recalibration: BJP expands cabinet to reclaim UP’s social coalition before 2027 pollsYogi Adityanath Cabinet Expansion 2026: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's cabinet expansion is a clear political signal. The B...- 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's strategic victory in Haryana: OBC focus, non-Jat candidates drive third consecutive termConsolidating OBC votes, focusing on traditional strongholds, and fielding non-Jat candidates in Jat-dominated areas were key strategies th...
- MLC from Western UP, Bhupendra Chaudhary appointed new UP BJP ChiefThe BJP on Thursday appointed Bhupender Singh Chaudhary, a member of the Legislative Council, as the party's state president, replacing Swa...
- West UP farmers yet to warm up to BJP even after law repealFarmers in Dabathwa, a village in Siwalkhas constituency of Meerut, are preparing for a big joint rally of SP leader Akhilesh Yadav and RLD...
- A sharp division along caste lines in West UPOf the 71 assembly seats across 14 districts in West UP, the BJP had won 51 seats in 2017. The number became 52 after lone RLD MLA Sahender...
- Will win 75% of seats in Jat belt: Capt AbhimanyuThe BJP could not do well in this region in the 2014 assembly elections but won all the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana in 2019.
- In Haryana, it’s Jat vs others, Manohar Lal vs Cong’s clansWhile caste still remains the single biggest factor, ET takes a look at other major factors likely to influence the elections to the 90-sea...
- Narendra Modi's four rallies in Haryana next weekThe party is hoping that it can attract Jat voters.
- The mad scramble for Sapna Choudhary: Why parties are chasing a singer-dancerLargely unnoticed in cities, Chaudhary is a mega star in rural areas where her stage shows attract huge crowds.
- UP polls 2017: The war has just begunSunday ET travelled to Meerut and Muzaffarnagar to gauge the mood and prospects of candidates in key constituencies.
- Jat stir: Haryana CM Khattar heckled in RohtakHaryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was today heckled and an angry crowd gheraoed his vehicle as he visited Jat dominated Rohtak dis...
- Jat stir: Tension in Jat dominated areas, CM Manohar Lal Khattar to visit RohtakThe situation today remained tense in some parts of Jat dominated areas like Rohtak and Sonipat while curfew was lifted in Jind district.
- Assembly polls to test Congress' quota gambitMarathas and Jats are dominant communities of Maharashtra and Haryana, with social and economic clout unmatched by other groups.
- Haryana assembly elections: BJP interested in forming an alliance with the Indian National Lok DalThe three-year-old alliance between the BJP and the Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) is tottering just before the assembly elections in the st...
- Much ado about jat vote? Which side they will allignIn 2007, 16 Jats were elected to UP assembly. Five years later, after Mayawati worked on social engineering minus Jats, community MLAs were...
- Toxic caste politics allowed Muzaffarnagar riots to spin out of controlMuzzaffarnagar, an avoidable riot, earned two distinctions: one, severity of Hindu or, Jat, backlash; two, the movement of riots to rural a...
- Haven’t we lost dear ones, ask Jats as PM, Sonia visit Muslim riot victimsJats did not seem impressed by Sonia and Rahul either even though the mother-son duo had, on the advice of a UP government officer, made br...
- UP Assembly Election 2012: RLD is a jat party only for some in communityFatehpur Sikri is the acid test for Ajit Singh to prove his grip over a community that still swears by his father's legacy.
- Alliance with RLD brightens BJP's prospectsHaving sealed the seat-sharing pact in Uttar Pradesh, BJP and the Rashtriya Lok Dal are likely to go public with their alliance in the next...
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