Modified BJP multiplies 'Karpoori Math' into a winning formulaWith the Bharat Ratna awarded to former Bihar CM Karpoori Thakur, the BJP reaffirms its dedication to the 'Karpoori math,' now steered by P...
25 Jan, 2024, 12.50 AM IST
Rajasthan: Gurjar stir over reservation called offThe Gurjar body had launched the agitation on November 1 and it lasted for 11 days.
12 Nov, 2020, 10.31 AM IST
BJP reaches out to MBCs in UP, organises community gatheringsSince the second week of August, the BJP has been holding community gatherings of different MBCs in Lucknow’s Visvesvaraya auditorium under...
13 Aug, 2018, 07.37 AM IST
Uttar Pradesh likely to propose Dalit tag for 17 MBCsA similar step was also taken by the BJP government in 2001 when the then CM Rajnath Singh had constituted the Hukum Singh committee, which...
23 Apr, 2018, 10.55 AM IST
After Bihar loss, BJP focuses on ‘corrective’ steps in Uttar PradeshWith grand alliance leaders Lalu Prasad and Nitish Kumar commanding the Yadav and Kurmi vote, snaring the MBCs was essential to the BJP's p...
31 Dec, 2015, 01.25 PM IST
MBCs, SCs, Kushwahas go for tactical voting in phase II Bihar electionsThe voting pattern suggests clear division in the votes of MBCs, SCs and Kushwahas, which form the second largest group within the OBC bloc...
19 Oct, 2015, 06.30 AM IST
BJP sweeps UP: Party succeeds in incarnating hopes of millions of votersBJP shaped the electoral battlefield to its liking through a combination of promise of growth & development & effective caste arithmetic.
19 May, 2014, 02.04 PM IST
BJP trying to win Nitish Kumar’s traditional MBC VotesThe BJP has dispatched 243 video raths, one to each of 243 assembly constituencies, which have been mainly moving in the MBC areas.
21 Mar, 2014, 04.30 AM IST
JD(U), BJP vying for support of backwards to replicate Nitish’s gameplan in 2010 pollsFor the past few years, Nitish Kumar of the JD(U) has been making concerted efforts to carve out a constituency from among these sections.
25 Oct, 2013, 05.14 AM IST
UP elections 2012: The changing scenarioQuota is hardly a talking point among the voters. The issue is yet to move out of TV studios and news rooms.
22 Feb, 2012, 10.16 AM IST
UP elections: Congress promises two million jobs, sub-quotas for Muslims, MBCs and Ati-DalitsCongress's Vision Document 2020 promises job creation to check forced migration and seeks to chip away at the support bases of its larger r...
28 Jan, 2012, 02.28 AM IST
UP Assembly elections: Congress promises creation of 20 lakh jobs, sub-quota for MBCsCongress promised to create 20 lakh jobs, provide sub-quota for most backward classes and eliminate corruption.
27 Jan, 2012, 11.30 PM IST
UP Elections: Fierce contest between SP and BSP in PoorvanchalIn 2007 elections, Maya's rainbow social coalition comprising Dalits, upper castes, MBCs and Muslims paid huge electoral dividends.
27 Jan, 2012, 11.06 AM IST
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.
26 Jan, 2012, 04.22 PM IST
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.
26 Jan, 2012, 02.52 PM IST
- UP elections: Three-way race by Congress, BJP & BSP to woo MBCs
Parties are capitalising on the simmering resentment among MBCs on being denied a proper representation in the 27% quota earmarked for OBCs.
16 Jan, 2012, 03.26 AM IST
- Ahead of UP polls, cabinet clears 4.5% quota for minorities
The competition for Muslim votes in UP intensified, with the Congress getting the Union Cabinet to carve out a 4.5% sub-quota for minoritie...
23 Dec, 2011, 03.15 AM IST