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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 does it again! Takes saffron wave into Mamata’s bastion on back of winning streakA new chapter in Indian politics is unfolding. The BJP's return in Haryana signifies a strategic revival, and the once-unbreakable grip of ...
- After Bihar, will Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM become a factor in West Bengal too?AIMIM is targeting the 2026 West Bengal Assembly polls after a notable performance in Bihar. The party faces challenges from electoral roll...
- Minority drift may reverse as SIR, UCC, AIMIM-AJUP collapse could strengthen TMC's Muslim fortressRecent developments, including significant voter list deletions and the BJP's UCC promise, have seemingly reversed a potential drift in the...
- Alliances & distrust: Trinamool faces minority stronghold testWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's traditional minority vote base in Murshidabad and Malda faces challenges. Electoral roll issue...
- Maharashtra elections: Can BJP replicate Haryana's success in country's richest state?Maharashtra witnessed a 60% voter turnout in the Assembly elections, with the BJP-Shinde Sena alliance and the Congress-NCP-Thackeray Sena ...
- BJP reviving MADHAV formula targeting OBCsThe BJP is deploying several measures in Maharashtra to gain support from OBC castes and improve its poll performance. Efforts include redu...
- Haryana assembly polls: Elections to pivot around jobs, farmer protests, agniveer & Dalit votesHaryana is the first state to hold elections after the Lok Sabha polls, with Congress and BJP both having won five seats each. The state's ...
- BJP fends off 'statute change' charge in some Maharashtra seats after Hegde's commentBJP's repeated emphasis on SCs, STs and OBCs comes as it senses that poll arithmetic in Maharashtra has changed considerably since the 2019...
- Lok Sabha Polls 2024: BJP's two ploys for two statesHowever, BJP did not hesitate to easily break its alliance with JJP, a party like RLD in Haryana. While BJP shared two seats with RLD, incl...
- Why has Nayab Singh Saini replaced Manohar Lal Khattar as chief minister in Haryana?One month ahead of Lok Sabha elections and six months prior to assembly elections in Haryana, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been r...
- Fragmented alliances, parties to make Maharashtra Lok Sabha polls unlike any otherMaharashtra, which has 48 Lok Sabha seats, ranks second only to Uttar Pradesh (80). In the 2019 elections, the BJP excelled, securing 23 ou...
- Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022: BJP to focus on consolidating OBC votesBJP has successfully been able to add non-Yadav OBC castes such as Kurmi, Kushwaha, Lodh, Jat and some other smaller ones to its votebank s...
- Cabinet expansion: 27 OBCs, 12 SCs, 8 STs in PM’s final line-upEven among the OBCs, special attention was paid on giving representation to castes which are lesser in numbers but together they all become...
- UP government may place OBC sub-quota before assembly in budget session“Implementation of this report will be the most solid reply to the SP-BSP alliance. We should do it immediately,” UP’s backward classes wel...
- Politicians play the caste formula in KarnatakaThe Vokkaligas and Lingayats are expected to vote according to their traditional preferences, for the JDS and BJP.
- Bill related to NCBC gets Cabinet nod for reintroduction in Lok SabhaOnce passed by Parliament, the NCBC will have full powers to safeguard the rights and interests of OBCs, official sources said.
- So, what's the right caste mix in Uttar Pradesh?Brahmins play a crucial role in 60 assembly seats in central and east UP and Thakurs are important in 85 seats mainly in central and east U...
- Subdivision of OBCs not on our agenda, Centre saysNational Commission for Backward Classes had argued that subdivision would ensure equitable distribution of Mandal reservations.
- 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.
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