Dimple Yadav to contest from Mainpuri again, while Dharmendra & Akshay fielded from Badaun & Firozabad. 11 OBC candidates — including three Yadavs — also feature in list.
While BJP spokesperson asserts that a 'family' which took Yadavs for granted will feel heat, RJD says strategy to woo community in Bihar & UP will not fetch results.
NCP minister Chhagan Bhujbal, who had grown muted after being embroiled in graft cases and serving jail time, is now making an aggressive bid to fill the OBC leadership void.
Bhujbal questioned granting of OBC certificates to Marathas & criticised ministers and judges for pleading before Maratha activist Manoj Jarange Patil to end his indefinite fast.
On Govardhan Puja, party mobilised thousands of Yadavs to attend a function in Patna. BJP has 7 MLAs and 3 MPs in state, but previous attempts to woo community weren't very successful.
Apart from Yogi Adityanath and Devendra Fadnavis, some Brahmin leaders were also present. Sources say that someone commented that Brahmins should also be given equal importance.
In past decade, BJP has worked towards assimilating non-dominant OBC castes under the Hindutva umbrella. Party high command has asked state leaders to focus on wooing OBC leaders.
Kurukshetra MP Nayab Singh Saini replaces Jat leader OP Dhankar, who has been elevated to post of national secretary. Haryana goes to polls next year, when general elections are also due.
By keeping G Kishan Reddy out of upcoming assembly elections, the BJP sends out a clear message that it will appoint a Chief Minister who belongs to the backward classes.
Rahul Gandhi is Brahmin, however, he is now batting for a caste-wise census. What made the Congress go to this extreme? In my view, it is Modi who pushed it to take this stand.
Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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