BJP fears a setback with Modi focus: How local conditions are upsetting the BJP's calculations in UP and Bihar

by Guest Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:14 pm

http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/bjp-fears-a-setback-with-modi-focus-114040201170_1.html

by Guest Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:17 pm

In UP, its Brahmins, who account for nearly 10 percent, are unhappy at what they believe is their increasing marginalisation by Thakurs (Rajputs) in the BJP. It was the support from the Brahmins that helped Mayawati add that extra few per cent to her Dalit and Muslim alliance to form the government in Lucknow in 2007. The Samajwadi Party repeated that in 2012, getting a majority on its own, thanks to its caste alliance of Yadavs-Muslims and Brahmins. The BJP, if it is do well in the state, banks heavily on getting a consolidated upper caste vote.

But both, SP and BSP are reaching out to Brahmins, who have been kingmakers in UP in the last two elections.

by Guest Wed Apr 02, 2014 5:17 pm

The treatment meted out to senior leaders, particularly Jaswant Singh, has left a bad taste among the party’s supporters. A section of the leadership now believes Modi, as part of a ‘forgive and forget’ approach, should even abort his Pachpadra (area/village) rally in Barmer, the seat where Jaswant is contesting as an independent against BJP’s recent import from the Congress, Col. (Retd) Sona Ram Choudhary.

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BJP fears a setback with Modi focus: How local conditions are upsetting the BJP's calculations in UP and Bihar

BJP fears a setback with Modi focus: How local conditions are upsetting the BJP's calculations in UP and Bihar

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