In Uttar Pradesh, Brahmin anger threatens to upset the Narendra Modi applecart

Rashmun wrote:At a small meeting held in a private home in old Hyderabad area of Lucknow, Rita Bahuguna Joshi, the Congress candidate speaks to a group of middle class Muslim voters. Many just want to know whether she is has the support of Brahmins or not.

The community has a 10% vote bank across the state, but urban centres like Lucknow have up to 15% Brahmin voters. "My father used to say that Bharat ki aatma maile janeyu main basti hai (the soul of this country resides in the dirty janeyu, i.e.sacred thread of a rustic Brahmin)," says Salman Bashar a prominent Congress supporter. "We are waiting to see where they will go." 

A poster put up by the SP in Lucknow read: "Brahmin nirdhan hoga to Sudama, or apmanit hoga toh Chankaya banega, naye raaj ki sthapanaa kar dega (if a Brahmin is poor he will be Sudama -a friend to Krishna who honoured him -- and if insulted will be Chanakya and establish a new order)." 

The wait is to see which way the Brahmins choose to go. 

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Rashmun wrote:The anger seems to stem from the fact that many senior leaders of the BJP belonging to the Brahmin community are perceived to have been humiliated and moved around to constituencies which were not of their choice.

Murli Manmohar Joshi being moved to Kanpur from Varanais and Kalraj Mishra from Kanpur to Deoria are often cited as an example. In Joshi's case, while no one could say for sure whether he could have been re-elected in Varanasi, the manner In which he was shifted has been que .. 


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Vakavaka Pakapaka wrote:

Rashmun wrote:The anger seems to stem from the fact that many senior leaders of the BJP belonging to the Brahmin community are perceived to have been humiliated and moved around to constituencies which were not of their choice.

Murli Manmohar Joshi being moved to Kanpur from Varanais and Kalraj Mishra from Kanpur to Deoria are often cited as an example. In Joshi's case, while no one could say for sure whether he could have been re-elected in Varanasi, the manner In which he was shifted has been que .. 


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Well, BIMARU brahmins should devote their time to the pursuit of spirituality. If they do that, they will do themselves and others a lot of good. If they don't, BIMARU DKheads may attack more than their threads.

Speaking of Brahmins, Pappu was claiming to be a Brahmin.  

Rashmun wrote:The anger seems to stem from the fact that many senior leaders of the BJP belonging to the Brahmin community are perceived to have been humiliated and moved around to constituencies which were not of their choice.

Murli Manmohar Joshi being moved to Kanpur from Varanais and Kalraj Mishra from Kanpur to Deoria are often cited as an example. In Joshi's case, while no one could say for sure whether he could have been re-elected in Varanasi, the manner In which he was shifted has been que .. 


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