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Uttar Pradesh: BJP is facing a Catch-22 situation
by Guest Sun Jul 31, 2016 11:14 am
Recent developments have also given a caste angle to the BJP’s predicament especially in the aftermath of Thakur anger following the expulsion of BJP leader Dayashankar Singh, a Thakur, from the party for his remarks comparing Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati to a prostitute.
There is a strong feeling among the BJP leadership that stressing too much on Thakurs may strip the party of the support of Brahmins, who account for nearly 60% of the upper caste population in Uttar Pradesh. The threat has become tangible after the Congress projected Dikshit, a Brahmin, as its face in the state.
At a time when the BJP is finding it difficult to retain its hold over a section of Dalits, who seem to have returned to Mayawati’s fold, and when a crack has appeared in its crucial Kurmi vote after the Krishna Patel-led Apna Dal snapped ties with the saffron party, a drift of Brahmins may prove lethal for its prospects in the Assembly election.
But if the BJP decides to enter into the fray with a non-Thakur face, and if the Samajwadi Party emerges as the main rival of the Bahujan Samaj Party, the majority of Thakurs – for whom defeating Mayawati is fast becoming more important than ensuring victory for the saffron outfit – may simply opt for Akhilesh Yadav.
Yadav, who has consistently been cultivating Thakurs for a while now, might just be waiting for the right moment to send out the message that it is his party rather than the BJP that is fighting the real battle against Mayawati’s party.
It’s clear the BJP is facing a Catch-22 situation here.
http://scroll.in/article/812809/why-hasnt-the-bjp-named-its-cm-candidate-for-up-yet
There is a strong feeling among the BJP leadership that stressing too much on Thakurs may strip the party of the support of Brahmins, who account for nearly 60% of the upper caste population in Uttar Pradesh. The threat has become tangible after the Congress projected Dikshit, a Brahmin, as its face in the state.
At a time when the BJP is finding it difficult to retain its hold over a section of Dalits, who seem to have returned to Mayawati’s fold, and when a crack has appeared in its crucial Kurmi vote after the Krishna Patel-led Apna Dal snapped ties with the saffron party, a drift of Brahmins may prove lethal for its prospects in the Assembly election.
But if the BJP decides to enter into the fray with a non-Thakur face, and if the Samajwadi Party emerges as the main rival of the Bahujan Samaj Party, the majority of Thakurs – for whom defeating Mayawati is fast becoming more important than ensuring victory for the saffron outfit – may simply opt for Akhilesh Yadav.
Yadav, who has consistently been cultivating Thakurs for a while now, might just be waiting for the right moment to send out the message that it is his party rather than the BJP that is fighting the real battle against Mayawati’s party.
It’s clear the BJP is facing a Catch-22 situation here.
http://scroll.in/article/812809/why-hasnt-the-bjp-named-its-cm-candidate-for-up-yet
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