NEW DELHI: Taking Advantage of Hathras Dalit atrocity, very close to an aggressive but limited campaign on controversial agricultural bills and a public courtship of minorities, Congress, led by Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, is making a vigorous attempt to woo the social blocs that formed the party base for decades before the party fell into irrelevance in UP.
Protests over the Hathras case are a natural course of action for a political party, especially with the state embroiled in a controversial overreach. But congressional aggression can also be seen from the angle of Valmiki Votes – a Dalit subcaste that is agitated by the BJP government to which it has been loyal and is not comfortable with the BSP of the Dalit party.
After making a failed attempt to visit Hathras, Priyanka visited a Valmiki temple in the capital on Friday to make the point. “A party defeats the social blocks by fighting for them. After BJP recently won the support of all castes in UP, the parties can only take advantage of the resentment to win back groups. We are also making an aggressive offer, ”said a member of Congress. It’s too early for a fringe player like Congress in UP to think in terms of a resurgence. But under Priyanka’s leadership, she’s making a focused offering for communities that, due to past proximity, don’t see it as off-limits.
What seems to give congressional strategists hope is that BJP’s success in overwhelming UP society after 2017 has seriously sidelined traditional local actors SP and BSP, whose surprising silence last year In various themes the impression of a void has also deepened.
As a result, Congress’s decision to hold protests over the past six months against the UP government, despite organizational weakness and serious lack of popular appeal, is designed to project itself as the main opposition party. “Once Priyanka is established in Lucknow, these activities will only increase. We hope that our appeal will also expand, ”said one member.
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