The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is looking to recreate Dalit-Brahmin chemistry for the 2022 assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. The party had used the same formula in the 2007 assembly elections in which it obtained a majority.
With around 18 months to go until the UP elections, Satish Chandra Mishra, the Brahmin face of the BSP, has started holding meetings of the district committees of the Brahmins to mobilize them in favor of the BSP.
In the past two months, Mishra, also the party’s national secretary general, has chaired meetings of 73 such committees in which an impressive number of Brahmins participated.
“With the exception of some districts in the western UP, the meetings of the Brahmin committee of the eastern UP, central UP and Bundelkhand regions have concluded. The party is receiving an immense response, similar to what we got in the 2007 assembly elections, ”Mishra said.
He added that the meetings were a success despite current restrictions due to Covid-19 guidelines. “Due to Covid-19, the meetings have been organized according to government guidelines. Groups of 100 influential members of the Brahmin community participated in each meeting to ensure social distancing and were asked to hold community meetings in their areas, ”Mishra said.
“I will hold meetings of the Brahmin community in the 403 assembly segments after October 15, when the central government is expected to announce new guidelines for political and social gatherings and after which I will plan the next round of meetings in the whole UP, “he said. , giving a glimpse of its planned outreach to the influential community.
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BSP is also contesting by-elections in all seven assembly seats in the state. He has also declared his candidates in six seats, where Mishra leads the party’s campaign. Party leaders and leaders have been ordered to mobilize their resources for by-elections in which the BSP is eager to get it right. Of the 7 assembly seats planned for the by-elections, the BJP held six, while the Samajwadi Party held one.
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“Following the formula of social engineering, the BSP took power in the 2007 assembly election. It decided on a pre-election alliance with the Samajwadi Party in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections and, due to the combination Dalit-Yadav, the party managed to secure victory in 10 seats. BSP enjoys considerable support over Dalit voters and is evident from the fact that in the 2014 Lok Sabha, the 2017 assembly and the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, it won between 21% and 19% of the votes. votes, ”said AK Saxena, political analyst.
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