Lucknow: The BJP has planned to expand its base among the Yadavs, Jatavs and Pasmanda Muslims as part of its strategy to win all 80 Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 general election.
Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister and former state BJP president Keshav Prasad Maurya had also dropped a hint in a recent tweet, saying Yaduvanshi (Yadavs), Ravidasiyo (Jatavs) and Pasmanda Muslims will be brought closer to the BJP so that the lotus “blossoms” in every booth in UP.
यदुवंशियों,रविदासवंशियों के साथ पसमांदा मुस्लिमों को भी भाजपा के साथ लायेंगे ! 2024 में यूपी के हर बूथ में कमल ही कमल खिलायेंगे! — Keshav Prasad Maurya (@kpmaurya1) July 31, 2022 After the party’s victory in the Azamgarh and Rampur Lok Sabha bypolls, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had claimed that it will win all 80 seats in next general election.
While OBC Yadavs and Muslims form the Samajwadi Party’s “MY” vote bank, Jatavs have been siding with the BSP led by Mayawati so far.
SP’s national secretary Rajendra Chaudhary trashed Maurya’s assertions and said his party doesn’t believe in politics of casteism.
“Our ideology is based on socialism and social justice,” Chaudhary told PTI.
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