The OBC vote has been a vital a part of the BJP’s luck since 2014. Will the call for for caste census in states and its inherent risks disillusioned the celebration’s plans?
ISSUE DATE: Apr 24, 2023 | UPDATED: Apr 14, 2023 21:08 IST
(From proper) OBC chief Bhupender Yadav, BJP president J.P. Nadda and OBC Morcha leader Okay. Laxman at a gathering of the celebration’s OBC MPs in Delhi, Mar. 30 (Picture: ANI)
On April 3, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi landed in Surat, Gujarat, to hunt suspension of his two-year prison sentence through the native classes court docket in a defamation case over his “thieves sharing the Modi surname” remark in Kolar Karntaka throughout the 2019 election marketing campaign. The similar day, BJP nationwide spokesperson Sambit Patra referred to as a press meet in Kolkata to worry that Gandhi’s jibe wasn’t simply an insult to other folks with the Modi surname however the entire OBC (different backward categories) group. Certainly, making the most of the brouhaha, the celebration additionally introduced a ‘Gaon gaon chalo, ghar ghar chalo (Discuss with each village, and each house) marketing campaign on April 6 (the BJP basis day) to press house the ‘message’. The celebration’s ambition, as at all times, is massive—achieving out to the ten million OBC families in 100,000 villages around the nation by the point the marketing campaign culminates on April 14 (once more a symbolic date, Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar’s birthday).
Revealed Via:
Arindam Mukherjee
Revealed On:
Apr 14, 2023