Wednesday, September 28, 2011

[ZESTCaste] On BJP radar: extremely backward castes, Dalits and minorities

http://www.indianexpress.com/news/on-bjp-radar-extremely-backward-castes-dalits-and-minorities/852955/

On BJP radar: extremely backward castes, Dalits and minorities

Lalmani Verma Posted online: Wed Sep 28 2011, 03:28 hrs
Lucknow : As the Assembly elections are drawing near, the Bharatiya
Janata Party (BJP) is planning a slew of 'sammelans' as part of its
efforts to woo voters of extremely backward castes, Dalits and the
minorities.

The party will hold a 'samajik nyaya sammelan' for OBCs in Lucknow on
September 29, a 'Dalit adhikar mahasammelan' on September 30, a Sahu
Samaj meeting on October 2, a conference for minorities on October 3
and another one for the Prajapati Samaj on October 9.

Different functions will be organised on October 11 to celebrate the
birth anniversary of Maharishi Valmiki as well. Though corruption and
law and order are the party's plank for the 2012 polls, the BJP has
decided not to speak much on these issues in these conferences but
will highlight the grievances of these communities instead.

"We are identifying the grievances of these communities that were
never addressed by any party. Their grievances will be main agenda of
these sammelans instead of corruption," said Ramnath Kovind, who is
the party's national spokesperson and in charge of its National
Scheduled Castes Cell. "We will highlight the report of an agency that
shows a 10 per cent annual rise in cases of atrocities against Dalits
in UP during the past four years," Kovind said.

Kovind said that the party will highlight the issue of
'untouchability' that hindered the growth of Dalits and extreme
backward castes in UP. It will blame the Samajwadi Party and BSP for
using these communities for political reasons.

Senior leaders Rajnath Singh, Uma Bharti, national vice-presidents
Vinay Katiyar, Kalraj Mishra, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and state president
Surya Pratap Shahi will address these conferences. Party leaders will
start camping in Lucknow from Wednesday. Kovind reached Lucknow on
Tuesday to supervise the preparations for the 'Dalit Adhikar
Mahasammelan'. Sources said the idea of targeting these communities by
organising different meetings has been floated by Sanjay Joshi, who
was recently asked to oversee poll preparations in UP.

Another leader said the party has made an assessment that the
extremely backward sections were not loyal to any particular political
outfit and so the BJP can join the race to woo them.


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