‘PDA’ includes Pandits, says Akhilesh in SP bid to woo Brahmins in Uttar Pradesh
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav has expanded the definition of his 'PDA' political platform to include Brahmins (Pandits) ahead of the upcoming Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. He criticized the BJP government for allegedly neglecting the community and mismanaging religious donations.
Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday (August 5, 2026) sought to expand his party’s ‘PDA’ constituency and include Pandits or Brahmins in its Pichhda-Dalit-Alpsankhyak (Backwards, Dalits and minorities) matrix ahead of the State Assembly poll due early next year. The SP has used the PDA plank as a call for broader unity of forces of social justice since the 2022 Assembly election.
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