Samajwadi Party eyes non-Yadav OBCs, Dalits in overhaul of Uttar Pradesh poll strategy
The Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh is recalibrating its electoral strategy by planning to field non-Yadav OBC and Dalit candidates in constituencies where it previously lost with Yadav or Muslim candidates. The party aims to overcome anti-Yadav polarization and broaden its voter base ahead of the upcoming assembly polls.
With the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls hardly six months away, according to schedule, the Samajwadi Party (SP), the main Opposition in the State, is recalibrating its seat-wise strategy with indications of filing candidates from other social groups like non-Yadav Other Backward Classes (OBCs), Dalits on seats previously fought and lost by candidates from its core voter base: Yadavs and Muslims.
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