Yadav recently cleared the file carrying names of 17 Other Backward Castes for inclusion in the Scheduled Castes list.
Yadav recently cleared the file carrying names of 17 Other Backward Castes for inclusion in the Scheduled Castes list.
The 17 sub-castes which the government wants included in the SC category are Kahar, Kashyap, Kewat, Nishad, Bind, Bhar, Prajapati, Rajbhar, Batham, Gauriya, Turha, Majhi, Mallah, Kumhar, Dheemar, Dheewar and Machhua.
Though individually each has a very small vote share, yet together, they make up a significant chunk of votes.
The Peace Party of India (PPI), which had won four seats in last elections in 2012, has its support base among Muslims.
The Nishad Party banks on votes of fishermen in parts of eastern UP where the Nishad community has sizeable presence.
The Mallah community, which makes up around 4.5 per cent votes, is divided into 27 sub-castes, and has a good presence in roughly 125 constituencies along the rivers in UP, where they contribute to the victory and defeat of candidates.
Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party enjoys support among Rajbhar caste, while Mahan Dal has emerged as an important player in places like Badaun, Etah, Bareilly, Shahjahanpur and Farrukhabad.
The party enjoys support among politically active Shakya, Maurya, Kushwaha and Saini communities.
BJP recently inducted the former BSP national secretary Swamy Prasad Maurya in the party, and made another Maurya leader, Keshav Prasad Maurya, its state unit chief.
Kurmis - with surnames like Verma, Patel and Gangwar and weavers (both Hindu - Tanti, and Muslism - Momin) are the most aggressively wooed communities as they are the biggest among the smaller castes in the state.
The ruling Samajwadi Party is not oblivious to the need to reach out to non-Yadavs. Perhaps that is the reason why SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav brought back his friend-turned-foe and prominent Kurmi leader Beni Prasad Verma and made him Rajya Sabha MP.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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