Swarn Kumar Anand

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Primacy of OBC: When UP ‘castes’ its vote

Primacy of OBC: When UP ‘castes’ its vote

Sunday, 16 January 2022 | Swarn Kumar Anand

The BJP, which took birth as a Hindu nationalist party, consolidated the socially heterogeneous OBC as a political entity at the national level and gradually it became the backbone of its Hindu vote. Therefore, if there is any truth in the speculation that the OBC voters have lost trust in...

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