BJP Hijacks Rahul's OBC poll Pitch
The BJP may
have been countering the 'Mandal' politics by its 'Kamandal' weapon all these
years. But the on-going Assembly polls saw the BJP joining the race for the OBC
votes (read Mandal). The BJP stayed away from caste politics and focused on Ram
Temple and Hindu card to reap the poll harvest since 1991. But 2023 has turned
out to be different when its top leadership has joined the race for OBC votes.
The PM
himself promised to the voters in Telangana that if the BJP came to power, it
will install an OBC as its Chief Minister. It's a different matter that the top
BJP leadership is silent on bringing back its OBC leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan
as Chief Minister if the party wins Madhya Pradesh. Modi also show-cased his
OBC credentials saying, “You have blessed me, an OBC, to become PM and do the
same for making a Backward Class leader as state CM.
The Union
Home Minister, Amit Shah has also grabbed the OBC card saying that it was the
BJP that had ordered the OBC Census in Bihar when it was in power along with
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. It has refrained from attacking Nitish Kumar for
tabling the report of the OBC Census except for alleging that the report hides
more rather than revealing true facts. Amit Shah went to the extent of saying
that the BJP gave the country's first OBC Prime Minister and their welfare is
fully protected under the party. It is clear that the BJP wants to hijack Rahul
Gandhi's OBC Census poll pitch rather than seeking votes in the name of Ram
Temple in these elections.
