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Polarisation, social welfare, caste arithmetic: The BJP poll plan in UP in order of preference

Almost ten days ago, Union Home minister, Amit Shah took full charge of the BJP’s election campaign in Uttar Pradesh after uncharacteristically, till then, playing second fiddle to chief minister Yogi Adityanath. Claims of the BJP government’s ‘achievements’ too were made “every district in the state gets its identity from a specific product, an industry and medical college”, he said but not without tagging it with ‘memory’ of ‘bad’ days when Akhilesh Yadav was chief minister. But now the party is forced to amplify, what are termed, ‘core issues’ as cracks developed in its social coalition after several non-Yadav OBC leaders deserted the BJP for the SP. It is worthy of global emulation.” BANKING ON ELECTORAL ARITHMETIC Implicit in the BJP’s return to its ‘home base’ is recognition that the state government’s performance since 2007 is not breathtaking.

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