After Brahmins, the Bharatiya Janata Party has had the maximum number of its presidents in Uttar Pradesh from the Kurmi community, the most dominant caste after the Yadavs. Chief minister Yogi ...
India TV: Muqabla : Brahmin, Thakur, Yadav, Kurmi – let's put aside caste-based arrogance!
Muqabla : Brahmin, Thakur, Yadav, Kurmi – let's put aside caste-based arrogance!
After Brahmins, the Bharatiya Janata Party has had the maximum number of its presidents in Uttar Pradesh from the Kurmi community, the most dominant caste after the Yadavs. With his name set to be ...
Hindustan Times: UP BJP president’s post: Pankaj Chaudhary set to be fourth Kurmi leader at the helm in 45 years
UP BJP president’s post: Pankaj Chaudhary set to be fourth Kurmi leader at the helm in 45 years
Hindustan Times: Keeping up with UP: How BJP’s Kurmi gambit could play out in the state
In a tactical move, the Bharatiya Janata (BJP) Party leadership recently appointed veteran Kurmi leader Pankaj Chaudhary to head the party in Uttar Pradesh (UP). He became the 15th state president and ...
Keeping up with UP: How BJP’s Kurmi gambit could play out in the state
While caste has reinforced social hierarchies, it also provides Dalits and backward communities a platform to exercise political power Upper-caste groups often use cultural capital to obscure caste, ...
In Uttar Pradesh, politics based on caste is once again taking center stage. But this time, the approach is completely different. In the past, political parties would always gather information about ...