Maya begins playing caste card in UP

November 14, 2011 12:06

Uttar Pradesh's ruling Bahujan Samaj Party is playing the caste card with a vengeance in a bid to ride back to power, even as all major political parties are trying to direct voters towards issue-oriented politics.

The party is organising a series of caste conferences ahead of next year's Assembly elections in the hope that this will counter the anti-incumbency forces. On the Sunday Guardian.

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