When BJP wins, it credits vikas; when it loses, it shamelessly blames caste

March 15, 2018 17:58

Responding to the BJP's shock defeat in Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha bypolls, Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath blamed it on the "unnatural' alliance of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP).

"The bypolls were a contest between development and caste and, yet again, caste has won," a BJP spokesperson in Uttar Pradesh said.

The BJP's offering of vikas (development) is how the party explains its election victories. When it loses, caste gets the blame.

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