BJP chief Amit Shah to have meal with Dalit family

May 31, 2016 09:49

As part of its plan to woo Dalits ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections in 2017, BJP president Amit Shah will on Tuesday have meal with a Dalit family in a village in Sevapuri Assembly segment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Varanasi lok sabha constituency.

On his way to Allahabad from the Varanasi Airport on Tuesday, Shah will make a small halt at Jogiyapur village in Sevapuri Assembly segment to share a meal with a Dalit family, said BJPs Eastern UP Media-Incharge Sanjay Bhardwaj.

Shah is expected to share the afternoon meal in the village with Girjaprasad Bind and Ikbal Bind's family, who belong to the Dalit community, Bhardwaj said.

Earlier in May, Shah took a dip in the Kshipra river with Dalit saints, reaching out to the community at the 'Simhasth Kumbh'.

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