Will former UP CM and SP President Akhilesh Yadav be able to bring non-Yadav OBC vote bank to SP's side in next year's Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections?All political parties are making their preparations for the next year's Vidhan Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh. This time in UP, the main contest is visible between BJP and Samajwadi Party, but Mayawati and Priyanka Gandhi are also leaving no stone unturned in this election.

BJP-SP face to face over OBC vote bank

If there is an election in UP and the caste issue does not arise, it is not possible at all. BJP and SP are face to face over the OBC vote bank. In the 2014, 2017, and 2019 elections, the non-Yadav OBC vote went with the BJP in UP and this is the reason why BJP won a significant number of seats from UP.

This time election will decide the future of SPWhen BJP and SP are faced to face in UP, then the biggest challenge before Akhilesh Yadav is non-Yadav OBC votes. The election of 2022 (UP Election 2022) is very important for SP President Akhilesh Yadav because this Vidhan Sabha election will not only decide the future of SP but will also decide the direction of the Lok Sabha election of 2024.

Will Akhilesh Yadav be able to unite OBCs?

In such a situation, the biggest question is whether Akhilesh Yadav will be able to bring the non-Yadav OBC vote bank to the SP's court? If we pay attention to the election strategy of Akhilesh Yadav for the last 6 months, these days Akhilesh's focus is more on non-Yadav OBC and Dalit votes. Akhilesh Yadav has understood very well that unless the backward and most backward castes come with the SP, the road to UP is not going to be easy. That is why SP President Akhilesh Yadav is busy these days in fitting the social equation. BSP, Congress, and BJP are trying to bring OBC leaders to the SP.

Akhilesh invites OBC leaders to join SP

In the last few months, Akhilesh Yadav has inducted more than 100 OBC and Dalit leaders into the SP. Some prominent non-Yadav OBC leaders who joined the SP include Rajaram Pal, Rajpal Saini, Ramprasad Choudhary, Balkumar Patel, Shivshankar Patel, Dayaram Pal, Sukhdev Rajbhar, Kalicharan Rajbhar, Parashuram Nishad, Uttam Chandra Lodhi, HN Patel. and Ramprakash Kushwaha. Apart from this, former UP president of BSP RS Kushwaha, senior leaders Lalji Verma and Ram Achal Rajbhar recently met Akhilesh Yadav in Lucknow. It is believed that after Dussehra these three big OBC leaders can join the SP. Not only this, the sitting BSP MLAs Hakim Lal Bind and Sushma Patel can also switch sides to the SP before the elections.

Dalit faces also joined SP

For the first time, the SP has started working for the Dalit vote bank. After the alliance of BSP and SP in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Akhilesh focused on the Dalit vote bank. Started connecting most of the Dalit leaders of BSP. In the last few months, from eastern UP to western UP, many Dalit faces joined the SP. If we talk about Dalit leaders, some prominent leaders who have joined SP include Inderjit Saroj, RK Choudhary, CL Verma, Gayadin Anuragi, Tribhuvan Dutt, KK Gautam, Yogesh Verma, Jitendra Kumar, Rahul Bharti, and Tilakchandra Ahirwar...

SP going to form Ambedkar Vahini

According to information received from sources near Zee News, SP is going to form Ambedkar Vahini for the first time. Before Deepawali, SP can announce Ambedkar Vahini to connect Dalits. The effect of this strategy of Akhilesh is also visible in the Vijay Rath Yatra of SP. On the second day of Samajwadi Vijay Yatra, Akhilesh attended the program of Mahan Dal in Jalaun, Bundelkhand. Mahan Dal is known for Shakya, Kushwaha, Saini, Maurya votes, while in Kanpur countryside, Janata Party's rally was associated with Rath Yatra.

The People's Party works on the very backward Chauhan Lonia vote. For the UP elections, the SP has tied up with the Mahan Dal and the Janata Party. Keshavdev Maurya is the President of Mahan Dal, while Sanjay Chauhan is the President of the Janwadi Party. At the same time, these days Akhilesh Yadav is also raising the issue of caste census, which is the oldest and biggest demand of OBC society.

How important is the OBC vote bank in UP?

You can also guess how important the OBC vote is in UP, from the fact that BJP has given place to the faces of backward and most backward castes in the cabinet expansion of the central and UP government. BJP has also tied up with Apna Dal (S) and Nishad Party in UP for the OBC vote bank. There is about 42 percent OBC vote bank in UP. In the last 3 elections, this vote bank has mostly gone to UP along with the BJP. In such a situation, it will be very interesting to see whether Akhilesh Yadav will be able to bring this OBC vote bank together in this election? Overall, one thing is very clear that the way the OBC voter will go in UP, the same government will be seen to be formed.