e n

A Bahujan perspective on the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections

BSP chief Mayawati has said that if voted to power, she will have a huge statue of Parshuram installed. Clearly, it is the Brahmins, and not the Bahujans, who are her priority. SP chief Akhilesh Yadav is also making similar noises, says Kanwal Bharti

Uttar Pradesh will go to the polls in a few months from now but it is already clear which party will form the new state government and what will be the political status of the Bahujans. In fact, the political situation here is clearer than it ever was. There is no need to rack your brains to get the answer. But if I reveal the answer at the outset, you may lose interest in what I have to say further on the matter. So, to maintain your curiosity, I will begin with an analysis of how the different political parties are placed in the state.

READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE: A Bahujan perspective on the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections

About The Author

Kanwal bharti

Kanwal Bharti (born February 1953) is a progressive Ambedkarite thinker and one of the most talked-about and active contemporary writers. Dalit Sahitya Kee Avdharna and Swami Achootanand Harihar Sanchayita are his key books. He was conferred with Dr Ambedkar Rashtriya Award in 1996 and Bhimratna Puraskar in 2001

Related Articles

Odisha: Mob violence is not simply a law-and-order problem
The challenge before Odisha is not merely administrative but moral. Law and order or economic growth alone cannot sustain democracy. A republic survives because...
A classroom for those left behind
Educational spaces can often reproduce social hierarchies through uneven access to resources, linguistic barriers, and fear of being judged based on one’s background. Against...
Assam: Uniform Civil Code and Muslim women of the ‘Char’ areas
A combination of equal opportunities and fair legislation can help overcome the structural and geographical barriers that isolate Assam’s riverine Char communities from the...
Why NDA governments have steered clear of annual Dr Ambedkar awards
Awards encourage. Do the holders of political power believe that those working for Dalits don’t need encouragement? Or do they want to blunt the...
‘Main Vaapas Aaunga’: Resistance in remembrance
To ‘move on’ from caste history in the way the film urges us to remain faithful to Partition memory would mean abandoning a record...