Kayasthas in Uttar Pradesh miffed with BJP over being 'sidelined'

LUCKNOW: Even as the BJP in Uttar Pradesh is making efforts to assuage the feelings of Brahmins who are reportedly upset at being side-lined, it is now the Kayastha community that appears to be up in arms against the ruling party. Posters highlighting the Kayastha community's absence in the BJP's new state executive have come up at main crossings of the city.

While the BJP terms it as a conspiracy of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress to tarnish its image, party leaders feel that the Kayastha community, which has traditionally voted for the party since the days of the Jan Sangh, is feeling upset.

The posters, which go with the hashtag '#BJP neglects Kayasthas', have been pasted in several localities. One of the posters says "Kayasthonab to jaagjao, yaphirhameshakeliye so jao' (Kayasthas wake up now or go to sleep forever).

Another one says, "BJP kodhanyawad- party kebandhuva voters Kayasthasamajko koi sthanna dene keliye" (Thanks to the BJP for not offering any post in its state executive to the Kayastha community).

O P Srivastava, a member of the state executive of the ruling party, defended the new committee by saying that the party did not decide upon any post on the basis of caste and community. Denying any resentment, he further said that members of the Kayastha community should not feel dejected as the party has many plans for them too. (IANS)

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