Disillusioned Jat, Gurjar voters hold the key to western U.P.

BJP supporters attend an election rally in Modinagar in Ghaziabad district. File (Source: AFP)

The relentless focus of BJP leaders on the Jat and Gurjar vote bank suggests that the agrarian communities are shifting from the party that they overwhelmingly supported in 2017.

The swing away is providing fodder to the campaign of Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance that is relying on the same communities to turn the tide in its favour in western U.P. that will go to polls in the first two phases.