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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Omar Rashid

Akhilesh trying to build a strong caste alliance

The Akhilesh Yadav-led party has built a most formidable caste alliance in the region to challenge the BJP. (Source: AP)

The Samajwadi Party is banking on regional heavyweights across the board —from the OBC communities to the upper caste Brahmins — many of them BSP turncoats in its latest list of 56 candidates for eastern Uttar Pradesh. The Akhilesh Yadav-led party has built a most formidable caste alliance in the region to challenge the BJP.

At the centre of these efforts are Azamgarh and Ambedkar Nagar districts.

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