The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, which is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to retain power in 2022 Assembly polls, has taken up an informal exercise of gauging the mood of different communities and sub-sects within castes so that it can devise appropriate poll strategies.
Said a prominent leader in the BJP State unit, “We are trying to assess the political inclination and mood of different sub groups within Lingayats, different communities within OBCs, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. A similar exercise will also be carried out among another dominant community of Vokkaligas besides minorities.”
This preliminary exercise is being done to help prepare a roadmap for the campaign in a ‘methodical and pragmatic manner’. It will be a ‘status report’ of sorts based on which macro and micro-level strategies to woo specific communities would be worked. The party believes this kind of targeted approach is crucial to tilt the balance in the next Assembly elections.
