The Samajwadi Party (SP) candidates for the Legislative Council bypoll to be held on May 29, wrote an open letter on May 24 to backward classes leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), its allies and the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief Om Prakash Rajbhar requesting their votes in favour of themselves for the sake of social justice.
Candidates Ram Jatan Rajbhar and Ram Karan, both belonging to the backward and Dalit social groups, respectively, alleged that the BJP was anti-backward and anti-Dalit.
The letter, in the form of an appeal, was addressed to Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya, Om Prakash Rajbhar, Sanjay Nishad and Swatantra Dev Singh, among others.
