Bjp To Use Kesri'S Appointment To Fight Cong In Uttar Pradesh

The party also felt that Kesri's appointment will divide the Muslim votes between the United Front and the Bahujan Samaj Party- Congress alliance.

Although the party maintained publicly that the appointment would have no impact on Uttar Pradesh elections, it prepared a strategy to wean away the forward caste votes from the Congress by painting the Congress-Bahujan Samaj Party alliance as a Dalit-backward caste combination where the forward castes would not get a position of respect.

As part of the new strategy, the Sangh Parivar would run a whisper campaign throughout the state during the last few days of polling. This would ensure a forward caste consolidation in favour of the BJP, perceived as a forward caste-dominated party, a senior BJP leader claimed.

Publicly, the BJP will continue to launch its attack against P V Narasimha Rao by painting Kesri as a nominee and a puppet