UP Assembly elections: Castes blend seamlessly into SP-RLD alliance

In UP's pot boiler, will communities be united by caste or religion?

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(From left) RLD president Jayant Chaudhary with party leader Yogesh Nauhwar, SP’s Member of Legislative Council, UP, and Mant constituency candidate Sanjay Lathar and SP president and former UP CM Akhilesh Yadav. (Photo: Nitin Kumar)

Nitin Kumar Mathura

4 min read Last Updated : Feb 10 2022 | 6:13 AM IST

Posters in the Vrindavan region of Mathura are promoting the Samajwadi Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal (SP-RLD) alliance in a uniquely symbiotic manner.

The picture positioned next to Chaudhary Charan Singh, the Jat leader of the region and once India’s prime minister, is not of his grandson (Jayant Chaudhary) but of Akhilesh Yadav, the SP chief.

Placed next to Mulayam Singh Yadav’s (Akhilesh’s father) visage is Jayant Chaudhary.

The emphasis: A shared caste heritage.

“I have seen Chaudhary Charan Singh and Mulayam Singh Yadav campaigning together in the 1970s. Today, I am excited to see their heirs coming together,” says 80-year-old Rajpal

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