BSP fields OBC for Ayodhya mayoral poll

LUCKNOW: Even while other parties are trying to tackle BJP’s Hindutva push in Ayodhya by fielding Brahmins, BSP chief Mayawati has fielded a non-Yadav

OBC

candidate from the temple town in the coming mayoral elections. Mayawati has fielded Girish Chandra Verma, a Kurmi from OBC category, from the newly-constituted and unreserved mayoral seat of Ayodhya. Verma is the only OBC among major political parties’ mayoral candidates —

Rishikesh Upadhyay

(BJP), Shailendra Pandey (Congress) and

Gulshan Bindu

(SP) are Brahmins. Talking to TOI, Verma said, “People are fed up with the

Mandir-Masjid

issue. They now want development of Ayodhya, which has been the priority of BSP. I am a social worker and will work for all the communities”.

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