2017 UP polls: BJP plans to play the caste combinations cautiously, 2017 Uttar Pradesh polls,BJP CM candidate for UP polls 2017, Dinesh Sharma,Mahesh Sharma, Varun Gandhi, Keshav Prasad Maurya,bjp
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2017 UP polls: BJP plans to play the caste combinations cautiously, 2017 Uttar Pradesh polls,BJP CM candidate for UP polls 2017, Dinesh Sharma,Mahesh Sharma, Varun Gandhi, Keshav Prasad Maurya,bjp
With high stakes in the 2017 Uttar Pradesh polls, the BJP plans to play the caste combinations cautiously. The party is unlikely to declare a chief ministerial candidate, but it will field four or five leaders from various communities to lead the campaign in the politically crucial state.
Dinesh Sharma and Mahesh Sharma will be its Brahmin faces. Dinesh Sharma, who was keen on becoming party chief, was offered a Rajya Sabha seat but he refused, said a source. Shiv Pratap Shukla’s nomination to the Upper House could please the Brahmins, the source added.
The BJP is also expected to promote Union ministers Sanjeev Balyan (Jat), Manoj Sinha (Bhumihar), Ram Shankar Katheria (BJP’s Dalit face in the state) and Anupriya Patel (of Kurmi-dominated Apna Dal, a BJP ally).