Uttar Pradesh polls 2017: BJP to hold 200 events to woo OBC voters,UP Assembly poll 2017, Pichhda Varg Sammelan, Ashok Kataria, Amar Pal Maurya, OBC
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Uttar Pradesh polls 2017: BJP to hold 200 events to woo OBC voters,UP Assembly poll 2017, Pichhda Varg Sammelan, Ashok Kataria, Amar Pal Maurya, OBC
Targeting OBC voters ahead of the upcoming Assembly polls, the BJP has decided to hold around 200 ‘Pichhda Varg Sammelan’ (backward castes conventions) across Assembly segments from October 15, as part of their efforts to unite the OBCs.
Before starting these conventions, the party is at present holding workshops at the regional unit level to train party leaders in organising such meets. The western UP unit’s workshop was held in Amroha on September 27, the Kanpur-Bundelkhand unit meeting was held in Fatehpur on September 28, the Kashi region’s workshop was held Thursday in Varanasi while the workshop for the Awadh region is scheduled for Friday (September 30) in Lucknow.
Next month, the workshop for Braj will be held in Kasganj on October 4, while that of the Gorakhpur region will be in Kushi Nagar on October 5.
These workshops are being addressed by party state general secretary Ashok Kataria and state secretary Amar Pal Maurya. Kataria is the state convener for the upcoming OBC meets while Maurya is the co-convener.
“These ‘Pichhda Varg Sammelans’ will be organised to consolidate backward castes and make them aware about the policies and vision of the BJP, which wants empowerment of all sections of society. We will tell OBCs that only BJP is their real well-wisher, and gives them representation in the government and organisation both,” said Amar Pal Maurya.
Former BSP leader Swami Prasad Maurya too recently joined BJP, and had held a rally in Lucknow last week, where Shah had addressed the gathering as the chief guest. A BJP leader said that Swami Prasad Maurya will also address the OBC meets.