The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed a four-member committee to plan outreach programs for the Brahmin community in Uttar Pradesh (UP). This decision comes amid assessments that the Brahmin community is displeased with the ruling power in the state. 

The former Union Minister Shiv Pratap Shukla chairs the committee, whose members include Mahesh Sharma, Abhijat Mishra, and Ram Bhai Morakiya. As per the chairperson, the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP), are spreading rumours among the Brahmin community that BJP has not been representing their best interests. The committee aims to take the BJP’s work public and drive home the message of its effectiveness. 

JP Nadda, the BJP national president, was part of the decision making body alongside Dharmendra Pradhana, the Union Minister in charge of the state, and the Brahmin community of UP. 

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He said, “The committee will strive to remove misconceptions being spread by the opposition and tell people that the number of Brahmin ministers in BJP are more compared to the opposition”.

Other key points discussed include the BJP victory in the previous election and strategizing for the upcoming Assembly elections in the state. Committee member, Mahesh Sharma, proclaimed “We will form BJP government in Uttar Pradesh again and this time the result will be better than last time”. 

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Since Brahmins make up an influential portion of the UP vote bank, other parties have tried to woo the community ahead of the elections. BSP has returned to its 2007 concept of social engineering. The party has assured security to Brahmins if they’re voted into power. At the time of Vikas Dubey’s encounter, Mayawati the party supremo had tweeted “The government should not do any such work that would make the Brahmin community feel scared, terrorized and insecure.”

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The Indian National Congress (INC) has also taken steps with programs like Brahm Chetna Samwad, under the Brahmin Chetna Parishad banner. Meanwhile, Akhilesh Yadav’s SP has relied on Brahmin ministers, Pawan Pande and Akhilesh Mishra, to start efforts and gain Brahmin votes.