This shall provide much-needed push to the aspirations of this class of people,” Himanta Biswa Sarma, senior BJP leader and minister in the Assam government, tweeted on Monday. The BJP had to face the ire of upper caste in the recently concluded assembly elections, particularly in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, where it lost power to arch rival Congress. The elections—it also lost Chhattistarh—are the first examples of an upper caste backlash in assembly elections since the BJP-led government took over at the centre. There is a genuine concern among members of the upper caste who are not financially stable, the government is duty-bound to address the concerns of the upper castes,” the BJP leader added. There is no such social boycott against upper caste people They do not have to struggle to go to schools, colleges or to find jobs,” said Chandra Bhan Prasad.

Source: Mint January 07, 2019 09:46 UTC