Abhishek Choudhary / Newslaundry
Why has the BJP dumped a quarter of its sitting MLAs?
The official reason given by Team Amit Shah is that they want young faces and a larger representation from the non-upper castes. Fair enough!
But it turns out larger representation from the non-upper castes means larger representation from the dominant backward castes, Yadavs especially.
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Also, “young” for BJP, it turns out, means giving tickets to sons of three of its senior leaders – C. P. Thakur, Ashwini Choubey and Ganga Prasad – as well as other scions who recently fell out with Nitish. more
Why has the BJP dumped a quarter of its sitting MLAs?
The official reason given by Team Amit Shah is that they want young faces and a larger representation from the non-upper castes. Fair enough!
But it turns out larger representation from the non-upper castes means larger representation from the dominant backward castes, Yadavs especially.
--- ---
Also, “young” for BJP, it turns out, means giving tickets to sons of three of its senior leaders – C. P. Thakur, Ashwini Choubey and Ganga Prasad – as well as other scions who recently fell out with Nitish. more
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