Sheela Bhatt / IE
In deciding tickets for the 160 assembly seats the BJP will contest in Bihar, party president Amit Shah listed three criteria — winnability, caste and age of the ticket seekers.
Yet a scrutiny of the 154 names put out so far by the BJP shows that caste has been a major factor. As many as 65 seats have gone to candidates from the so-called forward castes — Rajput (30), Bhumihar (19), Brahmin (13) and Kayastha (3).
The Yadavs with 22 candidates, the EBC-Vaishya with 20 and EBCs with 13 lead the rest. Mahadalits and Adivasi nominees together account for 12 tickets and the Paswans 10. The remaining candidates are Kushwaha (6), Kurmi (4) and Muslim (2). more
In deciding tickets for the 160 assembly seats the BJP will contest in Bihar, party president Amit Shah listed three criteria — winnability, caste and age of the ticket seekers.
Yet a scrutiny of the 154 names put out so far by the BJP shows that caste has been a major factor. As many as 65 seats have gone to candidates from the so-called forward castes — Rajput (30), Bhumihar (19), Brahmin (13) and Kayastha (3).
The Yadavs with 22 candidates, the EBC-Vaishya with 20 and EBCs with 13 lead the rest. Mahadalits and Adivasi nominees together account for 12 tickets and the Paswans 10. The remaining candidates are Kushwaha (6), Kurmi (4) and Muslim (2). more
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