Summary:
With no instructions by the high command to BSP cadre to campaign against BJP, the latter is making all efforts to target Dalit voters. With nearly 2 lakh Dalit voters in Kairana and 60,000 in Noorpur, a tug of war for them continues between BJP and the SP-RLD alliance. There is an alliance with SP for 2019 election. MEERUT: Even though Samajwadi Party has joined hands with Bahujan Samaj Party in forming a grand alliance for 2019 against Bharatiya Janata Party, the situation remains unclear at the ground level for the upcoming Kairana and Noorpur bypolls. A video of BJP MLA from Dhampur asking Dalits why they would want to “waste” their votes on SPRLD has also surfaced.Raviraj Singh, BSP zonal coordinator, Meerut and Saharanpur zone said, “We have not been given any instructions to campaign for the bypolls..