Delhi Elections : BSP’s social engineering formula
The Delhi state elections are seven months away .Having tried and tested the concept in Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati’s BSP is now putting `social engineering’ to use in Delhi by selecting over one-third candidates from upper castes for the coming Assembly elections. Mayawati has also finalised her candidates for two of the seven Lok Sabha seats. She hopes to complete both lists by the end of the month. While the Congress and the BJP are still sorting out internal squabbles and mulling over names, the BSP is ready to hit the campaign trail. Mayawati’s advance planning will give her Delhi nominees a six-month advantage over the candidates of the two national parties in the state polls and a lead time of one year for the parliamentary elections.
The BSP, taking a lead in announcing candidates for the elections, had earlier come out with a list of 38 nominees in March, following it yesterday with another 22 names.
Out of the 60 candidates whose names have been announced so far, 22 belong to upper castes.
A total of 13 candidates are Dalits, who have made it to the two lists, while 20 others are from the Backward Classes. Five of the candidates are Muslims.
Three women also figure in the two lists. Buoyed by the substantial increase in its number of seats in the municipal elections held last year, the BSP plans to contest from all 70 constituencies in Delhi.
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