This is called the Master Card for at least 100 seats in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at Munger in Bihar:
“Today the fight in Bihar is between the ‘Santushtikaran model’ of the NDA versus the 'Tushtikaran model' of the INDI alliance". (while BJP fights for satisfactory for all, INDI alliance is back with appeasement card).
Modi urged the media to raise awareness about this issue and criticized the INDI alliance government (earlier UPA) for its divisive policies.
“Today, another old video of Manmohan Singh has surfaced where he is again saying that Muslims have the first right to the country's resources. I urge the media to make people aware of this video and discuss it.
The country should also know what mentality the Indian coalition government has been running the country for 10 years.”
By pointing out the manner Muslim sub quota was created out of the OBC quota, the Prime Minister has able to do the 'impossible'. He has divided RJD mascot's MY card.
M and Y now stand divided.
This has predictably upset Tejashwi and therefore, the RJD leadership has gone silent.
Bihar has done away with nine seats in first two phases and it is presumed, Modi's OBC card with the explanation that 'Muslims' would be favoured by the I.N.D.I alliance if voted to power will certainly scare away the Yadav and other OBC voters.
In Uttar Pradesh, the third phase of polling on May 7 will be in key hubs dominated by Yadav voters for long and hence Modi has multiple birds by his Munger speech. The Akhilesh Yadav camp is also taken aback. In UP, which sends 80 MPs to Lok Sabha, already the Ram temple issue had given the BJP a head-start and now this new 'OBC card' by the Prime Minister linking it to Muslims will make further dent.
The upper caste Hindus voted generally voted against those who swear to help Muslims. The Dalits and Yadavs might be thinking otherwise; and did not mind parties such as RJD and the Samajwadi; but now -- the divisions in 'MY' forte would leave both the RJD and Samajwadi Party devastated.
As it is RJD drew a blank in 2019 Lok Sabha polls when the BJP-JD(U) combo made for 39 seats and only one seat Kishanganj had gone to the Congress. Interestingly in the first phase of polls in Bihar, it was given to understand that the RJD and its associates might do well.
Tejashwai also attracted huge crowds but PM's OBC card will now make things much more tougher for the leadership in both the Samajwadi and the RJD.
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