BJP's Brahmin Outreach Programme Ahead Of UP Polls Draws Opposition Flak

The BJP has announced a series of conferences for the "enlightened class" in all the 403 assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh beginning today.

The BJP's Brahmin outreach programme in Uttar Pradesh drew flak from the Opposition Saturday with the BSP and the Congress alleging the community faced "oppression" in the past four years of BJP rule, and the party is remembering them now with an eye on the upcoming state polls. The BJP has announced a series of conferences for the "enlightened class" in all the 403 assembly constituencies of Uttar Pradesh beginning today. During the programme, the BJP plans to reach out to people from different walks of life including teachers, engineers, doctors, litterateurs and deliberate on the works and schemes its governments at the Centre and in the state have launched for the masses. Taking a potshot at the BJP, the BSP, which began holding similar programmes from July 23 in its attempt to return to power with the support of all sections of society as it did in 2007, accused the ruling party of "copying" its idea.