Disillusioned Jat, Gurjar voters hold key to west U.P.

Jat BJP leaders, who felt ignored during the last five years of the Yogi Adityanath regime, have suddenly found a voice

The relentless focus of BJP leaders on the Jat and Gurjar vote bank suggests that the agrarian communities are shifting from the party that they overwhelmingly supported in 2017.

The swing away is providing fodder to the campaign of Samajwadi Party (SP) and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance that is relying on the same communities to turn the tide in its favour in western U.P. that will go to polls in the first two phases.