In Race For Brahmins' Votes In UP, Samajwadi Party's Outreach To Sub-Sect

In Ballia today, Samajwadi Party held a "Shiv Sevak Sammelan" aimed at a section among the Brahmins -- the influential Goswami community.

As political parties compete to woo Brahmins through outreach programmes ahead of the 2022 Assembly polls, supporters of the Samajwadi Party have gone a step further. In Ballia today, they held a "Shiv Sevak Sammelan" aimed at a section among the Brahmins -- the influential Goswami community. The event was held under the banner of the "Goswami Samaj" at the local Town Hall, where Arvind Giri, the state president of Samajwadi Party Yuvjan Sabha, accused the BJP government of "neglecting and oppressing" the community. He said similar conventions will be held all over the state to unite the Goswamis in favour of the SP ahead of the assembly elections early next year.