Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, aims to mobilise Dalits in Uttar Pradesh for the Congress party and sharpen the party’s overall social justice centric narrative, by demanding Bharat Ratna for Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founder Kanshi Ram.
Promising to follow the late leader’s path by fighting for the issues of marginalised sections, it has unsettled the BSP and its leader Mayawati, while the Congress party in U.P. is enthusiastic about Mr. Gandhi efforts, hoping the continuous outreach towards Bahujans will further consolidate the Dalit, Extremely Backward Classes (EBC) support in favour of Congress, which was seen in 2024 Lok Sabha.
