After the ‘PDA’ strategy, the SP is now setting its sights on the Brahmin community; Akhilesh Yadav is holding a ‘Brahmin Sammelan’ in Lucknow—what is the BJP’s take?

After the ‘PDA’ strategy, the SP is now setting its sights on the Brahmin community; Akhilesh Yadav is holding a ‘Brahmin Sammelan’ in Lucknow—what is the BJP’s take?

A new political equation appears to be taking shape in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the 2027 assembly elections. The Samajwadi Party, which has been championing the ‘PDA’—comprising the Backward classes, Dalits, and Minorities—is now gearing up to woo the Brahmin community as well. A major conference is being organized in Lucknow on August 5th to mark the birth anniversary of Janeshwar Mishra—affectionately known as ‘Chhote Lohia’—with seers and scholars invited from Kashi, Mathura, and Ayodhya. For the Samajwadi Party, this event is not merely a commemoration of Janeshwar Mishra’s birth anniversary but a crucial milestone in its 2027 election campaign.