Fri Sep 20 14:16:08 UTC 2024: ## Congress Targets OBC Votes in Haryana Assembly Polls
The Congress party is actively targeting OBC voters in the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections, aiming to capitalize on the BJP’s declining support within this community. The strategy comes after the Congress successfully leveraged Jat consolidation in the recent Lok Sabha elections.
The Congress has allocated 25 tickets to OBC candidates for the 90-member Assembly, while the BJP has given 16 tickets to Jats and one to a Jat Sikh. This move highlights the Congress’s focus on mobilizing OBC votes to offset potential losses among their traditional Jat support base.
The party believes that the OBC vote will be a significant factor in the elections, especially in the 17 reserved Assembly seats where they performed well in the Lok Sabha elections due to concerns about the BJP potentially undoing reservations.
Meanwhile, the BJP continues to prioritize the OBC-forward caste coalition, with the recent appointments of OBC leader Nayab Singh Saini as Chief Minister and Brahmin Mohan Lal Badoli as State party president reflecting this strategy.
The upcoming elections are expected to be a tight contest between the Congress and the BJP, with both parties aggressively targeting key demographic groups to secure victory.
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