Key Points
New Delhi: The social engineering was evident when the BJP appointed the three chief ministers of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh after its heartland sweep in December 2023...
Rajasthan CM Bhajan Lal Sharma is a Brahmin or from the general category, the backbone of the BJP votebank since the days of the Jana Sangh, while Chhattisgarh CM Vishnu Deo Sai is a tribal, and Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav, an OBC...
However, an analysis of the governments formed in the three states shows the power dynamic is still skewed in the favour of the general category and OBCs, some of which wield significant power locally...
Even so, the upper castes and OBCs seem to hold most of the plum portfolios.. Home the most sought-after portfolio after chief ministership is with the CMs in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh..
Among the general-category cabinet ministers in Madhya Pradesh, Rajendra Shukla also handles medical education, while Kailash Vijayvargiya, the BJPs national general secretary and a Vaishya by caste, has urban development, housing and parliamentary affairs...
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