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Patna: With around six months to go for the Lok Sabha elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is attempting to woo and mobilise the Yadavs in Bihar, a community that is largely aligned with Lalu Prasad Yadavs Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)...
On Govardhan Puja Tuesday, the BJP mobilised an estimated 20,000 members of the Yadav community from across the state to attend a function in Patna..
It was organised by Union Minister of State Nityanand Rai and posters of virtually all Yadav leaders of the BJP were put up across the city..
RJD leaders have been repeatedly trying to demean Sanatan dharma like (Bihar) Education Minister Chandra Shekhar demeaning Ramcharitmanas, Around 70 percent of Yadavs in Bihar are vegetarians and stout followers of Sanatan Dharma..
Other RJD leaders who spoke to ThePrint explained the BJPs move as an attempt at damage control because Union Home Minister Amit Shah had alleged, at a 5 November rally in Muzaffarpur district, that the caste survey of the Nitish Kumar government was manipulated in favour of Yadavs and Muslims...
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