Key Points
New Delhi: The BJP chose a Yadav for Madhya Pradesh chief minister, a move seen as the party's reachout to the largest OBC community in Hindi heartland and other states...
In addition to Mohan Yadav as CM, the party has four Union Ministers, Bhupender Yadav, Rao Inderjit Singh, Nityanand Rai and Annpurna Devi, from the same caste...
The party also has Sudha Yadav in its top decision-making body, the parliamentary board, and Hansraj Gangaram Ahir in the chairman of the National Commission for Backward Classes...
Yadavs are present across almost all Hindi heartland states, including Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand...
However, within both states, Yadavs have established their own political parties: the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in Bihar...
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