With the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and opposition Samajwadi Party intensifying efforts to rope in new allies ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the small political parties – mostly caste-specific with limited area of influence – have become hard bargainers.
For the small
The Samajwadi Party, aspiring to win all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, is rattled by the breakneck speed of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in firming up its alliance with the non-Yadav Other Backward Classes political parties and inducting the OBC leaders into the party to strengthen its
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance held a mega meeting in Delhi on Tuesday (July 18), in a major show of strength in the run-up to the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Besides Apna Dal (S), Nishad Party and SBSP, it's looking at several lesser-known parties with influence over castes in pockets of UP, will announce alliances closer to the Lok Sabha polls.