Lucknow: Two days after the Uttar Pradesh government issued a notification prohibiting caste-based political rallies, opposition parties are exploring ways to get around it.

The Samajwadi Party, for instance, has decided to rename its planned Gurjar chaupals PDA (comprising backwards, Dalits and minorities) chaupals.

The Congress is planning Samajik Nyay Sammelans, while the BSP is focusing on Bahujan Samaj meetings, deliberately avoiding caste-specific terminology. Show Full Article

According to SP spokesperson and organiser of the Gurjar Chaupals, Raj Kumar Bhati, “We have changed the name of our meetings from Gurjar Chaupals to PDA Chaupals for now. For our proposed rally in November, which Akhilesh-ji is likely to address, we may call it a ‘PDA Ekta Rally’. We are dropping caste re

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