Uttar Pradesh has expanded its cabinet with an eye on smaller OBC and Scheduled Caste communities, using a micro-coalition approach to win incremental electoral gains. The rejig aims to balance caste and geography while blunting Samajwadi Party’s PDA outreach led by Akhilesh Yadav. BJP insiders view it as a pre-assembly strengthening move heading toward the 2027 polls.
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat said population growth management and the push for a Uniform Civil Code require public cooperation. In his remarks, he argued that caste-based political structures are the root of persistent divisions, and that once society moves beyond them, differences will naturally lessen—framing both issues as dependent on collective change.
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