Maharaja suheldev

Wooing OBCs in U.P. | SP wants to consolidate vote; BJP seeks to split it BJP holds events appropriating OBC icons to establish separate identities for each caste group; SP seeks to keep focus on demand for caste-based Census, bring all OBCs under one umbrella June 11, 2023 04:20 am | Updated 04:20 am IST - LUCKNOW With an eye on the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in 2024, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Samajwadi Party (SP) — both major contenders from Uttar Pradesh — are planning ways to woo Other Backward Classes (OBCs) who make up a significant 40% to 45% of the State’s electorate. The SP is holding rallies, training sessions and conferences, all with the issue of a caste-based Census as their centrepiece, aimed at mobilising all OBCs under its umbrella. The BJP, on the other hand, is planning conferences and rallies which aim to establish separate identities for each caste group, effectively preventing them from consolidating under the common backward class grouping as the SP is drawing them towards. OBC icon On June 10, the saffron party held a rally remembering Maharaja Suheldev in eastern U.P.’s Ghazipur district, which was addressed by Anil Rajbhar, the BJP’s leading face from the Rajbhar community and a Minister in the U.P. government. Suheldev was a legendary king from Shravasti, whom various caste groups have attempted to appropriate as their own, including the Rajbhars, a numerically significant OBC group in eastern U.P. Before the 2022 Assembly polls, the ...

Struggling to formulate a credible narrative ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the Samajwadi Party is working out an effective strategy to consolidate its Other Backward Classes vote bank. To take on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s Hindutva ideology, the SP is also attempting to pursue soft Hindutva. The BJP, since the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, has made a significant dent in the OBC vote bank in Uttar Pradesh. For the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the SP and the BJP are major contenders to woo OBCs who constitute a significant 40 per cent to 45 per cent of the state’s electorate. The SP is organising cadre training camps and taking out yatras to mobilise support for the caste-based census aimed at mobilising all OBCs under its umbrella. The BJP, on the other hand, is planning conferences and rallies which aim at establishing separate identities for each caste group, effectively preventing them from consolidating under the common Backward Class grouping as the SP is drawing them towards it. The BJP, on June 10, held a rally to commemorate Maharaja Suheldev in Ghazipur district, and it was addressed by cabinet minister Anil Rajbhar, the BJP’s leading face from the Rajbhar community. Maharaja Suheldev was a legendary king from Shravasti, whom various caste groups have attempted to appropriate as their own, including the Rajbhars, a numerically significant OBC group in eastern UP. Before the 2022 UP assembly polls, the BJP held many such social and political gatherings focused o...

Maharaja Suheldev is a famous King of Shravasti (in north-eastern Uttar Pradesh) known for killing the Ghaznavi general Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud in Bahraich in the early 11 th century. The king was mentioned in ‘Mirat-i-Masudi’ – the biography of the Mughal emperor Jahangir written by Abd-ur-Rahman Chishti. Foundation stone was laid by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the erection of the 4.20 m high statue of Suheldev in Bahraich.

Maharaja Suheldev: The Prime Minister has laid the foundation stone of a Maharaja Suheldev memorial and the development work of Chittaura lake in Uttar Pradesh’s Bahraich district. About Maharaja Suheldev: • He was the erstwhile ruler of Shravasti in Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Bahraich district, who ruled in the 11th century. • He is known in history for waging guerrilla warfare against Mahmud Ghazni’s large army. • Suheldev was deeply moved by the loot and destruction of the magnificent Somnath temple by invader Mahmud Ghazni that he decided to gather heads of different communities like Tharu and Banjara as well as small kings to block the invasion. • His army defeated and killed Ghazi Salar Masud, the nephew of Mahmud Ghazni, at Bahraich. • Raja Suheldev finds mention in ‘Mirat-i-Masudi’, a 17th century Persian-language historical account. • ‘Mirat-i-Masudi’ is the biography of Salar Masud, written by Abd-ur-Rahman Chishti during the reign of the Mughal emperor Jahangir (1605–1627). • In local folklore, Suheldev is said to be a Rajbhar. • He is popular as a caste icon among the Rajbhars (OBC) and the Pasis (second largest Dalit caste in UP), both of whom have been competing for his legacy and are predominantly found in central and eastern UP.

Lucknow, Feb 14 (PTI) Come elections, political parties remember the legacy of Maharaja Suheldev, who is said to have killed Ghaznavid general Ghazi Saiyyad Salar Masud in the early 11th century. If during the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, NDA partners in Uttar Pradesh remembered him, the situation is no different now with the state assembly polls less than a year away. This time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to lay the foundation stone of Maharaja Suheldev Memorial and development work of Chittaura Lake on Tuesday through video conferencing. The event in Bahraich also marks the birth anniversary of Maharaja Suheldev. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will also be present on the occasion. The complete project will include installation of an equestrian statue of Maharaja Suheldev and development of various tourist amenities like cafeteria, guest house and a children's park, an official said. Maharaja Suheldev's devotion and service to the country is a source of inspiration for all and with the development of the memorial site, the country will be able to get better acquainted with the heroic saga of the personality, according to an official release. Rajbhar community members, who consider Suheldev as their icon, constitute a significant percentage of the Purvanchal population and are regarded as the second politically dominant force to reckon with after the Yadavs in eastern Uttar Pradesh. Since the Rajbhar vote bank is not intact, different parties try to woo them fo...

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