Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Yadav with Akhilesh, then Kurmi with whom? These two castes have the highest number of voters among the backward castes, they can play

Lok Sabha Elections 2024In terms of numbers, Yadav and Kurmi voters are the most backward in Uttar Pradesh. Yadavs constitute about seven percent of the total population, while Kurmi form about four to five percent. But it is an irony that the political path and inclination of both the powerful backward castes has never been the same. Both have moved in different directions as per their convenience. But the Yadav voters, considered to be the most powerful backward class, mostly inclined towards non-Congress issues. He continued to attract his own caste leaders the most, but when Chaudhary Charan Singh emerged as a farmer leader, this voter went with him. But when Mulayam Singh Yadav emerged in politics, since then the Yadav voters remained either with him or with his family.

On the other hand, the path of Kurmi voters remained different. It cannot be said that they voted for any one party on a collective basis. Yes, their leaders emerged on regional basis and the Kurmi voters stood firmly with them. Now Anupriya Patel, who is the leader of Apna Dal Sonelal Patel’s party and is also a minister at the Centre, has influence among the Kurmi voters, but her sister Pallavi Patel, who is the leader of Apna Dal Kamera, and her mother Krishna Patel have the support of the Kurmi voters. Trying to do it in your favor.

Now who will Yadav and Kurmi voters support in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections? From the trend seen so far, it seems that at present it is with Akhilesh. As far as the support of Yadav voters is concerned, it has been the strongest pillar of Samajwadi Party and by staying with it, Muslim voters also kept going with SP.

Devendra Yadav, standing in front of Heera Lal Yadav College in Sarojini Nagar, says that now he does not talk about sporadic votes, but most of the Yadav voters are with Akhilesh Yadav. Why? In response to this question, he says that Akhilesh Yadav is doing good for the backward people. Mulayam Singh ji did a lot of work for the backward people and Dalits and now Akhilesh Yadav is taking the same work forward.

Rampal Sachan of Sartaul town of Kanpur says that Kurmi voters have always been alert and did not run after anyone. What will happen in this Lok Sabha elections? When asked this, he gets into some thinking, then says that this time Modi will also get a good number of votes. Other parties may also get some votes.

Why Modi? Sachan says that Modi is doing better work for the backward people, hence people are happy with him and also want to vote for him. Will Kurmi votes for Samajwadi Party alliance also? Rampal Sachan does not deny this and says that wherever there is a Kurmi candidate of SP, it can also go in its favor.

How did Mulayam Singh snatch Yadav votes from Congress?

In 1985, Mulayam Singh Yadav was emerging as a strong contender for the post of Chief Minister and from here the Yadav voters stood with him. Balram Singh Yadav was the Yadav leader of Congress in Yadav belt i.e. Etawah, Mainpuri, Etah, Firozabad, Kanpur Dehat, Fatehpur and Kannauj. He was a Congress Party MP and also a minister in the Central Government, but after the emergence of Mulayam Singh Yadav, a tremendous Yadavi struggle was seen in this belt.

There was violence many times, bullets were fired. Mulayam Singh Yadav was gradually consolidating Congress and due to this Balram Singh Yadav was becoming weak. That period also came when Balram Singh Yadav was completely uprooted and Mulayam Singh captured the Yadav votes. Its impact was felt in the entire state.

The impact of Mulayam Singh’s hold among the Yadav voters can also be gauged from the fact that Balram Singh Yadav had to join the Samajwadi Party and after that there was no one left to challenge Mulayam Singh among the Yadav voters. Mulayam Singh became even stronger in the politics of Uttar Pradesh after coming together with the Yadav voters, who are the strongest among the backward classes and numerically more, and the Muslim voters stood with him.

Because he was the only leader as an alternative to BJP. The support of Yadav voters kept Mulayam strong in state politics and his hold at the Center also became stronger.

There came a time when Mulayam Singh Yadav became a contender for the post of Prime Minister. The situation became such that Lalu Prasad Yadav, the biggest leader of Yadavs of Bihar, had to oppose Mulayam Singh’s claim. After Mulayam Singh Yadav, Yadav voters are now with Akhilesh Yadav, but the same skills are not seen in Akhilesh, which Mulayam Singh had.

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As far as the support of Kurmi voters is concerned, these voters never united in favor of anyone. It is an irony that no one from the Kurmi caste, the second largest backward class in terms of numbers and strength, became the Chief Minister in Uttar Pradesh. Regional satraps certainly kept emerging, but no one could reach the post of Chief Minister.

Beni Prasad Verma, a leader who joined Samajwadi Party and later Congress, became the leader of Kurmis in three-four districts, but after this his influence weakened. Sonelal Patel rose in the Bahujan Samaj Party, but when Mayawati removed him from the party, he formed a party named Apna Dal.

Sonelal Patel started connecting Kurmi voters across the state. It yielded some results, but did not get the strength that Yadav voters had in favor of Mulayam Singh. After the death of Sonelal Patel, his daughter Anupriya Patel took over the leadership of the party and is very popular among Kurmi voters.

In 2014, there was a rift in Sonelal Patel’s family and Sonelal Patel’s wife Krishna Patel and his second daughter Pallavi Patel formed their own party ‘Apna Dal Kamera’. Now there is a strong test within the house regarding Kurmi voters. At present, Kurmi voters are seen with Modi, but the picture of where Kurmi candidates from other parties will be clear only after the election results.

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