Ten members from Uttar Pradesh were inducted on Sunday into the Union Council of Ministers of the BJP-led NDA government, with a focus on caste balance. In the Modi 3.0 Government, five backwards, two Dalits, and three forward caste leaders from UP have been given ministerial positions.
The NDA faced serious reverses in the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, while the INDIA bloc made massive gains with the Samajwadi Party crediting its “PDA” formula for the victory. PDA stands for the SP’s focus on ‘Pichhra (backward), Dalit, Alpsankhyak (minorities)’.
In the formation of the new government, five members of the Other Backward Classes (OBC) community from UP, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, have been included. Besides Modi (Teli-Vaishya community), the others are Jayant Chaudhary (Jat), Pankaj Chaudhary (Kurmi), Anupriya Patel (Kurmi), and BL Verma (Lodh). Kamlesh Paswan (Pasi) and SP Baghel (Dhangar) from the Dalit community have also been given a place in the government.
