Caste census: Hindutva on its side, BJP embraces Oppn's social justice plank

It is the consolidation of a section of disadvantaged sections of society drawn from the SCs, OBCs and STc around the opposition's agenda that had set the BJP back in last year's Lok Sabha elections in several states, denying it a majority that was considered certain by political pundits before the polls.

Caste census: Hindutva on its side, BJP embraces Oppn's social justice plank
It is the consolidation of a section of disadvantaged sections of society drawn from the SCs, OBCs and STc around the opposition's agenda that had set the BJP back in last year's Lok Sabha elections in several states, denying it a majority that was considered certain by political pundits before the polls.