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Prashant Kishor urges Bihar Brahmins to rethink support for BJP
Jan Suraaj founder Prashant Kishor addressed fellow Brahmins in Bihar’s Mithila region.
He argued that the BJP’s Hindu communalism excludes Muslims from electoral calculations.
Kishor said this approach has cost Brahmins heavily and urged them to rethink their position.
His argument connects religious minority representation with caste politics.
In electoral politics, secularism is often judged by whether religious minorities, especially Muslims, are fairly represented.
The discussion offers a rare Brahmin perspective on these issues, which are often expressed as critiques of Brahminism by non-Brahmins.
Jan Suraaj chief Prashant Kishor urged Brahmins in Bihar to rethink their support for the BJP.
He said the BJP’s Hindu communalism had cost Brahmins heavily.
Kishor argued that excluding Muslims from electoral calculations had contributed to that cost.
He made the remarks in an address to fellow Brahmins in Bihar’s Mithila region.
- Who
- Prashant Kishor, chief of the Jan Suraaj Party, addressed Brahmins.
- What
- He urged them to rethink their position on the BJP, saying its Hindu communalism had cost them heavily.
- When
- Not stated
- Where
- Bihar’s Mithila region.
- Why
- Kishor said the BJP’s exclusion of Muslims from electoral calculations had cost Brahmins heavily.
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- Speaker
- Prashant Kishor
- Party
- Jan Suraaj
- Location
- Mithila region, Bihar
- Target audience
- Brahmins
- Alleged electoral cost
- Excluding Muslims from electoral calculations, according to Kishor