The rainbow coalition of smaller castes groups with the initiative of Om Prakash Rajbhar is gaining strength with the joining of Asauddin Owaisi during his recent visit to Lucknow.

Asaduddin Owaisi announced that he would be part of Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha to contest 2022 assembly polls.

It would be worth mentioning here that Om Prakash Rajbhar was part of alliance with Owaisi and BSP in Bihar assembly polls where AIMIM won five seats.

AIMIM had contested 2017 assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh .AIMIM contested 38 assembly seats and got more than two lakhs votes and was placed second in two constituencies.

AIMIM also contested nagarmahapalika polls in UP and registered it's presence.

Om Prakash Rajbhar. President of Suheldev Bharat Samaj Party having presence in eastern UP and Bundelkhand especially amongst most backward community. He is founder president of Bagidari Sankalp Morcha with other smaller caste based parties like Jan Adhikar Party headed by Babu Singh Kushwaha, Jan Kranti Party of Anil Singh, JanUpekshit Party of Premchand Prajapati and Apna Dal faction headed by Krishna Patel.

Om Prakash Rajbhar was part of BJP government and was cabinet minister in Yogi ministry for some time but parted company when he failed to get the desired number of seats from BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Om Prakash Rajbhar also met Shivpal Yadav President of Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party and an uncle of former CM Akhilesh Yadav.

Shivpal Yadav who was expecting an alliance with Samajwadi Party was unhappy when his nephew Akhilesh turned down the offer. Now Om Prakash Rajbhar announced that Shivpal would also be part of the morcha.

Om Prakash Rajbhar said that he would seek meeting with BSP leaders as Mayawati’s party was part of Grand Democratic Party with Owaisi and Rajbhar in Bihar.

Talking about the agenda of the Morcha for forthcoming assembly polls Om Prakash Rajbhar said that they would fight on the issue of education, health and employment. Rajbhar is making all efforts to expand his morcha but it seems that he is not getting the response that he was looking for. With the AIMIM achiving some success in Bihar assembly polls, he wants to repeat the same in UP’s coming assembly polls in 2022.

Political observers feel that Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha with Owaisi’s appeal among a section of Muslims and other smaller caste groups would end up splitting secular votes and help BJP in consolidation of it's vote share in 2022 assembly polls.
(IPA Service)