Nishad Party to kick off 2027 campaign with mega rallies across UP

The campaign will begin on March 22 with a major rally at Mahant Digvijaynath Park in Gorakhpur, with the party projecting it as a show of strength and a platform to amplify long-pending demands of the Nishad community. The main demand includes the inclusion of sub-castes like the Majhwar and Turaiha cluster within the Scheduled Caste (SC) category.

Alongside reservation, the Nishad Party is also foregrounding livelihood-linked issues affecting riverine communities. Its other demands include restoration of traditional rights over rivers, sand mining and ghats to riverine communities, which the party says were withdrawn by previous governments, impacting the community’s economic base.

The party has also sought re-reservation of Class-III land for the fishing community, noting that a majority of its members are landless and depend on such provisions for sustenance.

Another significant demand relates to the reinstatement of benefits for denotified and nomadic tribes within the community. The party argues that these benefits, once extended in recognition of historical injustices under the Criminal Tribes Act, were withdrawn in 2013 and must be restored.

The Nishad Party is attempting to convert these demands into a broader political movement, building on earlier outreach efforts such as the ‘Constitutional Rights Yatra’.

With a combination of reservation, livelihood and rights-based issues, the party is positioning its campaign around a consolidated socio-political agenda, seeking to mobilise support across riverine communities ahead of next year’s elections.