Brahmins stay away from Mayawati8217;s BSP,Satish Mishra no help

Brahmin organisations are reluctant to align with the party as they did in 2007 despite Mishras speeches about BSP giving the community the most number of tickets in UP assembly polls. Apart from disenchantment with BSP,Mishra too attracts few voters. What he said in meetings about the local candidate may be true. But his personality is not something we are enamoured with. He was not seen these five years and now he has come to talk about our interests, said Pandit Raja Ram Shukla,general secretary of Kanyakubj Brahmin Sabha Prayag.

In Varanasi,where Brahmins have formed the Sarvjan Mahasabha in an attempt at political assertion,the rejection of BSPs overtures towards Brahmins is clearer. Sheetla Prasad Pandey,handling media affairs of Colonel Ranjeet Upadhdyaya,contesting on Mahasabha ticket from Varanasi Cantonment,said: There were initial feelers from BSPs office-bearers. But when they realised that Brahmins,with Bhumihars and even some Kshatriyas have come together,the invitations stopped.