BJP appoints 70 district chiefs in Uttar Pradesh; OBCs, Brahmins dominate

BJP appoints 70 district presidents in Uttar Pradesh, focusing on caste balance for 2027 assembly polls.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in a major organizational reshuffling in Uttar Pradesh, announced 70 district party presidents.

Aiming a caste balance among the new district president who are likely to lead the party going into 2027 assembly polls, the BJP focused on Brahmins and Other Backward Classes (OBCs) as 44 out of 70 (60%) hail from these caste segments. While 25 OBCs have been made president in districts, 19 Brahmins have been included.

The BJP has divided the State into 98 organizational districts, with 28 district presidents still to be declared.

In the list declared on late Sunday, five district presidents are women while 26 heads are reelected.

Out of 25 district presidents hailing from the OBC social groups, five are from Kurmi community, two from Lodhs community, two from Maurya community, while one each from Yadav, Kushwaha, Rajbhar, Pal, Saini, Kashyap and Vaishya communities. Kurmis, are numerically significant community among OBCs constituting roughly four per cent of State population. Similarly, Brahmins are also considered significant in the State's political and social calculus.

Brahmin leaders have been appointed as district presidents in key areas of Mathura, Bahraich, Sultanpur, Gorakhpur, Kasganj, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Bareilly, Balrampur, Amethi among others.

In Mathura, Nirbhay Pandey is declared as BJP chief, while in Bahraich, Sultanpur, Gorakhpur and Kasganj, Brajesh Pandey, Sushil Tripathi, Janarandan Tiwari and Neeraj Sharma are made district presidents, respectively.