Mayawati has claimed that Brahmin legislators of “all political parties” in Uttar Pradesh held a meeting recently in which they expressed their anger at the Yogi Adityanath government for not giving their caste leaders adequate representation in governance. BJP leader Adityanath, a Kshatriya, has for long been accused of favouring his caste people to the detriment of others. We know that Brahmin leaders of all the parties held a meeting recently and expressed their concern over the way they were being spurned by the current dispensation,” Mayawati told a news conference on the occasion of her 70th birthday on Thursday. “From giving election tickets to providing substantial representation in the government, the BSP never did injustice to Brahmins. Sources claimed that the meeting was held in a bungalow on the outskirts of Lucknow where baati-chokha was served.

Source: The Telegraph January 16, 2026 02:02 UTC