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- Former BJP minister Ram Asrey Kushwaha joined the Samajwadi Party on Thursday (September 17, 2026).
- Kushwaha is a prominent leader from the Kushwaha community, an Other Backward Classes group, and earlier served in the BSP and the SP before spending 13 years in the BJP.
- Several other leaders, including Vijay Kumar Singh of Aligarh and Nishad Party Kannauj district president Anoop Kashyap Pradhan, joined the Samajwadi Party alongside Kushwaha.
- SP president Akhilesh Yadav said the new entrants will strengthen the party and its PDA outreach among backward classes, Dalits and minorities.
- The joining is significant because it comes ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections, with the SP projecting it as consolidation of OBC support.
What to watch next
- Whether more OBC and PDA-linked leaders switch to the Samajwadi Party before the 2027 Assembly elections
- How the BJP responds to the claim that OBC leaders feel marginalised in the party
- The SP's ability to convert the new joinings into electoral consolidation for 2027
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Akhilesh Yadav
Samajwadi Party president
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“Mr. Kushwaha is a senior leader, the joining will strengthen the party and the PDA movement. The Samajwadi Party government will be formed after the 2027 Assembly polls, and the rule of social justice will be established”
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…resolved to form the Samajwadi Party government in the 2027 Assembly elections. The SP president Akhilesh Yadav welcomed all the leaders, adding that the joining will strengthen the Samajwadi Party and PDA movement. “ Mr. Kushwaha is a senior leader, the joining will strengthen the party and the PDA movement. The Samajwadi Party government will be formed after the 2027 Assembly polls, and the rule of social justice will be established ,” said Mr Yadav. “The joining of the Samajwadi Party by Ram Asrey Kushwaha, a former minister and senior OBC leader, after 13 years in the BJP is testimony that OBC leaders are feeling suffocated in the BJP. It’s a…
Sudhir Panwar
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“The joining of the Samajwadi Party by Ram Asrey Kushwaha, a former minister and senior OBC leader, after 13 years in the BJP is testimony that OBC leaders are feeling suffocated in the BJP.”
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…leader, the joining will strengthen the party and the PDA movement. The Samajwadi Party government will be formed after the 2027 Assembly polls, and the rule of social justice will be established,” said Mr Yadav. “ The joining of the Samajwadi Party by Ram Asrey Kushwaha, a former minister and senior OBC leader, after 13 years in the BJP is testimony that OBC leaders are feeling suffocated in the BJP. It’s a simple message that the first and foremost precondition is respect in political parties, which is lacking in the BJP for OBCs and SCs. Home coming of Kushwaha and other leaders will boost the PDA movement and…
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Named India · Bahujan Samaj Party · Bharatiya Janata Party · Nishad Party · Samajwadi Party · Akhilesh Yadav · Anoop Kashyap Pradhan · Anshu Dubey · Manoj Kumar Nishad · Ram Asrey Kushwaha · Sudhir Panwar · Vijay Kumar Singh
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