India, June 28 -- Central to the SP's renewed outreach is the promotion of women leaders from key non-Yadav OBC communities under its 'PDA' campaign.

With the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections just months away, the battle for the state's influential non-Yadav Other Backward Classes (OBC) vote bank has gathered momentum. The Samajwadi Party (SP) has rolled out a targeted strategy to make inroads into communities that have traditionally backed the BJP through its regional allies. Central to the SP's renewed outreach is the promotion of women leaders from key non-Yadav OBC communities under its 'PDA' (Pichhda, Dalit, Alpsankhyak) campaign. The initiative reflects the party's attempt to expand beyond its traditional Muslim-Yadav (MY) base whi...