They are named after a Brahmin leader, a woman Lodh icon, a Kurmi leader, Thakur freedom fighters, religious leaders, and a goddess.
The nine medical colleges in UP Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated on Monday have all been named keeping local caste equations in mind. They are named after a Brahmin leader, a woman Lodh icon, a Kurmi leader, Thakur freedom fighters, religious leaders, and a goddess. The institutions were inaugurated in Siddharth Nagar, Etah, Hardoi, Pratapgarh, Fatehpur, Deoria, Ghazipur, Mirzapur and Jaunpur districts.The college in Siddharth Nagar the PM inaugurated in person has been named after a Brahmin leader, Madhav Prasad Tripathi — the first UP BJP president. In recent months, SP and BSP have accused the government of bias against Brahmins and have tried to woo the community for next year’s polls.
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