he BJP has deployed Anupriya Patel to woo Kurmi voters.
She is the daughter of Sonelal Patel who, as the BSP's general secretary back in 1994, had organised a Kurmi Rajnitik Chetna Maha Rally in Lucknow against the Yadav domination of OBC politics.
Sonelal Patel founded the Apna Dal in 1995. Anupriya, the Lok Sabha MP from Mirzapur, was made a Union minister in the last Modi reshuffle with an eye on the UP elections.
The BSP has deployed five leaders from different backward castes to reach out to their respective caste groups.
