Mumbai | Babasaheb Ambedkar’s grandson Prakash Ambedkar whose political party Bahujan Vikas Agadhi, which is often termed as the B-team of the BJP is Maharashtra is likely to get rewarded bigtime by the Narendra Modi led BJP.
Ahead of upcoming State Assembly elections, BJP has decided to offer Prakash Ambedkar with a Rajya Sabha seat. According to sources, BJP is considering to send Prakash Ambedkar to Rajya Sabha as a nominated member.
Meanwhile, after a failed attempt to form an alliance with Ambedkar’s party in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the Congress is again trying to get Ambedkar Bahujan Vikas Agadi in the Congress-NCP alliance. Sources have also said that Rahul Gandhi in a meeting with the Maharashtra Congress leader asked why Dalit votes in Maharashtra deserted Congress and gave preference to Prakash Ambedkar’s party.
Prakash’s Ambedkar’s Bahujan Vikas Agadi in Alliance with AIMIM won just 1 Lok Sabha seat in Aurangabad. However, it made a major dent in the Congress-NCP vote bank in Maharashtra.
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