CM Chouhan learns from the error that made him lose 2018 MP elections and extends an Olive department to the Savarna part

Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the CM of Madhya Pradesh, has introduced that the MP authorities will represent Savarna Aayog (higher caste fee) to deal with the problem of financial backwardness among the many higher caste folks within the state. The state already has Scheduled Caste Commission, Scheduled Tribe Commission, Minority Commission, and Other Backward Class Commission, and the folks of the higher caste shouldn’t be disadvantaged of the chance. The Economically Weaker Section (EWS) among the many higher caste has resentment in opposition to reservation. The Union authorities addressed this difficulty with a ten per cent quota for higher caste folks from 2019. Going a step additional to deal with the problems of the EWS part among the many higher caste, the Chouhan authorities has now introduced the formation of an upper-caste fee in Madhya Pradesh.Madhya Pradesh has round 22 per cent higher caste inhabitants, most of whom historically vote for BJP. But, within the 2018 meeting election, the higher caste rallied in opposition to BJP due to some anti-upper caste statements by CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan forward of the election. This additionally led to the formation of many small events within the state like Savarna Samaj and Sapaks, primarily targeted on the higher caste inhabitants.Such small events voted NOTA to chop a big chunk of BJP’s vote and this led to the defeat of the occasion within the meeting election. In the areas like Vindhya Pradesh and Gwalior, with a major higher caste inhabitants, BJP carried out very poorly, leading to Chouhan dropping the election.In July 2016, Shivraj Singh Chouhan mentioned, “koi maa ka laal aarakshan khatm nahi kar sakta (no one can dare to do away with reservation)”. This assertion had infuriated the higher caste voters in Madhya Pradesh and BJP misplaced the election. Soon the BJP authorities on the centre determined to overrule the Supreme Court’s ruling on SC/ST acts by means of an modification handed in parliament.The higher castes throughout the nation are in opposition to the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, which, in lots of circumstances, has been utilized by the decrease caste folks to harass them unnecessarily. Therefore, the Centre’s choice to overrule the SC ruling didn’t go nicely with the plenty they usually determined to show BJP a lesson.However, since then, BJP has taken many corrective steps to deliver again the higher caste voter base in its fold. To placate Brahmins, BJP first selected Gopal Bhargav, a Brahmin, because the Leader of Opposition, and after that in February final yr, the saffron occasion appointed Vishnu Dutt Sharma, MP from Khajuraho and General Secretary of Madhya Pradesh unit because the Chief of the state unit.The appointment of Sharma, a Brahmin from Northern Madhya Pradesh, the place Shivraj Singh Chouhan suffered an enormous setback on account of resentment from the higher caste, was a step to placate the higher caste, particularly Brahmins, who’ve historically voted for BJP however selected in any other case within the 2018 state meeting election.In the 2018 Madhya Pradesh Assembly election, BJP misplaced by just a few seats. The occasion gained 107 seats within the 230 member meeting in opposition to 114 of the Congress occasion, which made the federal government ally with BSP, SP, and different unbiased events. BJP gained the next common vote share with 41 per cent in opposition to 40.9 per cent of Congress.After appointing Brahmin leaders at senior positions as a corrective step, the Chouhan authorities has determined to represent an higher caste fee to deal with the problems of the EWS and the higher caste will quickly rally behind the saffron occasion once more. The transfer will immensely assist the occasion within the upcoming native elections in MP.