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2009-05-08 13:54:00
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Embassy New Delhi
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BHARAT BALLOT 09: CASTE AND PERSONALITY DOMINATE
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SUBJECT: BHARAT BALLOT 09: CASTE AND PERSONALITY DOMINATE
IN BELLWETHER UTTAR PRADESH
REF: BHARAT BALLOT SERIES
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could favor BSP and BJP, both of which have more committed
voters bases. Apart from caste and personality politics,
voters are concerned about development and the prospect of
statehood for Uttar Pradesh's neglected Bundelkhand region.
A group of interlocutors including science and engineering
professors said poverty and unemployment are concerns, but
they tended to be viewed through the lens of caste.
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