As political parties in Uttar Pradesh start recalibrating caste equations ahead of the 2027 Assembly elections, Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati is making repeated attempts once again to revive the party’s old Dalit-Brahmin outreach model — a strategy that once helped her secure a full majority in the state in 2007.

Her latest remarks on the issue came after the recent state Cabinet expansion, where the BJP attempted a caste balancing by accommodating OBC, Dalit and Brahmin faces before 2027.

With her statements, the BSP chief is seeking to sharpen a parallel narrative — that despite political representation in the BJP, sections of Brahmins in UP feel increasingly “neglected” and “unsafe”.

Referring to a recent attack on a BJP youth leader from the Brahmin community in Lucknow , she said, “UP mein Brahman samaaj kewal upekshit hi nahin balki kaafi asurakshit bhi hai, jo ati chintaniya hai (Brahmins in UP are not only neglected but also insecure, which is extremely worrying).”

The statement is…