India, Aug. 14 -- In a significant political development, opposition parties in UP have promised big statues of Bhagwan Parshuram to woo the powerful Brahmin community which constitutes 13 per cent of the population in the politically important Hindi heartland state. The opposition leaders have alleged that Brahmins are being harassed, hounded and persecuted by the BJP government led by a 'Thakur Chief Minister' - Yogi Adityanath (Ajay Kumar Bisht).
Soon after the encounter of mafia gang leader Vikas Dubey, the entire opposition seems to have suddenly woken up to the alleged 'victimisation' of the community in the name of 'weeding out criminals'. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati have stated that the Brahmin community is f...