The BJP and the SP are for a straight fight while the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is staying away from the bypoll arena.Both the BJP and the SP have fielded candidates belonging to the Pasi community, the dominant Dalit subcaste in the area.Ten candidates, along with Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’-led Azad Samaj Party candidate Santosh Kumar alias Suraj Chaudhury, an SP rebel, are in the fray.In Milkipur, of the total 3.58 lakh electorate, 1.40 lakh voters are Dalits.Over 50,000 of the Dalit voters belong to the Pasi community while others are from the Kori and Jatav communities. There are about 50,000 OBCs, 60,000 Brahmins, 50,000 Yadavs, 30,000 Muslims and 25,000 Rajput voters in the constituency.
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