lucknow in a politically significant move the bjp has decided to step up its obc outreach campaign ahead of the ensuing bypolls in mainpuri and rampur the two seats that fell vacant following the demise of samajwadi party patriarch mulayam singh yadav and disqualification of sp veteran azam khan from the up assembly respectivelythe development comes in the wake of defections by the partys obc ranks including three ministers swami prasad maurya dharam singh saini and dara singh chauhan that hit the bjp during the up assembly polls while it managed to plug the plausible electoral losses during the state polls the bjp decided not to leave any stone unturned to win over the nonyadav obc blocwellplaced sources said that the saffron camp has now lined up programmes spanning over a period of three months wherein partys obc cadres would be trained on an array of topics including rsss ideological views on varied subjects the party will kick off the campaign by holding the training programmes in each of the six organisational zones west up braj avadh gorakhpur kashi and kanpurbundelkhandsimilar programmes would be later held right up to the booth level the schedule has been chalked out and is ready to be implemented up to the grassroots level said up minister and incharge of state bjps obc front daya shankar singhthe bjps plan has evoked sharp reactions from the opposition camp samajwadi party spokesperson abdul hafiz gandhi said that it has been an old ploy of the bjp to woo the obc and ignore them after getting their votesaccording to political observers the bjp has been working tactfully amongst the obcs which account for around 50 of the total voting population in the state the party in fact appointed obc leaders up bjp chief bhupendra chadhary a jat and dharampal saini organisation an obc to helm its affairs in up in fact of the 18 cabinet ministers eight happen to be obc