Amit Shah to have meal with dalit family today

As part of its plan to woo the dalits ahead of the UP assembly election in 2017, BJP president president Amit Shah will today have meal with a dalit family in one of the village in Sevapuri Assembly segment under Prime Minister Narendra Modi Varanasi lok sabha constituency.

On his way to Allahabad from the Varanasi Airport today, Shah will make a small halt at Jogiyapur village inSevapuri Assembly segment to share a meal with a dalit family, said BJP's Eastern UP Media-Incharge Sanjay Bhardwaj.

Shah is expected to share the afternoon meal in the village with Girjaprasad Bind and Ikbal Bind's family, who belongs to the dalit community, Bhardwaj said.