Amit Shah takes lunch at Dalit’s house in rural Uttar Pradesh

New Delhi

It was a remote village in southeastern Uttar Pradesh where ruling Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) president Amit Shah broke bread with Dalit and backward class community members.

The village Jogiyapur where Shah had lunch at Dalit family’s house is located in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s parliament constituency area Varanasi.

The village has population of Bind people who are considered extremely backward. Binds are yet not availed reservation quota benefits.

Shah shared the lunch that included stuffed bitter gourd, gourd kofta, dal, rice and chapati with about dozen others including host Girija Prasad Bind in his verandah.

Shah found food delicious.

Shah was welcomed in village with shower of petals, aarti, dance, songs and drumbeats.

Shah was offered jiggery, water, onion pakoras. He met the women of the house ­and thanked them for the food.

Shah refused to speak to the media.

Meanwhile feared with BJP’s good chances of victory in Uttar Pradesh, the leaders of other parties are meeting to find possibility of alliance. Ajit Singh had reportedly met Mulaym Singh Yadav while his son had met Rahul Gandhi to discuss possible alliance to counter BJP.