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505: 98:, state Congress president and the son of Madhavsinh Solanki, attempted to revise his father's formula by coming up with KHAMP (Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi, Muslim, and Patel) in 2017. While Congress was able to increase its seat count by 16, it ultimately failed to receive majority. The Congress was able to get 109:
An article by Deepal Trivedi in 2019 suggests the combination OPT (OBC, Patidar, Tribals) is the new winning combination in Gujarat. It suggests these numbers for the major caste groups in Gujarat: OBC 43%, Patidar 12.6%, Tribals 15%, Muslims 10%, Scheduled castes 8%. The forward castes are Rajputs
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and prepared by Jhinabhai Darji. Using the formula, Congress was able to capture 149 seats in the 182-member Assembly. However the formula alienated
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The Patel vote: The decisive factor in Gujarat Elections, Dec 11,2017, TOI, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/61992704.cms
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Congress will go for ‘KHAM’ formula, Kundan Jha, Sunday Guardian Live, July 8, 2017
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in Gujarat. The theory was propounded by Madhavsinh Solanki in 1980s in
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permanently from Congress. during the Kham alliance, castes such as
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The Thakors of North Gujarat: A Caste in the Village and the Region
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Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat
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agitation in 1981 and 1985 in Gujarat to get rid of the power of
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lost their importance in the state, so they propounded the
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Index

hindi
खाम
Koli
Kshatriya
Harijan
Adivasi
Muslim
Madhavsinh Solanki
Other Backward Classes
Gujarat
vote bank
Indian National Congress
Patels
Bania
Patidar
Brahmins
Anti reservation
OBC
Bharatsinh Solanki
Hardik Patel
Patidar reservation agitation
OBC
affirmative action
List of Koli people
List of Koli states and clans
Caste politics
Kokam theory
Politics India: The State-society Interface
New Delhi
India

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