Mayawati rejigs party organisation, eyes 2017 polls

Sacks all the coordinator booth in-charges and assembly coordinators and announces formation of nine new zones across the state.

September 15, 2014 09:06 am | Updated December 04, 2021 11:04 pm IST - Lucknow

BSP supremo Mayawati. File photo.

BSP supremo Mayawati. File photo.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati late Sunday affected major changes in the party hierarchy by sacking all the coordinator booth in-charges and assembly coordinators and announcing formation of nine new zones across the state, party leaders said on Monday.

In each zone, two divisions have been included for “more tight clasp” on local leaders and party cadres, a party leader told IANS.

In every zone there would be four senior party leaders looking after the interest of the party. Some party leaders said that Ms. Mayawati has got down to micro-management of the party cadres keeping in mind the 2017 state assembly elections.

The BSP drew a blank in the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh though it had contested all the 80 parliamentary seats. The party did not participate in the recent by-poll for one Lok Sabha seat in Mainpuri and 11 assembly seats.

Marginalised both at the centre and in the state where arch rivals Samajwadi Party (SP) run a government, the Dalit leader is believed to be planning an overhaul of the party so as to ensure that the migration of the Dalit vote bank to the BJP does not take place as also the party’s organisational structure is strengthened, a close aide said.

Under the new hierarchy, Kanpur and Lucknow have been merged into one zone and former minister and legislator Inderjeet Saroj and Ashok Siddhartha have been assigned the task of coordinating party work in Lucknow.

Close aide R.K. Chowdhary will take care of Allahabad and Mirzapur. Party sources say the idea of the BSP supremo is to keep the party’s rank and file on their toes and deliver victory in the 2017 elections.

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