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BSP to Maintain ‘Complete Distance’ from NDA and INDIA Bloc: Mayawati
Mayawati urged party members to be alert to fake news, and said that anti-BSP elements are still engaged in propaganda and political conspiracy.(Image-News18)
In the meeting, Mayawati took note of BJP government’s new election strategy but said that people are still facing issues such as inflation, extreme poverty, unemployment, decrease in income, bad condition of roads, law and order, and poor health and educational facilities
BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday reiterated her stand to maintain complete distance from the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc for next year’s Lok Sabha elections and said that the party has to move forward by working on its own strengths. In a statement issued here on Sunday, the UP unit of the BSP said, ”BSP chief and former UP chief minister Mayawati held a discussion with senior and responsible people of the party regarding the preparedness of the party for upcoming Lok Sabha polls, the preparedness of the party in Uttar Pradesh and in Uttarakhand, and to increase the party’s mandate. During the discussion, she once again made it clear that Bahujan Samaj Pary (BSP) has to work by strengthening itself, while maintaining complete distance from the ruling NDA and the opposition INDIA bloc, the statement said.
Mayawati urged party members to be alert to fake news, and said that anti-BSP elements are still engaged in propaganda and political conspiracy. ”So, precaution has to be taken at every level, so that our election preparedness is not affected,” she said. In the meeting, Mayawati took note of BJP government’s new election strategy but said that people are still facing issues such as inflation, extreme poverty, unemployment, decrease in income, bad condition of roads, law and order, and poor health and educational facilities.
But it is unclear if these problems will become serious election issues, she said. This is because when it comes to issues of public interest and public welfare, the attitude of the BJP and Congress is almost the same, and it is anti-people,” Mayawati said. The BSP chief also said that efforts are being made to make the provision of reservation to the SC, ST and OBCs ineffective. Reservation should not be linked to removing unemployment or some cosmetic changes, she said.
”Till the time unequal intentions and policies continue in the government and in society, people will not get the actual benefits of reservation, and this will only exist on paper, she said. Mayawati also took serious objection to bulldozer action on people, saying it is used to punish the family of a person before being convicted. Educational institutes and hospitals linked to such people are being shut down, she said. ”This is an extremely anti-people step, Mayawati said.
Such action of the government is malicious and completely unnecessary, she said, according to the statement.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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‘Chanakya Of North East’: How Himanta Biswa Sarma Quelled BJP Rebellions in Jharkhand
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News18 has learnt Sarma is responsible for quelling a million rebellions in Jharkhand even before they could happen, often suggesting pre-emptive moves to central leadership.
Assam Chief Minister and NEDA convener Himanta Biswa Sarma is often dubbed as the Chanakya of the North East. But ever since he has been tasked as the co-in-charge of Jharkhand for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), he has quietly been firefighting for the party in the poll-bound eastern state.
News18 has learnt Sarma is responsible for quelling a million rebellions in the state even before they could happen, often suggesting pre-emptive moves to central leadership like making Ravindra Rai the working President of the Jharkhand BJP all of a sudden.
Even as Union Home Minister Amit Shah released the party manifesto on Sunday at Ranchi focusing on women, tribals and evoking an anti-infiltrator sentiment, it’s Sarma who has doused many in-house fires so far that resulted in a high octane aggressive Sunday.
RAVINDRA RAI
Sources say Rai wasn’t happy after the BJP fielded its state president Babulal Marandi from Dhankar seat. Rai, sources said, wanted to fight from the same seat. Rai was the BJP Chief of Jharkhand during the 2014 Jharkhand Assembly polls. Marandi’s candidature only rubbed salt on his wound.
Sarma, who had his ears to the ground, sensed the displeasure and sent an SOS to Delhi to “restore a sense of dignity” for Rai. Immediately, in spite of having a full-time state president, BJP appointed a Jharkhand working president in the shape of Ravindra Rai. The organisational change came amid speculation that Rai would join the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) as he was denied a ticket in the election. It worked. When asked about his displeasure, Rai said, “No, this is not the truth. I was never upset with the BJP, which has given me an identity.”
MENKA SARDAR
One of the biggest successes of Sarma was minimising the public embarrassment caused by three-term former MLA Menka Sardar. She resigned after failing to obtain a BJP ticket from the Potka area. Sarma was behind the endeavour to make her understand and rejoin the BJP in a short span of time.
KAMLESH RAM
Kamlesh Ram, too, rebelled against the BJP in Jharkhand when he filed candidature as independent from the Kanke assembly seat. The Assam Chief Minister reached his house as well and urged him to withdraw his nomination much like he did to Misir Kujur. Ram was overlooked in favour of former MLA Jitu Charan Ram. Along with Sarma, BJP’s state vice-president and SC Morcha president reached out to him as well after which he has decided not to fight as an independent.
MISIR KUJUR
If Rai’s disenchantment was palpable, Misir Kujur’s angst was more clearly articulated. The BJP leader filed his nomination as an independent from Gumla seat. But Himanta Biswa Sarma did not let ego come in the way and visited the leader on a weekend to convince him to withdraw nomination. However, he has refrained from withdrawing his nomination.
Polling for the 81 assembly seats in Jharkhand will take place in two phases on November 13 and 20. The counting of votes will take place on November 23.
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Maharashtra Polls: BJP’s Gopal Shetty Withdraws Candidature As Independent From Borivali
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Maharashtra BJP leader Gopal Shetty on Monday withdrew his candidature days after he announced to contest as an independent. The two-time MP from Mumbai North Lok Sabha seat filed his nomination as as independent after the BJP denied him ticket.
The party has fielded Mumbai unit general secretary Sanjay Upadhyay from the Borivali seat replacing sitting MLA Sunil Rane. This decision sparked protests by local BJP workers demanding a representative from the area.
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