Maya woos backward castes to revamp BSP

The BSP has decided to sideline party hoppers and leaders with criminal background and focus on expanding its base among backward castes.

In a major revamp after the Lok Sabha polls disappointment,the BSP has decided to sideline party hoppers and leaders with criminal background and focus on expanding its base among backward castes.

The decision was taken by party supremo Mayawati who had dissolved all district level and caste based committees after the party bagged only 20 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh,far short of its expectation.

“As decided by the party supremo Mayawati during a meeting with the senior functionaries on May 20,the state had been divided in 10 zones and new zonal coordinators have been appointed,” party sources said in Lucknow.

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They said that the zonal coordinators had been asked to induct only active workers having clean image in the party organisation while sidelining “party hoppers”.

“It had been made clear by the party supremo that those having criminal background or bad image should be shown the door,” the sources said,adding “that those who had joined the party due to their vested interest will also be shown the door.”

Unable to reap benefits of her social engineering wooing Brahmins,Muslims and Dalitsthat brought BSP to power in Uttar Pradesh in 2007,the BSP supremo appears to be now focusing on reaching out to the backward castes.

“It had been decided that other than Schedule Castes,workers of backward classes will also be given suitable representation in the organisation,” the sources said.