BSP gears up for workers’ conference in Meerut

LUCKNOW: The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is planning a show of strength in its divisional workers’ conference which will be inaugurated by party president Mayawati in Meerut on September 18.

The BSP supporters have launched a massive campaign on the social media to mobilise party workers for the conference.

Though the BSP has no official account on any social media platform, the supporters have started Twitter accounts such as ‘Behan Mayawati’, ‘Bhaujan Samaj India’, ‘Dalit News Network’, ‘Bahujan Bharat’ and ‘Bahujan Yuva’ to call upon BSP supporters to attend the conference.

Some of the supporters have launched ‘Meerut Chalo’ campaign on the social media.

Mayawati is also holding regular meetings with party leaders to review the preparation for the conference. The meet will also mark the launch of the BSP campaign for the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Mayawati is screening candidates for the 80 Lok Sabha seats and is appointing them as in-charge of the Lok Sabha seats as well. The candidates have been entrusted with the task of transporting party workers to the rally ground on September 18.

A BSP leader said the conference might announce a bigger role for Mayawati’s brother Anand Kumar, who has been appointed national vice-president of the party, and her nephew Akash who has completed MBA from a foreign university.

“To win over the youths, Mayawati has planned to promote Akash in the organisation and also assign him a bigger role in politics,” he said.

Mayawati, who resigned from the Rajya Sabha on July 18 for not being allowed to speak on Dalit atrocities, is planning to highlight the sacrifice that she made for the community. After the rebellion by senior leaders rattled the party, Mayawati plans to send across the message that despite the revolts she enjoys the support of party workers. The conference has been strategically planned in west UP which has a large Muslim population.

Addressing party workers in a meeting organised last month, Mayawati called for Muslim-Dalit unity. “Under the BSP rule, Dalits and Muslims are being targeted by the saffron brigade. Both the communities will have to come together to fight for their rights,” she had said.

“To safeguard the rights of Dalits and the poor, I resigned from the Rajya Sabha on July 18. I have decided to launch a countrywide agitation against the NDA,” she added. After Meerut, the party will hold meetings on the 18th day of every month. These conferences, to be held at the divisional level and in assembly segments, are likely to continue till next year. The BSP will also organise demonstrations on public issues in UP and other states.

To win over the youths, Mayawati has planned to promote Akash in the organisation and also assign him a bigger role in politics A BSP MINISTER