Mayawati rejigs party, clips aide's wings
Siddiqui, till now was in charge of Uttar Pradesh and was one of the top leaders of the party after Ms Mayawati.
Lucknow: In a major decision, BSP president Mayawati has packed off her trusted lieutenant Naseemuddin Siddiqui to Madhya Pradesh where he will prepare the party for the next state assembly elections.
Mr Siddiqui, till now was in charge of Uttar Pradesh and was one of the top leaders of the party after Ms Mayawati.
The BSP president, after a late night meeting on Wednesday, also disbanded that existing team of zonal, division and district coordinators.
Party workers had been complaining of high-handedness and extortion by coordinators and their role in the recent assembly elections had been under cloud.
Ms Mayawati, in another significant move, has also dissolved the Bhaichara committees that had been formed to bring other caste groups closer to the BSP.
These Bhaichara committees were formed to woo Brahmins, Thakurs and Muslims and Mr Satish Chandra Misra was in charge of these committees.
Instead, the BSP chief has appointed two committees comprising mainly Dalits, MBC and Muslim leaders to broaden the party’s base in the state.
BSP MP Ashok Siddhartha, MLC Sunil Chittor and Naushad Ali are among the members. Former MLAs Nakul Dubey and Anant Misra have been given charge of Lucknow and Kanpur respectively, for the upcoming mayoral elections.