Congress Relying On Imported BSP Leaders For Revival In Uttar Pradesh

By Pradeep Kapoor

LUCKNOW: With the decline of BSP in successive elections, Congress in Uttar   Pradesh is now relying on imported leaders from that celebration to regain conventional dalit votes in 2024 Lok Sabha ballot. Main political events had been shocked when Congress excessive command introduced the identify of BSP import Brijlal Khabri, a dalit from Bundelkhand as new UPCC president.

This publish was mendacity vacant since March this 12 months  when AICC President Sonia Gandhi sought the resignation from Ajay Kumar Lallu after worst ever efficiency in final meeting polls when the  celebration received two MLAs and vote share diminished to solely two p.c. This time Congress has experimented with the appointment of six regional presidents protecting the caste equation in thoughts for Lok Sabha polls.

Considerably out of those seven presidents, six are from BSP solely, which reveals that Congress is determined to regain conventional vote financial institution of dalits again within the celebration fold. Senior Congress leaders are sad with the selection of the panel of presidents to revive the fortune of the celebration on the energy of these imported from BSP.

It will be value mentioning right here that Congress dominated in UP until 1989 with the help of vote financial institution consisting of bramins, harijans and Muslims. BSP was the primary poach members of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe, then BJP received brahmins within the identify of Ram Janambhoomi difficulty and Muslims went to Samajwadi Celebration when chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav ordered firing on karsewaks in Ayodhya in 1990 to guard Babri Masjid.

Means again in 1996, Congress beneath Narasimha Rao entered into alliance with BSP leaving solely 125 seats however each the events couldn’t get good variety of seats. BSP nationwide President dissolved the alliance and blamed Congress for its failure to shift it’s voters for BSP candidates.

Once more in 2017 meeting polls, Congress entered into alliance with Samajwadi Celebration and Rahul Gandhi and Akhilesh Yadav addressed joint rallies in a number of districts however each the events miserably didn’t get respectable seats. A lot so, past anyone’s expectation BJP received greater than 300 seats and captured energy.

When AICC basic secretary Priyanka Gandhi was made incharge of UP, it was anticipated that her private charisma would assist the revival of celebration. There isn’t a doubt throughout covid Congress was the one opposition celebration which was seen hitting the streets and management was taking Yogi authorities head on on each difficulty of governance.

There was large rush at public conferences addressed by Priyanka Gandhi and highway reveals had been too grand success. However the outcomes uncovered worst ever efficiency of the celebration with two seats and solely two p.c vote share. The rank and file of Congress Celebration is so demoralised that Priyanka Gandhi failed to go to after preliminary overview assembly.

Now Brijlal Khabri who had been twice MP when he was in BSP and nationwide coordinator has the accountability to regain dalits from his former celebration and revitalise Congress together with his huge expertise of being a grassroot stage employee.

Together with Brijlal Khabri, six different regional presidents have been picked as much as steadiness the caste equation. Out of those six regional presidents, two are brahmins, one muslim, one bhumihar and two from backwards.

With the collection of new President and his workforce of regional presidents Congress is going through largest problem to regain its earlier vote financial institution having brahmins, harijans and dalits to get respectable variety of seats in Lok Sabha from UP. (IPA Service)

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