BSP gears up for workers’ meet

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

The party supporters have launched a massive campaign on social media to mobilise 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’, ‘Bahujan Samaj India’, ‘Dalit News Network’, ‘Bahujan Bharat’ and ‘Bahujan Yuva’ to call upon BSP supporters to attend the conference.

Mayawati is holding regular meetings with party leaders at her official residence to review the preparation for the conference. The meet will also mark the launch of the BSP campaign for the 2019 Lok Sabha election.

The party chief is screening candidates for 80 Lok Sabha seats and is appointing them as in charge of the seats as well. The candidates have been given the task of transporting party workers to the rally ground.

A BSP leader said the conference may 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 youth, 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, she plans to send across the message that despite the revolts, she enjoys the support of party workers.