Mayawati rejigs party organisation, eyes set on 2017 assembly polls

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati late Sunday affected major changes in the party hierarchy by sacking all the coordinator booth in charges and assembly coordinators and announcing formation of nine new zones across the state, party leaders said on Monday.

In each zone, two divisions have been included for ‘more tight clasp’ on local leaders and party cadres, a party leader who did not wish to be named said.

In every zone, there would be four senior party leaders looking after the interest of the party. 

Some party leaders said that Mayawati has got down to micro-management of the party cadres keeping in mind the 2017 state assembly elections.

The BSP drew a blank in the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh though it had contested all the 80 parliamentary seats. The party did not participate in the recent bypoll for one Lok Sabha seat in Mainpuri and 11 assembly seats.

Marginalised both at the centre and in the state where arch rivals Samajwadi Party (SP) run a government, the dalit leader is believed to be planning an overhaul of the party so as to ensure that the migration of the dalit vote bank to the BJP does not take place as also the party’s organizational structure is strengthened, a close aide said.