Mayawati's Ignorance of Bahujan Movement Led to Party's Rout In UP: BSP Founding Member

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has been ignoring Bahujan movement which has led to her party's rout in recent Lok Sabha elections, said a newly-elected Samajwi Party (SP) MP, one of founders of BSP. 

Parliamentarian RK Chaudhary ded that now SP chief Akhilesh Yav is taking forward Bahujan movement, demanding social equality for backward castes and disvantaged communities, with slogan of 'PDA' (backwards, Dalit and minority). 

Chaudhary, a four-time MLA and former state minister who is counted among Uttar Presh's prominent Dalit leers, emphasised BSP's falling graph and what future holds for party founded by Kanshi Ram.

Elected MP from Mohanlalganj seat on an SP ticket, Chaudhary said that core Dalit politics in Uttar Presh has become leerless at moment, but in coming times, SP will carry forward flame of Bahujanism awakened by Kanshi Ram.

When asked about reasons for BSP not being able to win even one seat in recent Lok Sabha elections, Choudhary said, "Mayawati ji has been our leer. We respect her. But if anyone has ended Kanshi Ram ji's movement, it is Behen ji (Mayawati). Now, SP chief Akhilesh Yav has started walking on path of taking that movement forward." 

Claiming that SP a got considerable share of Dalit votes in Lok Sabha elections, he said, " SP this time got core vote of Bahujan Samaj Party without asking for it. Somewhere, it got 50 per cent and somewhere it got 60 per cent (of Dalit votes). This is not an ordinary thing. And in coming times, Samajwi Party, under leership of Akhilesh Yav, will definitely fulfil dream that BSP founder Kanshi Ram ignited." 

BSP, party that ruled in Uttar Presh four times, couldn't secure a single seat in recently concluded Lok Sabha elections. vote share of party also took a massive hit of more than 10 percentage points from 2019 elections, when it h won 10 seats, to stand at 9.39 per cent.