The newly appointed president of State unit of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), CP Singh has said that the party would not tolerate indiscipline at any cost. Singh while talking with The Pioneer on Sunday said that discipline holds the key for the success of any organisation.
His statement assumes significance in wake of the slogan shouting by some supporters of expelled party leaders in front of State in-charge of BSP and senior party leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui in Haridwar on Saturday. Singh however tried to downplay the incident by saying that those who raised protest were later pacified.
The meeting was organised to introduce the newly appointed President of State unit CP Singh to the party workers in Haridwar which is the most important district in the state for BSP. The supporters of the expelled party leaders Mohammad Sahajad and Isham Singh raised slogans against former state president Meghraj Jarware and Ramachal Rajbhar. They raised demand for cancelling the expulsion of their leaders.
CP Singh said that he would seek support of everyone to take the party forward and would make sincere efforts to strengthen the party at grass root level in all parts of the state.
The handing over of reins of state unit to CP Singh and appointment of one of the most powerful leaders of BSP Nassimuddin Siddiqui as state in charge highlights the importance the BSP Supremo, Mayawati gives to the state. BSP is the third largest party in the state in terms of vote share.
It got eight seats in 2007 assembly elections but was restricted to only three in the 2012 assembly elections.
The party which was continuously increasing its vote share in the state as it got 6.77 Percent votes in general elections of 2004 and impressed everyone with 15.29 Percent vote share in the general elections of 2009 recorded its worst performance in the recent election lok Sabha elections as its vote share reduced drastically to 4.71 percent.
The party is now fighting for political survival in Uttarakhand as its vote share is dipping. The party is now trying to reclaim its political base among its Dalit, OBC and minority vote bank in the state and win support of youths.