In a 1st, BSP state chief, not Maya, to preside over meet of UP unit
decentralisation of power
within the
BSP
organisation, it will be the first time that the state president of the party will preside over a meeting of the state unit in the party's state office.Instead of BSP national president
Mayawati
holding the monthly review of the UP unit of the party at the main party office in Lucknow, it will be the UP BSP president,
Vishwanath Pal
, doing so on Saturday.This is in line with Mayawati's recent reiteration of giving the "hardworking" cadre the chance to "grow and move ahead" in the party set-up.
Pal said, "I do what Behenji tells me to do. She said more than a month ago that it will be either me or another senior leader reviewing the work assigned to the UP unit of the party in her absence. The upcoming meeting is just that."With Mayawati herself camping in Delhi at present, the state president will meet the district convenors of the 'bhaichara' (brotherhood) committees, formed in every district of UP by now, and the two convenors of these committees appointed in each of the assembly segments.The committees on March 25 were assigned tasks by Mayawati to start holding chaupals (meetings) in villages to make OBCs connect with the party.
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The upcoming meeting will assess the performance of these committees on the task assigned.The party, of late, has taken several steps to decentralise power within its organisation. It is for the first time that Mayawati has appointed three national coordinators to mobilise BSP's ranks and file in every state where it has a base.Apart from that, the number of committees constituted at the block, district, and divisional levels have mostly got more than one in-charge and convenors. Besides redrawing its connection with the voters, BSP has also taken up mobilisation of its cadre where decentralisation of roles may come handy for the party, as more and more of its "committed workforce" may be accommodated in positions of responsibility.
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