Bahujan Samaj Party has expelled two sons and a relative of influential Brahmin leader and strongman Harishankar Tiwari. The BSP’s move comes hours after News18 published news of Harishankar Tiwari joining the Samajwadi Party ahead of the 2022 UP assembly elections. According to sources, the influential Tiwari may formally join the SP on December 10 in the presence of SP chief Akhilesh Yadav.
According to the notice issued by Sudhir Kumar Bharti, chief sector in-charge of Gorakhpur zone of BSP, the party has expelled Chilupar MLA Vinay Shankar Tiwari, his brother and former MP Kushal Tiwari and his relative Ganesh Shankar Pandey from the party. The reason behind this suspension is said to be ‘indiscipline’ on the part of the party and misbehavior with senior officials in BSP.
According to highly placed sources, Hari Shankar Tiwari’s son Vinay, who is a BSP MLA from Chilupar assembly seat in Gorakhpur, recently met Akhilesh in Lucknow. Sources also revealed that the SP chief Akhilesh Yadav Spoke to Hari Shankar Tiwari over video call as the latter could not come in person due to health issues. Harishankar is considered a big name among Brahmin leaders of Purvanchal and with his family joining the SP fold, it will strengthen the roots of SP in Purvanchal ahead of the crucial 2022 UP elections.
After the jailed mafia brother Mukhtar Ansari switched from Sigbatullah Ansari’s BSP to SP earlier this year, now if the powerful Brahmin leader from Purvanchal, Hari Shankar Tiwari along with his son Vinay Shankar Tiwari switched to the Samajwadi Party, it would be Will definitely strengthen its roots in the Purvanchal region. On the other hand, the ruling BJP is also focusing on the Purvanchal region, with many big leaders like PM Modi, CM Yogi and senior BJP leaders already doing back to back programs in the region.
The Purvanchal region of the state acquires electoral importance as it is a common saying in the political circles of UP that whoever wins Purvanchal forms the government in the state. In 2017, the BJP won 106 out of 156 assembly seats in 26 districts, in 2012 the SP got 85 seats and in 2007 the BSP got over 70 seats – all from Purvanchal. This is the reason why BJP is ensuring that many of its programs are held in Purvanchal. Prime minister Narendra Modi Have done several tours of the area.
In 2017 election, BJP registered a big victory in Purvanchal as it won 106 seats from this region. At that time, the party was contesting in alliance with Rajbhar’s SBSP. But now the situation has changed with Rajbhar joining hands with Akhilesh Yadav, although it will be interesting to see whether Akhilesh can benefit from this alliance.
Experts said that it is important for SBSP and SP to come together in the context of upcoming elections, it is ultimately an advantage for Akhilesh. He said that there is a need to find out the dominance of Rajbhar’s party in Purvanchal region.
“SBSP has a substantial support base in Purvanchal, which will definitely help in consolidating the vote in favor of the party. SP is committed to give representation to all castes and communities and the alliance is a step to strengthen representative democracy. We will do our best to accommodate smaller parties with a strong support base,” SP spokesperson Abdul Hafiz Gandhi had told News18.
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