BSP leader from Ballia & Nishad neta in SP camp

LUCKNOW: Having lost three prominent leaders in Rajya Sabha to BJP, a depleted Samajwadi Party drew some solace when it weaned away an influential leader, Ghoora Ram, from Mayawati’s camp on Monday. A former minister in the BSP government, Ram holds sway over Dalits in Ballia. After joining Samajwadi Party, he told reporters he wants to see Akhilesh Yadav as chief minister in 2022.
Ram said, several BSP leaders, including former ministers, MLAs and grassroots cadre were feeling stifled and were ready to join Samajwadi Party.Another backward leader and president of Phoolan Sena, Gopal Nishad, too joined Samajwadi Party on Monday.
After a long spell of bad news, there was some cheer for Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, who hinted at reorganising his party machinery for 2022 assembly elections. On Monday, he dissolved the party’s Delhi unit, days after disbanding the state and district units in Uttar Pradesh.
Despite being attacked by Mayawati, Akhilesh has refused to be drawn into a war of words.
The SP president has maintained he would continue to respect Mayawati. And this strategy could well win sympathy of the BSP cadre, which criticized the party leadership for unilaterally snapping ties with SP after Lok Sabha elections.