01-06-2008, 03:33 AM
<b>Maya Brahmin brotherhood over </b>
Lucknow, Jan. 5: In what appears to be a knee-jerk reaction to her partyâs defeat in Ballia, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and UP Chief Minister Mayawati has dissolved all brahmin and vaishya Bhaichara Samitis. These Bhaichara Samitis were set up last year to bring the "upper castes", particularly brahmins and vaishyas, closer to the BSP. Ms Mayawati told her party workers that the Bhaichara Samitis would be reconstituted later.
The Chief Minister has also announced an organisational reshuffle in the UP unit of her party. She has appointed Mr Naseemuddin Siddiqui, Mr K.K. Gautam, Mr Munkad Ali and Mr Jugul Kishore as party coordinators in the state. Brahmin leaders have not been appointed coordinators and this is designed to give a clear message to the dalits, who have been feeling slighted at the growing influence of brahmins within the BSP.
However, two brahmin leaders â Mr Ram Veer Upadhyaya (minister) and Mr Brijesh Pathak (MP) â were given places in the committee appointed to review the partyâs performance in the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. At a party meeting, Ms Mayawati also criticised the brahmin leaders, holding them responsible for partyâs debacle in the Ballia byelection. She took the brahmin leaders to task for the poor BSP performance in Ballia.
Lucknow, Jan. 5: In what appears to be a knee-jerk reaction to her partyâs defeat in Ballia, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president and UP Chief Minister Mayawati has dissolved all brahmin and vaishya Bhaichara Samitis. These Bhaichara Samitis were set up last year to bring the "upper castes", particularly brahmins and vaishyas, closer to the BSP. Ms Mayawati told her party workers that the Bhaichara Samitis would be reconstituted later.
The Chief Minister has also announced an organisational reshuffle in the UP unit of her party. She has appointed Mr Naseemuddin Siddiqui, Mr K.K. Gautam, Mr Munkad Ali and Mr Jugul Kishore as party coordinators in the state. Brahmin leaders have not been appointed coordinators and this is designed to give a clear message to the dalits, who have been feeling slighted at the growing influence of brahmins within the BSP.
However, two brahmin leaders â Mr Ram Veer Upadhyaya (minister) and Mr Brijesh Pathak (MP) â were given places in the committee appointed to review the partyâs performance in the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections. At a party meeting, Ms Mayawati also criticised the brahmin leaders, holding them responsible for partyâs debacle in the Ballia byelection. She took the brahmin leaders to task for the poor BSP performance in Ballia.