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Mayawati Urges Centre To Address Farmers’ Concerns on MSP

By LokMarg 14th February 2024

As the farmers’ protests continue, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday urged the government to take the demands of the farmers seriously and to consider them with empathy.

She also called for a timely and appropriate solution to prevent farmers from having to repeatedly protest in support of their demands.

“The government should seriously consider the demands of the hardworking farmers who have made our India self-sufficient in terms of food, and should resolve them appropriately and timely with empathy so that the food-providing farmers do not have to be forced to protest again and again in support of their demands,” the BSP supremo said in a post on ‘X’.

Mayawati also advised the central government to engage in proper dialogue with the protesting farmers and attempt to end their protests rather than using force against them.

“In this regard, instead of being harsh on the protesting farmers under the current ‘Delhi Chalo’ campaign, it would be better if the central government tries to end their protest by having a proper dialogue with them, and it is also not right to exploit them,” she said in another post.

Mobile internet services, bulk SMS and all dongle services will continue to remain suspended in seven districts of Haryana for another 48 hours till February 15 midnight in view of the ‘Delli Chalo’ call given by farmers’ organisations.

The mobile services were earlier suspended on February 11 morning till February 13 midnight.

According to a notification issued by the Haryana administration, bulk SMS and all dongle services provided on mobile networks, except voice calls, will remain suspended in the jurisdiction of districts Ambala, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Hisar, Fatehabad and Sirsa.

Meanwhile, long traffic jams were seen at the Delhi-Ghaziabad border on Wednesday due to the farmers’ protest and security checks put in place by the authorities.

Rapid Action Force personnel, Police personnel and Riot Control Vehicles are deployed at the Singhu Border in Delhi in view of the farmers’ protest.

The morning visuals showed that security arrangements have been intensified at the Shambhu border in Ambala, Haryana, as farmers who marched towards Delhi on Tuesday clashed with the police.

More concrete is being poured between the concrete slabs at the Tikri Border to make the border stronger on day two of the farmers’ march towards the national capital.

DSP Anil Kumar of Jhajjar, Haryana said that the traffic has been diverted and currently the atmosphere is peaceful.

“Currently, the atmosphere is peaceful. Traffic has been diverted. The movement of the pedestrians is normal,” DSP Kumar told ANI.

Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee General Secretary Sarwan Singh Pandher said that they want the Prime Minister to step forward and speak with the farmers.

“There are reports in the media that the MSP guaranteeing law can not be formed so soon. All, we are saying is to give us a legal guarantee on that (MSP) so that we don’t sell crops below that MSP. So, there is no question of a Committee. We would want the PM to step forward and speak with the farmers,” Pandher said.

The protesting farmers on Tuesday were seen attempting to break the multi-layered barricades using their tractors and hand weapons. The Haryana police, meanwhile, detained several protesting farmers. The police deployed concrete slabs, iron nails, barricades, barbed wires, and police and paramilitary personnel at Kurukshetra in Haryana in view of the ‘Delhi Chalo’ march by the farmers.

To ensure law and order, Delhi police enforced Section 144, restricting the entry of tractor-trolleys and large assemblies.

The farmers have put forth 12 demands before the central government for which they’re marching to Delhi. The protest this time has been called by Sanyukt Kisan Morcha and Punjab Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee led by farmer union leaders Jagjeet Singh Dallewal and Sarwan Singh Pandher.

According to the protesting farmers, the centre promised them better crop prices, after which they ended the 2021 protest. They are demanding to enact a law guaranteeing a minimum support price (MSP) for all crops, as recommended by the Swaminathan Commission report.

They are also demanding a complete debt waiver and a scheme to provide pensions to farmers and farm labourers.

The farmers have also urged to scrap the Electricity Amendment Bill 2020 and are demanding to reintroduce the Land Acquisition Act of 2013, ensuring consent from farmers and compensation at 4 times the collector rate.

Further, they are demanding to punish those involved in the Lakhimpur Kheri killings. An appeal to provide 200 days of employment per year and a daily wage of Rs 700 under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 (MGNREGA), linking it with farming, has also been made by the farmers.

Also, they have demanded compensation to the families of farmers who died during the protests in 2021 and a job for any family member has been put in place. (ANI)

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Mayawati Declares Nephew Akash As Her Successor In BSP

By LokMarg 10th December 2023

After the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and former chief minister Mayawati named her nephew, Akash Anand, as her successor going into the Lok Sabha elections next year, party leader Chaudhary Sheeshpal Singh on Sunday said ‘Behenji’ has shifted focus to the crucial poll battle in 2024 and the move is a step in that direction.

Speaking to ANI on Sunday, Singh weighed in on the big takeaway from the BSP meet chaired by Mayawati saying, “At the meeting, she (Mayawati) said Akash Anand is her only successor, as the leaders whom she entrusted with key responsibilities failed to deliver the goods. I think he (Akash) will prove to be a great leader going forward. As of now, he has been assigned to lift the morale of our cadre in states where we are on a weaker footing. Following in the same path that took us to a win in 2007, Behenji asked us to unite every member of the Bahujan community and fight the Lok Sabha elections with full strength. It was also decided at the meeting that the party will observe Bejenji’s birthday, henceforth, as Public Welfare Day.”

Another BSP leader, Udayveer Singh, said Mayawati’s successor will direct his efforts in states other than Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

“With Akash Anand being declared as her successor, we will now strive to project Behenji as a Prime Ministerial face. He (Akash) will be assigned responsibilities in states where we are not on a strong footing. He will not be working in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand but elsewhere where our cadre need a morale boost. He will take care of party affairs when Behenji is away. At the meeting, she asked us to plunge headlong into the preparations for the next Lok Sabha elections. Everyone will have to take responsibility,” he said.

The BSP supremo chaired the party meeting at its Lucknow office on Sunday, with an eye on the next Lok Sabha elections.

The meeting came a day after the BSP chief suspended Lok Sabha MP Danish Ali for ‘anti-party activities’.

However, Ali had denied the allegations, stating that he never indulged in anti-party activities.

The party, earlier, on Saturday, wrote to the MP informing him of his suspension for 6 years.

“You have been told several times not to comment or act, which goes against the policies, ideologies, and discipline of the party. Despite this, you have been acting against the party,” the letter read. (ANI)

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BSP Suspends Danish Ali For Anti-Party Activities

By LokMarg 9th December 2023

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) suspended MP Danish Ali on Saturday for engaging in anti-party activities.

The party, earlier in the day, wrote a letter to MP Danish Ali.

“It is important to remind you that till 2018, you were working as a member of Dewe Gowdaji’s Janata Party and actively participated in the Karnataka assembly polls, which were fought by the BSP and the Janata Party together in an alliance. After the results of the Karnataka assembly polls, you were given the ticket as a BSP candidate from the Amroha assembly constituency at the request of Dewe Gowdaji. Before this, Dewe Gowdaji had assured that you would follow all the policies and directions given by the party and act in tune with the interests of the party. You also repeated the same,” it added.

“However, having forgotten the assurance, you are swamped with anti-party activities. Hence, you are suspended from the membership of the party in the interest of it, with an immediate effect”, it further said.

Ali is a Lok Sabha MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Amroha.

Earlier, BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s derogatory remarks against Danish Ali in the Lok Sabha triggered a huge political firestorm with the BSP member threatening to quit Parliament if action was not taken against Bidhuri.

The entire opposition also extended its support to Ali as some called the comments “hate speech”.

Several opposition MPs condemned Bidhuri’s statement, calling it ‘shameful’ and ‘derogatory’. BSP Chief Mayawati also came out in support of her party MP.

A few BJP members had also accused Danish Ali of making a running commentary during his speech. BJP MP Nishikant Dubey had accused the BSP MP of instigating Bidhuri and making “derogatory remarks” against Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Meanwhile, BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri and BSP’s Danish Ali presented their arguments on Thursday before the Privileges Committee of the Lok Sabha, which is looking into complaints of “abusive” and inappropriate remarks during a discussion in the special session of Parliament. (ANI)

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Mayawati To Hold Party Meeting For 2024 Lok Sabha Poll Strategy

By LokMarg 1st October 2023

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Sunday called a special meeting of senior leaders and district heads of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand to review the preparations for the Lok Sabha elections on Sunday.

The meeting will be held in Lucknow, where important guidelines regarding the preparations for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections will be given. Sources confirmed that the meeting will start at 11 am.

During the meeting, discussions regarding the strategy to publicize the party’s demand before the Central government to increase the participation of Other Backward Classes and SC-STs in the Women’s Reservation Bill will take place.

Earlier last month, Mayawati had said that leaders of her party are working to strengthen preparation for the Lok Sabha elections due next year.

Taking to her X handle, Mayawati said that after Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, senior leaders of the BSP discussed strengthening the party organisation in Jharkhand and also selected candidates for 14 seats in the state.

“Continuing the series of state-wise meetings by the BSP regarding the preparations for the Lok Sabha elections, after UP and Uttarakhand, senior leaders discussed strengthening the party organisation in Jharkhand, increasing the mass base at all levels, and the selection of candidates for 14 seats in the state. An important meeting with office bearers has concluded,” wrote Mayawati on Twitter.

“A call to strengthen the party at every level by putting forward hardworking and honest people in the tribal-dominated Jharkhand state, because the anti-Ambedkarite people are continuously neglected and despised by the anti-Ambedkarite parties,” she added.

Earlier, the BSP chief had asked her party leaders and workers to not depend on alliances and to stand on their own. The development comes as the BSP chief last month announced that the Bahujan Samaj Party would not join any alliance and would fight the elections “single-handedly”.

She also referred to the INDIA parties and NDA as “anti-poor, casteist, communal, and pro-capitalist”.

“BSP, like in 2007, will single-handedly contest the upcoming general elections and four state assemblies by connecting crores of neglected and scattered people of the society on the basis of mutual brotherhood, rather than the jugaad’ and manipulation done by opponents,” she wrote on X.

“The policies of most of the parties in the NDA-India alliance are anti-poor, casteist communal, and pro-Dhanna Seth (capitalist), and the BSP has been contesting elections in the alliance with them. Hence the appeal to the media—no fake news, please,” the BSP head said. (ANI)