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The Times of India
The Times of India
National
Neha Lalchandani | TNN

Mayawati nephew sole national coordinator

LUCKNOW: Mayawati’s nephew Akash, who was kept away from the UP elections and given the task of party building in non-election states, has been appointed the sole national coordinator of BSP. Akash was party’s national coordinator earlier as well, along with Ramji Gautam, but has now been given this responsibility entirely. Party members said the move indicates that he is being groomed for a bigger role.

“Akash and Ramji Gautam were joint national coordinators but now Akash is the only national coordinator. While nothing has been said about his future role in the party, this move has made it clear that he is in a special position and will now be groomed for a bigger role ahead,” said a senior party member, explaining that this was probably the reason why Akash was kept away from the campaign in UP and involved instead in party meetings across various other states where his role was better defined.

Meanwhile, as UP elections concluded on Monday, the party also shifted its focus to other states and the 2024 general elections.

For the coming elections in states, Mayawati has divided the country into seven sectors and appointed sector coordinators to monitor party activities.

In terms of importance, UP has been placed alone in Sector 1 for which a coordinator is yet to be appointed. In sector 2, she has placed Gujarat, Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Bengal, Daman and Diu and this will be monitored by senior party member Dharamveer Ashok. In sector 3 are Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh, which will be monitored by former national coordinator Ramji Gautam. Party MP Siddharth Ashok has been appointed coordinator for sector 4 which includes Delhi, Haryana, Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Uttarakhand, where polls have just concluded, has been placed in the last sector.

Out of these, Karnataka, Chhattisgaarh, MP and Nagaland have elections in 2023 while Himachal and Gujarat will go to polls in the end of 2022. Along with these, the more crucial general assembly elections are scheduled for 2024 and the party has to focus on recovering its lost vote share in almost all states where it has recently contested polls.

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