LUCKNOW: NISHAD party national president Dr Sanjay Nishad met Union home minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Saturday and reiterated his support to BJP in 2022 UP assembly elections. BJP president J P Nadda was also present in the meeting.
“Nishad community is committed to form government with BJP in 2022 to restore its lost glory,” said Nishad.
It was Nishad’s second meeting with the duo after the one in June in which he had sought a Union cabinet berth for his son Pravin.
Nishad later made his disappointment public saying, “I put my points before the Union minister and BJP president saying Kurmis are hardly 5% but got five berths while Nishads with 18% population were ignored. Let’s see if the Machhua community gets representation in state cabinet reshuffle.”
NISHAD Party insists it is ‘friends’ with BJP but the frequency with which its president issues warnings to the ruling party for ignoring Nishads reveals that their relations are delicate.
He has also asked the state government to restore the rights of Nishads on ponds and water bodies in every gram sabha.
“In 2007, the Mayawati government changed the provision. The government should restore it,” he said.
He also demanded withdrawal of cases filed against Nishads in Agra, Gorakhpur, Jaunpur and Ghazipur during agitations.
