Farmers Movement Archive

Former BSP national general secretary, MLA join SP

LUCKNOW: Former Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) national general secretary and former state president of the party KK Sachan joined the Samajwadi Party on Monday. Former MLA from Sikandra Mithlesh Katiyar also joined the SP. Apart from the two leaders, former chairperson of the zila panchayat, BhadohiRajesh Sonkar and Reena Sonkar also joined the SP. The leaders called on SP national president Akhilesh Yadav and assured him of their all out support. They alleged that from now onwards they and their thousands of supporters would work for the SP. Sachan, who was elected MLA from Jaunpur in 2007, had earlier sided with the Congress in 2019. Sachan had joined the BSP in 1998. Before joining Mayawati he was with the Bhartiya Kisan Union under Mahender Singh Tikait. Apart from being national general secretary and state president of the BSPSachan was appointed as co-ordinator and election incharge of the BSP in various parts of UP and other states. Welcoming them into the party fold, the SP president said it was the development works done by the SP government in the state that has left a lasting impact on leaders of other political parties who are now shifting to SP in large numbers. He attacked the ruling BJP for the delay in making the cancer hospital operational in the state capital which he said was conceived and floated during the SP regime. Akhilesh questioned the BJP’s tall claims of constituting anti-Romeo squads. “Either the anti-Romeo squads exist only on paper or are not performing their duty properly and in both cases action must be initiated against those responsible for its failure,” Akhilesh added.

The Times of India

2020-10-20

Lucknow