LUCKNOW: A day after BJP appointed its Rajya Sabha MP Jai Prakash Nishad as state convener of fishermen cell in its UP unit, the spotlight shifted to BJP’s strategic move to prop up a new most backward caste face to counter an assertive Nishad Party chief Sanjay Nishad, who has been bargaining hard with the BJP brass in run-up to assembly polls.
Sources said BJP has been swiftly shifting gears to take on Sanjay Nishad, more than a month after he met home minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda and projected himself as the sole torchbearer of the Mallah vote bank. Sanjay had been seeking a ministerial berth in the Union Cabinet for his son, Pravin Nishad. If that wasn’t enough, he ruffled feathers of BJP leadership by throwing up the demand of being projected as party’s deputy CM face in assembly polls. Both his demands fell flat.
Sources said Jai Prakash will be tasked to work in around 130 assembly seats, including those in Gorakhpur, which have Nishad voters in substantial numbers. The Nishad community and 16 other sub-castes have been seeking inclusion in SC list.
Sources said BJP has been swiftly shifting gears to take on Sanjay Nishad, more than a month after he met home minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda and projected himself as the sole torchbearer of the Mallah vote bank. Sanjay had been seeking a ministerial berth in the Union Cabinet for his son, Pravin Nishad. If that wasn’t enough, he ruffled feathers of BJP leadership by throwing up the demand of being projected as party’s deputy CM face in assembly polls. Both his demands fell flat.
Sources said Jai Prakash will be tasked to work in around 130 assembly seats, including those in Gorakhpur, which have Nishad voters in substantial numbers. The Nishad community and 16 other sub-castes have been seeking inclusion in SC list.
