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These days, election activities are at their peak on the horizon of Indian politics and all the political parties are busy finalizing their strategies for the upcoming elections. Meanwhile, National President of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Mayawati has made such a big and shocking announcement, which has created a huge stir in the political circles of the country. Mayawati has clearly announced that her party will not form an alliance with any other political party in important states like Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Uttarakhand in the coming times, but will contest the elections alone with full strength. This decision of the party supremo has completely put an end to all those speculations in which it was being said that BSP could become a part of some big front or alliance. After this strategic announcement, the equations in the local politics of these three states have started changing rapidly and all the opposition parties have started re-examining their preparations.
Mayawati’s masterstroke or political compulsion: Decision to contest elections alone
Political analysts are finding different meanings behind this decision taken by Mayawati. It has always been the stand of the BSP chief that the party will contest the elections on its own taking the entire society along so that the core support base of the party is not affected under the pressure of any other party’s priorities. In a huge state like Uttar Pradesh, where political equations take new forms in every election, the announcement of contesting the elections alone is being considered a very big and bold step. In Punjab and Uttarakhand also, the party is working on a strategy to strengthen its organizational structure and consolidate the votes of Dalits, backward classes and exploited classes. Mayawati has given clear instructions to the senior leaders and workers of the party to come down to the ground level without any external support and spread the policies of the party and the achievements of the reign of sister Kumari Mayawati to the people, so that the best results can be achieved in the electoral field.
BSP’s new election strategy and ground preparations in Uttar Pradesh
Being the largest state of the country, the eyes of the entire country are fixed on the politics of Uttar Pradesh. Considering the ups and downs in BSP’s performance in the last few elections, the party is going all out this time. After Mayawati’s announcement of contesting the elections alone, the political equations of Uttar Pradesh are likely to be completely triangular or quadrangular. BSP has started special campaigns to save its traditional cadre vote bank as well as to connect youth and women with the party. The district and divisional level officials of the party have been given the responsibility to go to every assembly constituency to strengthen the organization and raise local issues prominently. Experts believe that if BSP is successful in regaining its old support base, then the election contest in Uttar Pradesh will become very interesting and exciting.
Party expansion and regional influence in Punjab and Uttarakhand
BSP also has a definite political base of its own in the neighboring states of Uttar Pradesh i.e. Punjab and Uttarakhand. Considering the large section of Dalit population in Punjab, BSP has been continuously active in making its presence felt. The decision to contest the elections alone will give the party full opportunity to raise its local satraps in Punjab and flex its muscles independently. Similarly, the party has prepared the outline of its organizational expansion in the hilly and plain areas of Uttarakhand also. The political situation of Uttarakhand and Punjab is quite different from that of Uttar Pradesh, but Mayawati’s clear message is that instead of surrendering in any state, the party will fight on its own and will try to cross the electoral hurdle on its own.
Election future and increasing discussions among the public
After this important announcement of Mayawati, the round of meetings in the offices of political parties has intensified and the election strategists are busy in making fresh assessments. There is a strong discussion among the public as to whether BSP’s slogan of ‘Let’s go alone’ will be successful in getting back its lost political ground or not. In the coming days, it will be very interesting to see how deep and wide-ranging impact this decision of BSP has on the election results of these three states, because the history of Indian politics is witness to the fact that parties fighting alone sometimes have the ability to cause the biggest political upheavals.