Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav has formed a new wing of his party Samajwadi Baba Saheb Vahini in the midst of electioneering. Mithai Lal Bharti, an old leader from BSP, has been made its national president.
This decision of SP is believed to be an attempt to increase its penetration among Dalit voters. Mithai Lal Bharti had left BSP and joined SP some time back. Mithai Lal Bharti, a resident of Ballia, has also been the zonal coordinator of Purvanchal of BSP. The SP President has asked Mithai Lal Bharti to form the National Executive of the Vahini soon.
Akhilesh Yadav had tweeted in April this year saying that by activating the thoughts of the founder of the Constitution, respected Babasaheb Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, to remove inequality and injustice and to achieve the equitable goal of social justice, we celebrate his birth anniversary in the district, Take a pledge to form Baba Saheb Vahini of SP at the state and country level. He had also announced to celebrate Dalit Deepawali on 14 April itself.
In fact, the SP now wants to expand its presence among the Dalits apart from the backwards. Despite the alliance with the BSP in the Lok Sabha elections, Dalit votes did not go to the SP candidates as expected. This complaint has been to the SP leaders. Therefore, now there is a preparation to break into the vote bank of BSP directly. Now the challenge is how effectively the newly formed Vahini is able to work in the elections.
