SJP(C) to reorganize itself ahead of UP assembly election | India News
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LUCKNOW: The forthcoming assembly election in UP has not only galvanised big players but also woken up political parties that were significant in the past. Samajwadi Janata Party (Chandrashekhar) is one such party that has been in oblivion for 14 years. In a way, UP assembly election would mark its comeback.
The SJP (C) will hold its national executive meeting in Lucknow as a first step towards placing its house in order. Party’s national spokesperson Santosh Singh said, “In between 2007 and 2021, the party did not contest any election the way it should have. There were one or two seats here and there in alliance with others or if any member of the party expressed the desire to contest. It was not beyond that.”
The national executive meeting in Lucknow would be a restart for the party that will have its members from 14 other states coming to the meeting venue for brainstorming. After the central committee is reformed, state and district units would be announced.
The SJP(C) was founded by former prime minister Chandraskhekar in November 1990 after he and Devi Lal broke away from Janata Dal, which had emerged into a formidable opposition by that time. The party that the former PM founded was also led by him till his death in July 2007. The past records said the former PM was the only Lok Sabha MP in the party till the time of his death.
In 2005, Chandrashekhar reconstituted the party and appointed Kamal Morarka as the national president of the party. The reconstituted unit also had three vice-presidents, five general secretaries, three national secretaries, a treasurer and 39 national executive members.
But, the party since then has been on the wane. In April 2015, SJP (C) along with other political outfits, which were JD (U), JD (S), RJD, Indian National Lok Dal and Samajwadi Party, was about to form an anti-BJP alliance but Mulayam Singh Yadav backtracked and the merger did not happen.
Morarka continued to be at the helm of the party till Shaymji Tripathi was appointed its national president in February 2021. “The party was ridden with internal disputes. There were few non-political people because of whom the party suffered. But, changes have been made for the good,” said Singh.
The SJP (C) still has a strong presence in UP, Bihar, Punjab and Goa. “We are completely Samajwadi. We have no jaati-prakoshth and dharm-prakoshth or any other such sub-units in our party,” said the national spokesperson.
The national executive meeting would draw the road map for the party ahead, right from reconstituting the district units to figuring out the issues for the election. As per the office-bearers, the party’s manifesto is ready and will be announced after consultation with the members of the national executive. The party had its last national executive meeting in Delhi about six months back, said Singh.
The SJP (C) will hold its national executive meeting in Lucknow as a first step towards placing its house in order. Party’s national spokesperson Santosh Singh said, “In between 2007 and 2021, the party did not contest any election the way it should have. There were one or two seats here and there in alliance with others or if any member of the party expressed the desire to contest. It was not beyond that.”
The national executive meeting in Lucknow would be a restart for the party that will have its members from 14 other states coming to the meeting venue for brainstorming. After the central committee is reformed, state and district units would be announced.
The SJP(C) was founded by former prime minister Chandraskhekar in November 1990 after he and Devi Lal broke away from Janata Dal, which had emerged into a formidable opposition by that time. The party that the former PM founded was also led by him till his death in July 2007. The past records said the former PM was the only Lok Sabha MP in the party till the time of his death.
In 2005, Chandrashekhar reconstituted the party and appointed Kamal Morarka as the national president of the party. The reconstituted unit also had three vice-presidents, five general secretaries, three national secretaries, a treasurer and 39 national executive members.
But, the party since then has been on the wane. In April 2015, SJP (C) along with other political outfits, which were JD (U), JD (S), RJD, Indian National Lok Dal and Samajwadi Party, was about to form an anti-BJP alliance but Mulayam Singh Yadav backtracked and the merger did not happen.
Morarka continued to be at the helm of the party till Shaymji Tripathi was appointed its national president in February 2021. “The party was ridden with internal disputes. There were few non-political people because of whom the party suffered. But, changes have been made for the good,” said Singh.
The SJP (C) still has a strong presence in UP, Bihar, Punjab and Goa. “We are completely Samajwadi. We have no jaati-prakoshth and dharm-prakoshth or any other such sub-units in our party,” said the national spokesperson.
The national executive meeting would draw the road map for the party ahead, right from reconstituting the district units to figuring out the issues for the election. As per the office-bearers, the party’s manifesto is ready and will be announced after consultation with the members of the national executive. The party had its last national executive meeting in Delhi about six months back, said Singh.
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