Scarce funding, unchanged style behind Mayawati’s conspicuous absence
The Hindu
BSP chief says she ‘does not want to change’ her party’s ways of working and campaigning
What’s keeping Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati from stepping out and holding public rallies like other parties in Uttar Pradesh, which goes to the polls soon? This question has intrigued her supporters, observers as well as political rivals. The answer apparently lies in the financial constraints faced by the BSP and its reluctance to change its working ways and style, as Ms. Mayawati herself explained to her voters in an address on Saturday.
Ms. Mayawati, a four-time former Chief Minister of U.P., said the BSP did not believe in imitating other parties but in working with prudence, keeping in mind the financial condition of her party’s people. If she imitates her opponents and holds many rallies even before the election is announced, her supporters will not be able to bear the financial burden of rallies during the election, she said.
Committee seeks free housing and other government benefits for Shillekyata nomadic fishing community
The Karavali Vruttinirata Aemarigala (Shillekyata) Hkkugala Udupi District Committee on Tuesday urged the district administration to provide various government facilities, including housing, to members of the Shillekyata nomadic fishing community.