Mayawati makes quick amends, appoints Brahmin as leader of BSP in Lok Sabha

Amid the fast-changing political scene, especially after Congress General Secretary (in charge of Uttar Pradesh) Priyanka Gandhi Vadra upped the ante against the Adityanath government in the state, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati is making quick amends. She has removed the party’s Lok Sabha leader Danish Ali and replaced him by Ritesh Pandey, a Brahmin, to woo the upper castes. Interestingly, this is the fourth time in eight months that the Dalit czarina has effected such a rejig. Mayawati has termed the recent replacement balancing caste equations, since a Muslim, Munquad Ali, is currently the party’s UP unit president.