Dr. Sanjay Nishad, head of the Nirbal Bharatiya Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (NISHAD Party) and cabinet minister in the Uttar Pradesh government, launched a scathing attack on the Opposition here on Friday for stalling the women's quota Bill.
“We don’t just catch fish in rivers and ponds; we also know how to make and break governments,” he said, reiterating his demand for a CBI inquiry into the murders of Phoolan Devi and the late Jamuna Nishad.
In the backdrop of his outburst against the NDA alliance in the state, Uttar Pradesh Fisheries Minister and National President of the NISHAD Party, Sanjay Nishad, met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday.
Nishad had challenged the BJP to break the alliance and face consequences.
After the announcement of candidates for the November 13 bye-elections in Uttar Pradesh, the attacks and counter-attacks among the political parties have also intensified.
Although the ruling NDA was initially divided over the issue, the NISHAD Party has now come forward in support of the Supreme Court's decision. Most opposition parties, including the BSP and SP, are opposing the ruling.
INDI alliance has given Bhadohi seat to Trinamool Congress ( TMC ) led by West Bengal chief minister Mamta Banerjee.
Nishad Party chief and Uttar Pradesh minister Sanjay Nishad has reiterated his party’s demand for a caste survey in UP and said that he hoped that “elder brother” BJP would ensure that his party got “respectable number of seats” as part of the seat-sharing agreement in 2024 Lok Sabha polls.
The BJP in Uttar Pradesh has already lost one ally, the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP), that has now joined hands with the Samajwadi Party.
Om Prakash Rajbhar, SBSP president, and VIP president Mukesh Sahani held a meeting in Lucknow over the weekend and sources said, that the two leaders agreed, in principle, to join hands for the upcoming UP assembly elections.
