Chauhan to be BSP leader in Lok Sabha

The decision was taken after the new MPs met the Chief Minister on Tuesday. Party sources said Mayawati asked them to execute their new job responsibly. “It was just a courtesy meeting,” said one who attended the meet.

According to him,Kushal Tewari,who has been elected from Sant Kabir Nagar,has been made the chief whip of the party in the Lok Sabha. The Chief Minister,meanwhile,continued her meetings with party functionaries of different state units. “She is reviewing the party’s performance in different states. She may change some of the functionaries,” he added.

Insiders in the party do not rule out the possibility of the party’s decision to seek resignation from all ministers. “It may enable the CM to allocate new departments to ministers under the changed situation,” a leader said.

On Monday,the vice-chairmen and the members of the state government’s various corporations and boards resigned.

Mayawati has also dissolved the party’s district and the assembly committee,though the presidents of the committees will hold their posts for now. She has also dissolved all Bhaichara committees across the state. The new committees will be formed keeping the delimitation in mind,the leader said.