Getting more boots on the ground, resolving discontent among BJP cadre top agenda at RSS’ Kanpur meet

In the second session of the meeting, at least 32 representatives of RSS’ different affiliated organisations presented their reports of progress on the programmes being organised to mark the organisation’s centenary year. Only RSS functionaries attended that meeting.

“These meetings are being held to stress upon increasing coordination among the RSS, BJP and the state government besides redressal of problems of party workers to resolve their grievances before the Assembly elections. Also, since the formation of the BJP’s new state unit and regional committees is pending, a discussion on the probable names for Kanpur region committee and representation of the region was on the table,” said a BJP leader.

On the issue of alleged discontent, he said, “The Mayor and over 70 corporators of Kanpur Municipal Corporation are from the BJP. For a long time, a large section of party workers has been up against the Mayor over approval of development works. The Mayor and corporators were called to the coordination meeting to meet the senior leaders.”

It was also discussed in the meeting that a Mahoba-like incident where BJP’s Charkhari MLA Brijbhushan Rajput and his supporters had in January stopped the cavalcade of state Jal Shakti Minister Swatantra Dev Singh over the issue of “dug-up roads and pending development projects” in the district, should not happen in future, sources said.

“Checking discontent within the party is a must ahead of the Assembly polls. Such incidents send a wrong message to the public,” the BJP leader further said.

The Kanpur meeting was fifth in the series of RSS’s coordination meetings being held in its six regional units.

Meetings of Paschim (West UP), Gorakhpur, Kashi (Varanasi) and Awadh (Lucknow) prants have been held in the past week.

While Deputy Chief Ministers Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak are not being invited to the regional coordination meetings, both have been called for the Holi Milam programmes that the RSS is oraganising in different regions, sources said.