Top SP leadership mulls restructuring party organisation

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party, which has tried to balance the caste equations in its favour by using alliances with smaller parties, could not get the expected results in the UP assembly polls. With this disappointing defeat, the SP is also facing the challenges of resentment and rebellion from within its camp, to overcome these adverse and complicated situations, the Akhilesh-led party is now preparing to restructure its organisation.

Notably, in the year 2017, the SP got around 21.82 per cent votes. Whereas in 2022 its vote share increased by over 10 per cent. 125 seats were won with 32 percent vote share, of which 14 seats belong to the allies. Despite this, its strategy to form the government failed.

The party’s troubles are not limited to the assembly, but Akhilesh’s party also suffered a humiliating defeat in the recently concluded elections on three dozen seats of the local authorities’ constituencies. As a result, SP is now on the verge of losing the post of Leader of Opposition in the Legislative Council. To overcome these situations, SP strategists have started implementing new plans.

In compliance with these plans, through the district chiefs of the party a detailed report was summoned about the reasons for the defeat. Information has also been sought about the active members who supported the party in the election and the SP office bearers who benefited the opposition by negating the party directives. After analysing the region wise reports collected for all 403 assembly seats, the conclusions drawn have been compiled and sent to the top office bearers.

According to a highly placed source of SP, now district heads will not be nominated on the old pattern. Before giving the responsibility of the district, the leadership capacity of the concerned person will be assessed.

Only a socially and politically active person will be given the command of the district. The chiefs of the party’s frontal organisations will also be decided on the basis of merit.