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Samajwadi Party gets on BSP turf, eyes Dalits Express News Service Posted: Oct 07, 2008 at 0240 hrs IST Lucknow, October 6 With the Lok Sabha elections round the corner, the Samajwadi Party (SP) is reworking its election strategy by wooing the Dalits to enhance its vote bank. Addressing a meeting of the state executive here on Monday, party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav claimed that the SP had always been pro-Dalit and had worked for their upliftment more than any other government in the state. "No dalit faced injustice during our rule," he added. To underline the anti-people ideology of the ruling party, Mulayam recalled how the Bahujan Samaj Party government snatched away the jobs of 22,000 policemen and stopped the allowance of many unemployed youth. He termed the ruling party as the most corrupt government in the history of Uttar Pradesh politics. Mulayam exhorted his party workers to stand up against the BSP and get set for the big fight in the coming elections. "Our aim should be to oust this government and ensure a that a democratic environment prevails in the state," said Mulayam. He also reviewed the organisational strength of the party at the district level and asked the party leaders to start working for the Lok Sabha elections on a war footing. Addressing the executive office bearers, Mulayam pointed out several issues like the increase in VAT, grim power scenario, police action in Azamgarh and explained the partymen in which way these issues should be presented to the public to create an anti-ruling party wave before the elections. Meanwhile, party state president Shivpal Singh said the party has already finalised the candidates for all 80 seats for the Lok Sabha election. But the names would be made public only after the poll notification.
