With the Assembly elections two years away,Chief Minister Mayawati has started giving special focus to reserved Assembly constituencies. Wiser after the last Lok Sabha election,when the BSP could bag only two reserved category seats,she does not want to take any chances this time. The BSP had created history by winning 62 reserved constituencies of the 89 in the 2007 Assembly elections. The CM does not want to give any scope to opposition parties,particularly the Congress,to grow in the reserved constituencies. So,she has asked her trusted lieutenant and PWD Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui to concentrate on party affairs in the reserved constituencies, a source in the BSP said. Party insiders said Mayawati has almost separated the party affairs of the reserved Assembly constituencies from the BSPs main organisation. Siddiqui has been asked to constitute the organisational committees at booth,sector and Assembly levels,besides the Bhaichara committees in these constituencies. Siddiqui not only has good knowledge of the demographic structure of the reserved seats,but is also a known face among the party cadres. Besides,Siddiqui is one BSP leader who can ensure proper coordination between party cadres and Bhaichara committees,which are the caste-based committees in the party. The partys Brahmin mascot Satish Chandra Mishra has been tasked to reconstitute the Brahmin Bhaichara committees.
