Summary:
Expecting 40-50 seats in 2019 Lok Sabha elections for BSP-SP alliance in UP, RLD aims to cash-in on the victory. Claiming a shared ideology with BSP-SP, the party’s slogan is “karo ya maro” (do or die), a line which insiders say describes its own prospects.“We have mobilised all party cadres — from mahanagar adhyaksh (metro president), district in-charge, state in-charge to ground-level workers — in support of BSP-SP alliance candidate in Guatam Buddh Nagar. Our party national vice president Jayant Chaudhary (son of founder Ajit Singh) has said the party is in the long run of alliance mode and nothing should be done to avert that,” he added.The reason being that RLD is looking at 2022 state assembly elections with this alliance. There is tremendous hope, passion and dedication amongst party cardres who are seeing this as though their national-level leader is fighting election here,” said Janardhan Bhati, RLD district president, GB Nagar.“It is a fight for existence as our senior party leaders have called for a do or die slogan. “If we sit in Parliament, only then the party thrives and since we have a shared ideology with BSP-SP socialism, pro-dalit and RLD’s pro-farmer base, there’s no better partner than this,” said Bhati.Vijender Yadav, RLD’s Noida in-charge, told TOI that party cardres from Jewar, Dankaur, Dadri and Greater Noida are all lending their support to Nagar..