LUCKNOW: The All India Kayastha Mahasabha urged members of the community to contest impending urban local bodies’ election.
The appeal was made during the 83th annual national working committee meeting held at the UP Urdu Academy on Saturday. Chief guests on the occasion included minister of state in UP government, Arun Kumar, former minister and MLA from Prayagraj Sidharth Nath Singh and national president Chaudhari Jitendra Nath Singh.
Convening the event, state president Hriday Narayan Srivastava said, “Efforts are underway to encourage members of the community to contest the upcoming urban local bodies election.” He added that representation of the community in politics was falling over the past few decades. National president Chaudhary Jitendra Nath Singh said that the Union cabinet had just one Kayastha minister who was also removed while only one minister of state from the community was appointed in UP even when five Kayastha MLAs were elected.
The lone representative of the community in the Yogi cabinet, Arun Kumar, said there was need to remind kayasthasabout the power of their vote as in a democracy only the power of vote matters.
Former minister Sidharth Nath Singh said: “There was a time when 54 members from the community were elected as MLAs but now the number has reduced to just five.”
