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BSP is a formidable force, asserts Sindhia

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BANGALORE: The ideology of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has been accepted in the State, and in a short time the party has emerged as a formidable socio-political force, according to party general secretary P.G.R. Sindhia. He was speaking at a function organised here on Saturday to welcome senior leader and former MP H.N. Nanje Gowda into the party.

Mr. Sindhia said the party was positioning itself to be a “deciding factor”, and no party would be in a position to form the Government without the help of the BSP, which had emerged as a party of “all people”.

The party had followed the directions of the Election Commission in letter and spirit, he said, adding that the BSP was a party with a “clean slate”. “We are not for capturing power by using wrongful means,” Mr. Sindhia said.

Mr. Nanje Gowda said he would play the role of an adviser to the party.

Three other leaders who joined the party on Saturday were Salingaiah, a leader of the Valmiki community; Muneer Sait, former president of the Chitradurga Janata Dal (S) minority cell; and B.G. Patil, former MLA and former Haveri Zilla Panchayat president. Party general secretary in charge of Karnataka Veer Singh and State party president Marasandra Muniyappa were present.

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