The BJP has appointed Swati Singh, wife of expelled party leader Dayashankar Singh, as president of the party’s women’s wing better known as BJP Mahila Morcha in Uttar Pradesh,. Swati Singh had led a campaign against Mayawati and other leaders of her party a few months ago for the alleged unsavoury slogans against her minor daughter during a BSP dharna in Lucknow.
According to a party release, besides Swati Singh, Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Keshav Prasad Maurya has appointed MP Kaushal Kishore the president of the party’s SC Morcha and MP Chhotey Lal Kharwar the head of the party’s ST Morcha.
Swati Singh had come to prominence after she led a campaign demanding FIRs against BSP leaders who raised slogans targeting her minor daughter during a protest staged by the party against her husband’s ’derogatory’ comments against Mayawati. Her husband and former Uttar Pradesh BJP vice-president Dayashankar Singh was expelled by the party after his comments on the BSP supremo.