Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, on Friday, held a review of the party’s Uttarakhand unit and asked senior leaders to work on removing shortcomings and broadening the mass base.

She said the attitude of the current Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttarakhand was against the welfare of the people. The BSP is holding a series of state-wise organisational review meetings ahead of next year’s Lok Sabha elections.

According to a statement issued by the party here on Friday, Mayawati emphasised on removing the shortcomings in the Uttarakhand unit and working to strengthen the party organisation in the hill state. She instructed the party cadre to go ahead and make changes that were required.

The BSP chief said there was a lot of scope for the party to move forward in Uttarakhand. She said that other parties were mostly engaged in election allurement, jumlebaazi and vadakhilafi which were affecting the interest and welfare of the general public.

She said even after so many days of separation, Uttarakhand was fighting with inflation, poverty and unemployment and yearning for proper public interest, public welfare and expected development.

Mayawati also referred to the work done by her party in the erstwhile undivided Uttar Pradesh, saying it was the BSP government that demarcated Udham Singh Nagar, Bageshwar, Champawat and Rudraprayag as new districts.

Uttarakhand was formed on November 9, 2000 as the 27th state of India when it was carved out of northern Uttar Pradesh.

Meanwhile, Mayawati also held a meeting of the office-bearers of Maharashtra unit on Thursday and stressed on increasing the party’s mass base.

The BSP president exhorted party workers in Maharashtra to begin preparations for the coming Lok Sabha elections, saying the party should have become a power to reckon with in the state by now.

The Dalit politician regretted that her party had so far been failing to become a big force in the state which was the ‘karmabhoomi’ of Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar and Manyavar Kanshi Ram.

The BSP chief also said because of the raging power tussle in Maharashtra, there was a possibility that the state may go for early polls.

“There is an atmosphere of political instability in Maharashtra due to the continuous struggle for power, selfishness and mutual animosity and this was affecting welfare and development of the common people,” she said.

The BSP chief asked party workers to work with full force across 48 Lok Sabha and 288 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra.