The image of the leader in question, his acceptance among our cadres and the equations in his constituency must be considered before he is allowed to join the party," said a RSS leader.The Sangh leaders want that not more than 30-35 tickets should be given to turncoats and efforts must also be made to make sure that the local party workers are taken into confidence whenever an outsider is brought into the party.About 27 party office bearers in Basti district submitted their resignations after Congress MLA Sanjay Jaiswal joined the BJP.The Sangh decision assu-mes significance since it comes after BSP president Mayawati’s statement that the BJP did not have candidates of its own and was accepting her party’s "rejected maal".A senior BJP leader, who was part of the deliberations, said on Wednesday that the party was already facing the "problem of plenty" since leaders from other parties were queuing up at its doorstep.At the five day RSS conclave in Lucknow, the Sangh leadership made it clear that importance being given to outsiders was upsetting the party cadres and this could have an adverse impact on the elections.The RSS leadership has asked the BJP in UP not to give more than 35 tickets to outsiders who have recently joined the party."

There is a need to exercise caution while accepting leaders into the party fold.Moreover, some units of the BJP have been resenting the entry of outsiders."The Sangh leaders feel that this influx could have a positive psychological impact on the voters and may also create an artificial feeling of euphoria within the party, but it would damage the party in the long run because cadres are not willing to accept leaders from other parties," he said.The BJP allies, Apna Dal and Bhartiya Samaj Party, will not be included in this quota.The Sangh diktat is likely to put a brake into the entry of leaders from hammock suppliers other parties into the BJP on the eve of UP Assembly elections.

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However, the complaints now are serious as they are against our own ministers, a Sena leader said and added that the ministers might be under pressure from the BJP.. Sunil Prabhu, the party whip from the Legislative Assembly, and Dr Neelam Gorhe, the party whip from Legislative Council, have been asked to compile reports on the issues that the MLAs have been following up with the ministers, which have been constantly ignored. On Monday, Mr Thackeray will meet legislators in a group, along with the party whips. More than 12 legislators were present at the meeting. However, the guardian minister, who belongs to BJP, ignored us and rejected our demand. To this, they were told to find the way out as this behaviour was obvious because they had won by contesting against the BJP.""Earlier, the MLA fund could be used for construction of Zilla Parishad schools and road works. The party chief had held a meeting of aggrieved legislators at party office ‘Shivalaya’ in Nariman Point on Thursday.

The legislators then complained that they did not feel they had power even while dealing with some of their "own" ministers. Now, our right has been taken away and zilla parishads are allowed to carry out the work.Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray will hold a meeting of party legislators at his residence Matoshree on Monday in light of the complaints received against minister of state (MoS) Vijay Shivtare and transport minister Diwakar Raote. According to a party insider, MLAs from Western Maharashtra are disappointed with the behaviour of Mr Shivtare, minister of state for water resources. "Mr Shivtare behaves with us like he behaves with BJP fold up gazebo party workers," said a legislator from Western Maharashtra, on condition of anonymity. Another MLA from one of the backward districts of Marathwada region said, "We asked him to make a provision for the development fund.According to a senior party leader, initially the party legislators complained that they were facing resistance from the BJP ministers. In such a situation, how can we show our development work to the voters " the angry legislators told The Asian Age. Mr Thackeray will meet the group of legislators, including the party whips and MLAs, while guardian ministers will not be allowed. Hence, guardian ministers will not be allowed, sources revealed. "Our own guardian minister treats me worse than the one during the Congress-NCP regime," the MLA said. The meeting is expected to provide a platform for direct dialogue between the party leadership and the MLAs.

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