BJP’s Dayashankar Singh’s suspension revoked

One can expect the BJP to quietly reward all its supporters after its emphatic win in the recent Assembly elections.

“Suspension of Dayashankar Singh has been revoked by party state president Keshav Prasad Maurya. Speaking to media, Dayashankar said, “Party ke nirdesh ka paalan karunga, khushi hai ki party mujhe mukhya-dhara mein layi (I will follow my party’s orders and I am happy that the party brought me back into mainstream).”

Dayashankar’s wife Swati Singh,who was made the BJP Mahila Morcha president in U.P few months after his suspension, contested the Assembly election from Sarojini Nagar constituency and defeated SP candidate Anurag Yadav by 35, 000 votes.

Had compared Mayawati to a sex worker

In July last year, the BJP was forced to suspend Dayashankar Singh for six years for comparing Mayawati to a sex worker at a political event. An FIR was also registered against Dayashankar under the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, alleging that the BJP leader’s remarks had hurt the feelings of BSP workers and the Dalit community across the country and were aimed at provoking them.