The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has suffered a setback in Ayodhya amid growing opposition to the new notification issued by the University Grants Commission (UGC). On Tuesday, more than half a dozen office bearers from the Haiderganj Mandal unit resigned from their party posts and staged a protest rally against the notification.
According to local sources, BJP Mandal Vice Presidents Vipin Mishra, Shailendra Shukla, and Manoj Tiwari, along with Sector Coordinator Shyamkaran Dubey, Booth President Mata Prasad Mishra, and leaders Deepak Pandey and Kapil Dubey, tendered their resignations in protest.
Following the resignations, a large gathering was held at Dhobina Chauraha around 3 PM under the leadership of Upendra Dubey. Protesters raised slogans against the UGC notification and marched in a rally. Leaders including Manoj Tiwari, Shyam Narayan Dubey, Shailendra Shukla, Vipin Mishra, Arun Mishra, Srinivas Tiwari, Rajkumar Pandey, and Guddu Dubey submitted a memorandum during the demonstration.
Later, several other leaders and supporters—among them Subhash Tiwari, Shyam Tiwari, Rishikesh, Manish Tiwari, Rohit Tiwari, Ramchandra Tiwari Bhuidhar, Bhola Pandey, Dilip Mishra, Loknath Pandey, Pintu Dubey, and Ramanand Pandey—reached Brahmababa Chauraha. There, they submitted a four-point memorandum addressed to the President of India through Naib Tehsildar Ramkhelawan of Bikapur.
The key demands outlined in the memorandum include:
- Formation of a Savarna Commission
- Immediate withdrawal of the new UGC notification
- Protection of the constitutional and social rights of the Savarna community
The developments highlight growing dissatisfaction within the party ranks over the UGC’s recent policy changes and have exposed visible internal unrest in the Ayodhya unit of the BJP.
