LUCKNOW, Aug. 24 -- In a major organisational reshuffle ahead of next year's crucial panchayat polls, Nishad Party national president Sanjay Nishad on Saturday removed his MLA son as state incharge and appointed a new state president.

Sanjay Nishad, who is also a cabinet minister in the state government, chaired the party's first state-level meeting after its national convention held on August 20 at Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi, marking the party's 10th foundation day.

During the meeting, Sanjay Nishad removed his son, Chauri Chaura MLA Sarvan Nishad, from the post of state in-charge and replaced him with Baburam Nishad. Similarly, state president Ravindra Mani Nishad, a former member of the State Commission for Backward Classes, was re...