Agnipath scheme, paper leaks: BJP report lists 10 reasons for UP poll debacle
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Agnipath scheme, paper leaks: BJP report lists 10 reasons for UP poll debacle

India Today  

Dissatisfaction of party workers towards the government, anger towards the Agnipath scheme, the Rajput community's displeasure are some of the reasons cited by Uttar Pradesh BJP chief Bhupendra Chaudhary in a report on the party's Lok Sabha poll debacle in the state. The 15-page report, drafted on the basis of feedback from 40,000 BJP workers across the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, was discussed by the BJP high command in Delhi. The report said that the BJP's vote share decreased by at least 8 per cent in all six regions of the state - Western UP, Braj, Kanpur-Bundelkhand, Awadh, Gorakhpur and Kashi region. The report also noted that a decrease in the Dalit vote share of Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party was behind the Congress's improved performance.

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Opinion: The fight for Ambedkar's legacy signifies a big churn in Dalit politics
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Opinion: The fight for Ambedkar's legacy signifies a big churn in Dalit politics

India Today  

The treasury benches and the Opposition have been engaged in a war of words over Dr BR Ambedkar’s legacy in Parliament and outside. Setback and recovery In the 2024 general elections, the BJP lost three per cent support of Dalits and its allies lost two per cent. On the other hand, the Congress lost one per cent support but its …

Mayawati's BSP to Focus on Upper Caste Votes in Upcoming Bypolls
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mayawati's BSP to Focus on Upper Caste Votes in Upcoming Bypolls

The Hindu  

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is set to play spoilsport in the upcoming byelections, aiming to disrupt the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Indian National Congress (INC) dominance in Uttar Pradesh. The party has fielded four upper caste candidates in four seats, hoping to combine its core Scheduled Caste vote bank with that of the caste of the candidate to …

Morning briefing: Mayawati blames ‘casteist Jats’ for BSP's Haryana result; Hezbollah steps up attack on Israel, & more
3 months, 1 week ago

Morning briefing: Mayawati blames ‘casteist Jats’ for BSP's Haryana result; Hezbollah steps up attack on Israel, & more

Hindustan Times  

BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday blamed the "casteist people of the Jat community" for her party's dismal performance in the Haryana assembly elections. Dig deeper Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati during a meeting of the party's office bearers, at the party office in Lucknow, {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Lebanese militant group Hezbollah fired fresh barrage of rockets into Israel on …

‘Casteist people of Jat community…’: Mayawati's theory for BSP's Haryana election debacle
3 months, 1 week ago

‘Casteist people of Jat community…’: Mayawati's theory for BSP's Haryana election debacle

Hindustan Times  

BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday blamed the "casteist people of the Jat community" for her party's dismal performance in the Haryana assembly elections. Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} "The BSP and the INLD fought the Haryana assembly general election in alliance. But today's result shows that the casteist people of the Jat community did not vote …

RSS-Backed Magazine Claims BJP Workers Blame Alliance With Ajit Pawar for Poll Debacle in Maharashtra
5 months, 4 weeks ago

RSS-Backed Magazine Claims BJP Workers Blame Alliance With Ajit Pawar for Poll Debacle in Maharashtra

News 18  

RSS-backed Marathi magazine, ‘Weekly Vivek,’ in one of its feature articles, has stated that many Bharatiya Janata Party workers in Maharashtra believe that the recent debacle of the party in the state in Lok Sabha Elections was the result of pulling Ajit Pawar-led National Congress Party into the alliance. The magazine has claimed that they spoke to various BJP party …

The road ahead: UP set to see scramble for OBC, Dalit votes
7 months, 1 week ago

The road ahead: UP set to see scramble for OBC, Dalit votes

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW INDIA bloc’s sterling performance and NDA’s drubbing in the Lok Sabha elections in UP has set the pitch for the fight for Other Backward Class, Extremely Backward Castes and Dalit votes in the run-up to the 2027 assembly polls in the state. The poll outcome indicates that INDIA bloc increased its seat tally and vote share by breaching the …

Ghaziabad: Runner-up Cong’s vote share increased from 7.34% to 35.17%
7 months, 1 week ago

Ghaziabad: Runner-up Cong’s vote share increased from 7.34% to 35.17%

Hindustan Times  

While urban voters in Sahibabad, Ghaziabad and Muradnagar segments turned the tide in favour of Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Atul Garg, who won the Ghaziabad seat by a margin of 336,965 votes, vote share data shows that runner-up Congress candidate Dolly Sharma also performed well with her vote share surging from 7.34% in 2019 to 35.17% in 2024. According to …

Criticising Agnipath scheme does not violate poll code: Congress
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Criticising Agnipath scheme does not violate poll code: Congress

The Hindu  

The Congress on May 24 asserted that its criticism of the Agnipath recruitment scheme for the armed forces did not violate the Model Code of Conduct as it allows criticism of other political parties in the context of “their policies, programmes, past records and work”. The party’s statement on the issue came just days after the Election Commission wrote to …

BJP And Congress Conspired To Weaken BSP In UP Alleges Mayawati In MP
8 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP And Congress Conspired To Weaken BSP In UP Alleges Mayawati In MP

Deccan Chronicle  

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday accused BJP and Congress of conspiring to weaken her party in Uttar Pradesh by ‘engineering’ the exodus of ‘selfish’ leaders from the party. Addressing an election rally in Morena under Gwalior-Chambal region of Madhya Pradesh, Ms. Mayawati said that BSP had ruled Uttar Pradesh four times earlier. BJP and Congress had later conspired …

Rajput test for BJP’s Gujarat sweep bid
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Rajput test for BJP’s Gujarat sweep bid

The Hindu  

After the BJP candidate Mukesh Dalal scored an easy win in Surat uncontested, 25 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat, with 266 candidates in the fray, will go to polls in the third phase of the Lok Sabha election on May 7. The BJP, which won all the 26 seats in 2014 and 2019 due to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal …

Why Rajputs, other dominant castes are boycotting BJP in western Uttar Pradesh
9 months ago

Why Rajputs, other dominant castes are boycotting BJP in western Uttar Pradesh

India Today  

With less than two days left for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is witnessing troubling signs in western Uttar Pradesh, a region where it won the majority of seats in the last decade due to a consolidated Hindu vote. Saharanpur Caste equation Muslim: 42 per cent Jatav + other SC: 17 per cent Rajput: 8 …

BJP spruces up poll apparatus with major focus on Hindi belt
1 year ago

BJP spruces up poll apparatus with major focus on Hindi belt

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: With an eye on the forthcoming general election, the BJP has begun sprucing up its organisational apparatus. Responding to the agency's questionnaire, 38 per cent of voters in Chhattisgarh, 39 per cent in Madhya Pradesh and 51 per cent in Rajasthan seemed to be “fully satisfied” with the performance of the Modi government in the last five years. …

BJP tried to manipulate civic polls in U.P. but didn't succeed: Mayawati
1 year, 7 months ago

BJP tried to manipulate civic polls in U.P. but didn't succeed: Mayawati

The Hindu  

BSP supremo Mayawati on Thursday claimed the BJP did not succeed in the recent urban local body elections in Uttar Pradesh despite its efforts to "manipulate" the polls, except for the Mayor's posts. Accusing the ruling party of misusing official machinery, the Bahujan Samaj Party leader said people did not allow the BJP's plans to succeed, "except for the mayoral …

Mayawati accuses BJP of misusing govt machinery
1 year, 8 months ago

Mayawati accuses BJP of misusing govt machinery

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow: A day after the announcement of urban local bodies’ election results, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of misusing the government machinery in the election. Had the civic polls been free and fair, the picture of the results would have been different, said Mayawati In a series of tweets in Hindi, the BSP …

Mayawati accuses BJP of misusing govt. machinery in U.P. mayoral polls
1 year, 8 months ago

Mayawati accuses BJP of misusing govt. machinery in U.P. mayoral polls

The Hindu  

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on May 14 accused the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party of misusing government machinery for winning the local body polls and claimed if elections were held through ballot paper, BSP would have “definitely won the mayoral election as well”. यूपी निकाय चुनाव में भाजपा के साम, दाम, दण्ड, भेद आदि अनेकों हथकण्डों के इस्तेमाल के साथ …

In UP local body poll trends, it's BJP all the way
1 year, 8 months ago

In UP local body poll trends, it's BJP all the way

India Today  

As the counting of votes for UP urban local body polls was underway on Saturday, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party established leads on three mayoral seats - Lucknow, Mathura and Bareilly, the data provided by district administrations suggested. In Mathura, Vinod Agarwal of the BJP was leading by 11,381 votes over Bahujan Samaj Party's Raja Mohatsim Ahmed after two rounds. …

‘Casteist, communal parties having sleepless nights’: Mayawati on UP civic polls
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Casteist, communal parties having sleepless nights’: Mayawati on UP civic polls

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday said “casteist” and “communal” parties are having sleepless nights ahead of the Uttar Pradesh urban local body polls after her party gave adequate representation to the Muslim community in the upcoming election. Casteist and communal parties are having sleepless nights due to this," the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said in a tweet …

Fight for Dalit vote heats up as BJP sniffs opportunity amid Mayawati's losing grip and Akhilesh's outreach
1 year, 9 months ago

Fight for Dalit vote heats up as BJP sniffs opportunity amid Mayawati's losing grip and Akhilesh's outreach

India Today  

With a year left for the grand finale Lok Sabha elections in 2024, real politicking has started in the most crucial state of Uttar Pradesh which sends the highest number of MPs to Parliament. BSP was routed in 2022 state elections recording 12.9 per cent vote share versus 22.4 per cent in 2017 and winning only a single seat. BSP …

Congress to protest against record unemployment, Agnipath
2 years, 5 months ago

Congress to protest against record unemployment, Agnipath

The Hindu  

The Congress will hit the streets after August 15 against the Agnipath recruitment scheme and unemployment, the party announced on Wednesday. Addressing a press conference at party headquarters, Rajya Sabha member Deepender Hooda also said that the party extends its support to the Jai Jawan Jai Kisan campaign that has been jointly launched by the Samyukta Kisan Morcha and United …

Instead of taking on BJP, Congress hurting BSP in Rajasthan by indulging in horse-trading: Mayawati
2 years, 6 months ago

Instead of taking on BJP, Congress hurting BSP in Rajasthan by indulging in horse-trading: Mayawati

The Hindu  

BSP leader Mayawati on Sunday accused the Congress in Rajasthan of hurting her party by indulging in horse-trading instead of taking on the BJP, and asked her party leaders to let go of people who are ready to betray the party philosophy for monetary gains. In a meeting with Bahujan Samaj Party leaders from Rajasthan here, she also slammed the …

Agnipath scheme is against the interests of youth: Meghalaya Governor
2 years, 6 months ago

Agnipath scheme is against the interests of youth: Meghalaya Governor

The Hindu  

Meghalaya Governor Satyapal Malik on Sunday said the Agnipath scheme was “against the interests of the youth”. Referring to the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Malik said “those who were in their fourth year” were promising jobs to the Agniveers. Mr. Malik took umbrage with Bharatiya Janata Party Member of Parliament Kailash Vijayvarghiya’s statement that he would appoint Agniveers to guard …

Punjab, Haryana Congress members step up ante against Agnipath
2 years, 6 months ago

Punjab, Haryana Congress members step up ante against Agnipath

The Hindu  

The Congress party in Punjab and Haryana on Saturday stepped up ante in stir against the Centre’s Agnipath recruitment scheme, amid protests against scheme in the States. Leader of Opposition in Punjab Assembly, Congress’s Partap Singh Bajwa asked Aam Aadmi Party led Punjab government to bring forth a resolution against the Agnipath scheme announced by the Government of India, during …

Agnipath Scheme faces backlash: Protests break out, trains burnt in UP and Bihar
2 years, 6 months ago

Agnipath Scheme faces backlash: Protests break out, trains burnt in UP and Bihar

Live Mint  

Days after the Indian government announced an overhaul of recruitment for India's 1.38 million-strong armed forces, looking to bring down the average age of personnel and reduce pension expenditure country is witnessing massive protest against the proposal. Trains were set on fire, railway tracks blocked and protests were witnessed on Thursday against the new military recruitment system. Sanjay Singh, additional …

Mayawati describes Rahul Gandhi’s charges as ‘fallacious’
2 years, 9 months ago

Mayawati describes Rahul Gandhi’s charges as ‘fallacious’

The Hindu  

Describing former Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s claim that the Bahujan Samaj Party is afraid of the Bharatiya Janta Party and that the Congress offered her alliance and Chief Minister’s post before the Uttar Pradesh election as “outrightly fallacious,” BSP supremo Mayawati said on Sunday that “Rahul Gandhi’s comments show his inferior feelings towards Dalits and the BSP”. At a book …

Muslims made huge mistake by voting for Samajwadi Party: Mayawati
2 years, 9 months ago

Muslims made huge mistake by voting for Samajwadi Party: Mayawati

India TV News  

BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday claimed the Muslims made a "huge mistake" by voting for the Samajwadi Party which she accused of being "complicit with the BJP in giving communal colour" to the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. In a tweet in Hindi on Tuesday, the BSP supremo said, "The internal complicity of the SP and BJP in Uttar Pradesh is …

Assembly Election Result 2022: 10 News18 Stories Explain Why the Scorecard Read 4-1
2 years, 10 months ago

Assembly Election Result 2022: 10 News18 Stories Explain Why the Scorecard Read 4-1

News 18  

From the first consecutive victory for an Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister in 37 years to the first-ever consecutive victory for the ruling party in Uttarakhand to its solo win in Manipur, Assembly elections 2022 was a successful outing for the Bharatiya Janata Party. Defeats of former CM Harish Rawat from Lalkuna in Nainital and current Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami …

Fighting the anti-incumbency sentiment
2 years, 10 months ago

Fighting the anti-incumbency sentiment

The Hindu  

It is after over three decades that a party has been returned to power in U.P. Before the elections, there were ample signs of a fair amount of disillusionment with the BJP government on matters such as the farmers’ agitation, unemployment, inflation, the stray cattle problem, and the handling of COVID-19. One reason for this appears to be the SP’s …

Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | BSP decline signals crisis of Dalit politics
2 years, 10 months ago

Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | BSP decline signals crisis of Dalit politics

The Hindu  

Special Correspondent It was an outpouring of bad news for the Bahujan Samaj Party, once the elephantine force in Uttar Pradesh and Dalit politics, as results of the Uttar Pradesh and Punjab elections came through on Thursday. BSP chief Mayawati and her party had been largely absent in the campaign space, and though alibis that this was the usual ‘silent’ …

UP polls: BSP worker cries his heart out on camera for being denied poll ticket | Watch
3 years ago

UP polls: BSP worker cries his heart out on camera for being denied poll ticket | Watch

India TV News  

Highlights BSP party worker Arshad Rana cried profusely for being denied poll ticket He claimed that he was promised a ticket but was denied at the last moment Rana said he had even put up his hoardings for the upcoming polls Bahujan Samaj Party worker Arshad Rana cried profusely on Friday for being denied poll ticket. He claimed that he …

Congress has capacity to fight UP polls without alliance with SP or BSP, says state unit chief
3 years, 6 months ago

Congress has capacity to fight UP polls without alliance with SP or BSP, says state unit chief

Firstpost  

Ajay Kumar Lallu said the Congress would fight Uttar Pradesh polls next year under Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s supervision and under her leadership, the party would make a comeback in the state after over three decades New Delhi: Days after the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party ruled out forging any major alliances for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls, Congress’ …

Another shocker for Mayawati, BSP MP attends SP meeting
5 years, 2 months ago

Another shocker for Mayawati, BSP MP attends SP meeting

India TV News  

In a move that is bound to give a jolt to BSP President Mayawati, her party MP Shyam Singh Yadav, on Thursday, attended a Samajwadi Party meeting and thanked the party leaders for ensuring his victory. On Thursday, Shyam Singh Yadav arrived at a function organised by the Samajwadi Party to celebrate the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, leaving …

BSP blames BJP for Uttar Pradesh bypoll debacle, says it helped Samajwadi Party win more seats
5 years, 2 months ago

BSP blames BJP for Uttar Pradesh bypoll debacle, says it helped Samajwadi Party win more seats

Firstpost  

After drawing a blank in the Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls, the BSP blamed the ruling BJP for its debacle, saying it helped the Samajwadi Party win some seats. Lucknow: After drawing a blank in the Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls, the BSP blamed the ruling BJP for its debacle, saying it helped the Samajwadi Party win some seats. “As part of …

Vote share erodes in seats held by AAP Ministers: data
5 years, 7 months ago

Vote share erodes in seats held by AAP Ministers: data

The Hindu  

In the seven Assembly constituencies held by Ministers of the Aam Aadmi Party, the party lost an average of 40.24% vote share in the Lok Sabha election compared to the 2015 Assembly elections, an analysis of data from the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer’s office showed. The biggest dip in vote share among these seats was seen in the Ballimaran constituency, …

BJP wins 62 seats in Uttar Pradesh, SP-BSP alliance gets 15
5 years, 7 months ago

BJP wins 62 seats in Uttar Pradesh, SP-BSP alliance gets 15

India Today  

Proving all arithmetic of the SP-BSP 'mahagatbandhan' in Uttar Pradesh wrong, the BJP and its ally Apna Dal won 64 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats, demolishing the alliance partners, which got 15 seats between them. Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party won five seats and the smallest of the partners Rashtriya Lok Dal couldn't open its account in the polls The …

SP-BSP Gathbandhan fizzles out in Uttar Pradesh
5 years, 7 months ago

SP-BSP Gathbandhan fizzles out in Uttar Pradesh

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Amongst the biggest unravellings of this election has been the fizzling out of the SP-BSP gathbandhan in Uttar Pradesh, which was supposed to be the one alliance which could prevent Narendra Modi’s march to the Lok Sabha. Buoyed by a similar experiment in the three Lok Sabha bypolls of Gorakhpur, Kairana and Phulpur, the SP-BSP-RLD alliance was supposed …

Ensuring a BJP sweep, one voter at a time
5 years, 7 months ago

Ensuring a BJP sweep, one voter at a time

The Hindu  

At the BJP’s national council held in early January this year, just after the party lost three State Assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chattisgarh, BJP president Amit Shah narrated a parable that caught the imagination of party leaders and workers alike. Beneficiary as voter Six months before the polls, a list of beneficiaries of the Modi government’s welfare …

Congress should support SP-BSP alliance: Akhilesh Yadav
5 years, 11 months ago

Congress should support SP-BSP alliance: Akhilesh Yadav

Deccan Chronicle  

Lucknow: Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav on Monday said that if the Congress vows to fight against the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls, it should support the SP-BSP alliance. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister also welcomed Priyanka Gandhi's entry into active politics. On Yogi Adityanath government's decision to hold cabinet meeting in Kumbh in Prayagraj, Akhilesh reminded the …

IndiaTV-CNX Opinion Poll 2019 | BJP to lose Muslim voters in UP, SP-BSP alliance likely to reap major gains
6 years ago

IndiaTV-CNX Opinion Poll 2019 | BJP to lose Muslim voters in UP, SP-BSP alliance likely to reap major gains

India TV News  

The recently formed alliance between Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samajwadi Party has become a major hindrance for the Bharatiya Janata Party. The saffron party which won in 73 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections is struggling to get even 30 seats, according to the IndiaTV-CNX Opinion Poll. In its latest Opinion poll, where it surveyed how many Muslim population …

SP-BSP alliance leaves 2019 prospects bleak for Congress in Uttar Pradesh; division of votes may deal blow to BJP
6 years ago

SP-BSP alliance leaves 2019 prospects bleak for Congress in Uttar Pradesh; division of votes may deal blow to BJP

Firstpost  

Going by the vote shares of the most recent elections, a BJP defeat in Uttar Pradesh can be possible only if the Congress puts aside its hurt for being excluded from the SP-BSP alliance and extends its support. Anti-BJP political spectators were hopeful of a grand alliance between the Congress, Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party in Uttar Pradesh …

SP, BSP announce alliance for Lok Sabha polls sans Congress, to contest 38 seats each in UP
6 years ago

SP, BSP announce alliance for Lok Sabha polls sans Congress, to contest 38 seats each in UP

India TV News  

Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party today announced their pre-poll alliance in Uttar Pradesh for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Reacting to the development, the Bharatiya Janata Party said the SP and the BSP came together for their survival, and not for the country or Uttar Pradesh, and downplayed suggestions that the alliance would have a major impact on the …

Poll results ‘rejection’ of BJP-led government's policies: Sharad Pawar
6 years, 1 month ago

Poll results ‘rejection’ of BJP-led government's policies: Sharad Pawar

India TV News  

Terming the outcome of the election results as "rejection" of the BJP-led government's policies, NCP chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said the Assembly poll results in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh mark the “beginning of a change.” He further said his party would support the Congress and also suggested the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party to throw their …

Cong offered less seats to BSP in MP, Mayawati on failed alliance bid
6 years, 1 month ago

Cong offered less seats to BSP in MP, Mayawati on failed alliance bid

India TV News  

In the poll-bound Madhya Pradesh, the Bahujan Samaj Party​ supremo Mayawati on Tuesday accused the Congress of conspiring against her party. She said her party was offered fewer seats and hence an alliance between the two parties for the Madhya Pradesh polls not worked out. She added that the Bahujan Samaj Party had a strong base in Uttar Pradesh, MP …

SP wanted BSP in proposed Cong-led coalition in MP, but Cong disagreed, claims Akhilesh Yadav
6 years, 1 month ago

SP wanted BSP in proposed Cong-led coalition in MP, but Cong disagreed, claims Akhilesh Yadav

India TV News  

Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said his party didn't accept a Congress offer for an alliance in Madhya Pradesh assembly polls because the Rahul Gandhi-led party was not ready to include the BSP in the proposed coalition. He said that Congress would have "won" more than 200 seats out of 230 in the November 28 elections in Madhya …

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