BSP eyes revival of Muslim-Dalit combination in Western U.P.
9 months, 1 week ago

BSP eyes revival of Muslim-Dalit combination in Western U.P.

The Hindu  

The Bahujan Samaj Party’s announcement of probable candidates on seven Lok Sabha seats in Western Uttar Pradesh hints at renewed attempts by the Dalit centric party to consolidate its Muslim support in the U.P. With five of the seven announced names hailing from the Muslim community, the party seemingly hopes to revive the old Dalit-Muslim social alliance, which is considered a winnable combination in many seats in the region. The BSP had announced that Irfan Saifi from Moradabad, Muhahid Hussain from Amroha, Anish Ahmed Khan from Pilibhit, Majid Ali from Saharanpur, Akil Ahmed Patta from Kannauj, Chaudhary Vijendra Singh from Bijnor, and Dara Singh Prajapati from Muzaffarnagar are the party’s potential candidates in the region. The other candidates Chaudhary Vijendra Singh, a Jat and former Rashtriya Lok Dal leader is also consider to hold influence in the Lok Sabha seat of Bijnor, while Dara Singh Prajapati is the national president of the Rashtriya Prajapati Mahasabha, a social, caste centric organisation.

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Opinion: The fight for Ambedkar's legacy signifies a big churn in Dalit politics
1 day, 12 hours 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 …

After Haryana, Jharkhand, BSP to contest Delhi assembly elections alone
1 month ago

After Haryana, Jharkhand, BSP to contest Delhi assembly elections alone

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: Undeterred by its poor show in Haryana Assembly polls and with the Jharkhand results still to be announced, the Bahujan Samaj Party is set to contest the Delhi assembly elections all by itself without being a part of any alliance. As per the party insiders, BSP’s Delhi unit has started the groundwork for the elections set for February 2025. …

Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls: Amid fight for Muslim votes, BJP aims to breach SP fort Kundarki
1 month, 1 week ago

Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls: Amid fight for Muslim votes, BJP aims to breach SP fort Kundarki

Hindustan Times  

The Samajwadi Party, Bharatiya Janata Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party are vying for Muslims votes in Kundarki assembly constituency, an SP stronghold, in Moradabad district. Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav at a rally in Kundarki assembly constituency in Moradabad district. The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen led by Asaduddin Owaisi and Azad Samaj Party led by Chandra Shekhar Azad …

Battle for Muslim votes intensifies ahead of UP bypolls
1 month, 1 week ago

Battle for Muslim votes intensifies ahead of UP bypolls

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The fight for Muslim votes has intensified ahead of the bypolls to nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh. While Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav met family members of the party leader Azam Khan in Rampur on Monday, Azad Samaj Party president Chandrashekhar Azad met Khan’s son Abdullah Azam lodged in Hardoi jail. After meeting Abdullah Azam in Hardoi jail, …

Mayawati's BSP to Focus on Upper Caste Votes in Upcoming Bypolls
1 month, 3 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 …

BSP Fielded Muslim and Upper Caste Candidates in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Bypolls
1 month, 4 weeks ago

BSP Fielded Muslim and Upper Caste Candidates in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Bypolls

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has fielded a list of eight candidates for the Uttar Pradesh assembly bypolls, including two Muslims, two upper castes, two Dalits, and two Brahmins. This move comes despite Mayawati having blamed Muslims for rallying around the SP-Congress alliance in the 2024 Lok Sabha election and causing her party's defeat.

BSP Announces Candidates for 8 Assembly Seats in Uttar Pradesh
2 months ago

BSP Announces Candidates for 8 Assembly Seats in Uttar Pradesh

India TV News  

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has announced candidates for eight of the nine assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh where bypolls will be held on November 13. The party has given tickets to Amit Verma, Jitendra Kumar Singh, Shahnazar, Virendra Kumar Shukla, Dr Avinash Kumar Shakya, Rafatullah, Parmanand Garg, and Deepak Tiwari.

Morning briefing: Mayawati blames ‘casteist Jats’ for BSP's Haryana result; Hezbollah steps up attack on Israel, & more
2 months, 2 weeks 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
2 months, 2 weeks 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 …

BSP holds positive view on simultaneous election decision: Mayawati
3 months ago

BSP holds positive view on simultaneous election decision: Mayawati

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Wednesday said that her party holds a “positive” view on the Union cabinet’s approval of the proposal to hold simultaneous elections, but its objective should be national and public interest. The BSP is aiming to contest the bypolls more aggressively as compared to the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and 2022 UP assembly polls …

Mayawati unanimously re-elected BSP president
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mayawati unanimously re-elected BSP president

The Hindu  

Mayawati, the former four-time Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, has been unanimously re-elected the Bahujan Samaj Party national president at a special meeting on Tuesday. Ms. Mayawati thanked the party for giving her responsibility and added that despite recent electoral defeats, the BSP is pursuing the goal of ‘Bahujan Hitaye and Bahujan Sukhaye’. It is stoutly pursuing the goal and welfare …

Maya praises BJP, slams Cong for neglecting SC/ST quotas
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Maya praises BJP, slams Cong for neglecting SC/ST quotas

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati has once again criticised the Congress party on SC/ST reservation issues. BSP chief Mayawati Mayawati accused the Congress of failing in its responsibilities despite being in power at the centre and praised the Bharatiya Janata Party for their support during that period. BSP thwarted this conspiracy.” Mayawati continued, “Why does Congress feel discomfort when the …

How Mayawati is trying to win back Dalit, backward caste vote base
4 months, 1 week ago

How Mayawati is trying to win back Dalit, backward caste vote base

India Today  

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati has recently held two media conferences over the Supreme Court verdict favouring sub-classification within Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes for extending reservation benefits. Till the Supreme Court order is not made ineffective through an amendment in the Constitution, state governments could use it for implementing the ‘creamy layer’ ruling and also sub-classify SCs and STs …

SC/ST creamy layer: Mayawati attacks Centre, Oppn for unclear stand on apex court verdict
4 months, 1 week ago

SC/ST creamy layer: Mayawati attacks Centre, Oppn for unclear stand on apex court verdict

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Saturday attacked the Centre and the opposition parties like the Congress and the Samajwadi Party for not taking a clear stand on the Supreme Court’s verdict directing the states to evolve a policy for identifying the creamy layer among the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. Addressing a press conference in Lucknow, the BSP chief …

Will ‘parivarvad’ be SP’s trump card against BJP in bypolls?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Will ‘parivarvad’ be SP’s trump card against BJP in bypolls?

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Will the Samajwadi Party bank on ‘Parivarvad’ against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on half the seats in the forthcoming UP assembly bypolls? SP is likely to field its Ambedkar Nagar MP Lalji Verma’s daughter Chhaya Verma for the Katehari assembly seat that fell vacant after Lalji Verma resigned from it to retain the Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha seat. …

Haryana: INLD, BSP join hands to contest 2024 assembly election
5 months, 1 week ago

Haryana: INLD, BSP join hands to contest 2024 assembly election

Hindustan Times  

The Indian National Lok Dal has decided to again join hands with its former ally Bahujan Samaj Party for the Haryana Assembly polls scheduled later this year, the leaders of the two parties announced on Thursday. BSP chief Mayawati and INLD leader Abhay Chautala recently held a detailed meeting regarding firming up the alliance. Addressing a joint press conference with …

Eyeing Dalit votes, Congress to hold conferences, membership drives across U.P.
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Eyeing Dalit votes, Congress to hold conferences, membership drives across U.P.

The Hindu  

The Congress party is attempting to reach out to the numerically significant Dalit voters through district level Dalit chaupals and divisional level conferences to talk about their issues by further pushing its ‘Save the Constitution’ campaign. Congress leaders added that the ‘Save the Constitution’ campaign helped the grand old party to make sizeable gains among the social group in the …

Ex-BSP MP Haji Fazlur Rehman joins SP
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Ex-BSP MP Haji Fazlur Rehman joins SP

Hindustan Times  

Former Bahujan Samaj Party MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur Haji Fazlur Rehman joined the Samajwadi Party at a programme organised in the SP state unit office on Thursday. SP president Akhilesh Yadav inducting former BSP MP Haji Fazlur Rehman into the party fold in Lucknow on July 4. Welcoming Rehman into the SP fold, party’s national president Akhilesh Yadav said …

BSP vs ASP: Fight for Dalit votes to intensify in Uttar Pradesh
5 months, 3 weeks ago

BSP vs ASP: Fight for Dalit votes to intensify in Uttar Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The Bahujan Samaj Party’s decision to contest assembly bypolls in UP has set the pitch for a trial of strength against the Azad Samaj Party led by Chandra Shekar Azad, who secured victory from Nagina Lok Sabha seat in the Lok Sabha elections recently. Addressing party leaders at a national level meeting at the party’s state unit office in …

BSP vs ASP: Fight for Dalit votes to intensify in Uttar Pradesh
5 months, 3 weeks ago

BSP vs ASP: Fight for Dalit votes to intensify in Uttar Pradesh

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW The Bahujan Samaj Party’s decision to contest assembly bypolls in UP has set the pitch for a trial of strength against the Azad Samaj Party led by Chandra Shekar Azad, who secured victory from Nagina Lok Sabha seat in the Lok Sabha elections recently. Addressing party leaders at a national level meeting at the party’s state unit office in …

BSP supporters demand key role for Akash Anand after party’s dismal show in Lok Sabha polls
6 months, 1 week ago

BSP supporters demand key role for Akash Anand after party’s dismal show in Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

After the Bahujan Samaj Party’s dismal show in the recently concluded Lok Sabha election, supporters of the Dalit-centric party are demanding that its former national coordinator Akash Anand be given a prominent role yet again. Many BSP supporters took to X to demand a key role in party affairs for Mr. Anand, who was removed from the high-profile post of …

In Defence of Mayawati | BSP is Fully Entitled to Alter Tactics to Stay Relevant
6 months, 2 weeks ago

In Defence of Mayawati | BSP is Fully Entitled to Alter Tactics to Stay Relevant

The Quint  

‘Blame’ is a strong word. Mayawati’s statement says that despite attempts over the last few elections, the BSP has not been ‘understood’ by Muslims and she will give space in the future only after careful consideration. In this light, how the Muslim voters, especially Pasmanda/marginalised sections, vote to protect their best interests is a tactical decision for the community. In …

BAP’s victory set to change political landscape in tribal region of southern Rajasthan
6 months, 2 weeks ago

BAP’s victory set to change political landscape in tribal region of southern Rajasthan

The Hindu  

The victory of Bharat Adivasi Party in Banswara in the 2024 Lok Sabha election is set to change political landscape in the tribal-dominated region of southern Rajasthan, as the tribal identity, formation of a ‘Bhil Pradesh’ and an increase in reservation for Scheduled Tribes have come to the centre stage. Mr. Roat, a two-time MLA from Chorasi, was instrumental in …

The road ahead: UP set to see scramble for OBC, Dalit votes
6 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Muslims Failed to Understand BSP: Mayawati After Defeat
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Muslims Failed to Understand BSP: Mayawati After Defeat

Deccan Chronicle  

Lucknow: After scoring a zilch in the Lok Sabha polls, Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Wednesday said that despite the party gave it a "proper representation" in elections, the Muslim community is not able to understand the BSP. Mayawati in a statement said that her party will do a "deep analysis" of the trouncing and will take whatever steps …

Election results 2024: A key vote bank yet Muslim representation will remain low in the new Lok Sabha
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election results 2024: A key vote bank yet Muslim representation will remain low in the new Lok Sabha

The Hindu  

The 18th Lok Sabha in 2024 will see only 26 Muslim MPs, a number equal to 2019, which was the second-lowest tally ever in the House of 543 members. The 2014 General Election saw the lowest Muslim representation in the Lok Sabha at 22, while the community had its highest ever presence in the Lok Sabha, at 49, in 1980. …

Election results 2024: Mayawati’s BSP faces a sharp fall in Uttar Pradesh
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election results 2024: Mayawati’s BSP faces a sharp fall in Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

The Bahujan Samaj Party failed to win a single seat in the 2024 general election, which it fought alone, despite contesting the highest number of seats among the six national parties, fielding candidates in 488 constituencies, including all 80 in Uttar Pradesh. Mr. Azad won the Nagina Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 1.5 lakh votes, with the …

Uttar Pradesh Election Results 2024: Mayawati’s BSP performance in Uttar Pradesh
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Uttar Pradesh Election Results 2024: Mayawati’s BSP performance in Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

Staring at one of its worst electoral defeats from Uttar Pradesh, the Bahujan Samaj Party is trailing behind in all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. Uttar Pradesh Election Results 2024 LIVE updates For constituency-wise real-time updates, visit our Election Results page | Follow the election results live updates At 3.00 pm, Samajwadi Party candidates were leading on 36 …

Opinion: BJP and SP main contenders in Uttar Pradesh as BSP fights existential battle
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: BJP and SP main contenders in Uttar Pradesh as BSP fights existential battle

India Today  

The battle for Uttar Pradesh enters its last leg in Phase 7 when 13 seats will go to polls in the Purvanchal region of the state. The BSP is battling an existential crisis with poor performance in Vidhan Sabha elections, where it bagged only one seat with its vote share dropping by nine percentage points to 13 per cent. The …

Phulpur: Candidates with BSP background enliven three-way contest for seat of stalwarts
7 months ago

Phulpur: Candidates with BSP background enliven three-way contest for seat of stalwarts

Hindustan Times  

Known as the constituency of stalwarts in the past, the Phulpur Lok Sabha seat is witnessing a triangular contest among candidates who have past or present associations with the Bahujan Samaj Party. THE 2024 BATTLE The BJP has dropped sitting MP Keshari Devi Patel and fielded sitting Phulpur MLA Praveen Patel, who started his political career with the BSP but …

In Punjab, BSP’s ‘chronic spoilsport’ role continues to shrink, yet it may be spoilsport on handful seats
7 months, 1 week ago

In Punjab, BSP’s ‘chronic spoilsport’ role continues to shrink, yet it may be spoilsport on handful seats

The Hindu  

With the Bahujan Samaj Party witnessing a gradual decrease in its vote share over the years in Punjab’s political space, the party ‘chronic spoilsport’ role continues to shrink in electoral politics of the State, even as it could still play a spoilsport in a handful of parliamentary constituencies in the 2024 General Election. Political observers feel that while the BSP’s …

Eyeing Backward, Dalit outreach, Akhilesh forcefully pushes Bahujan plank amid BSP’s organisational shake-up
7 months, 1 week ago

Eyeing Backward, Dalit outreach, Akhilesh forcefully pushes Bahujan plank amid BSP’s organisational shake-up

The Hindu  

Amid the political war of words which continued for days over the removal of Bahujan Samaj Party national coordinator and heir apparent of the Dalit-centric party chief Mayawati, Akash Anand, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav is giving a renewed push for Bahujan unity in favour of the SP-led INDIA bloc since the removal last week. The removal of Mr. Anand, …

Etawah: Will BSP be the dark horse on seat of Kanshi Ram-Mulayam bonhomie?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Etawah: Will BSP be the dark horse on seat of Kanshi Ram-Mulayam bonhomie?

Hindustan Times  

The Etawah Lok Sabha constituency witnessed bonhomie between veteran Dalit leader Kanshi Ram and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav in 1991 when the Bahujan Samaj Party founder was elected to Parliament from the seat. Kanshi Ram won the Etawah Lok Sabha seat in 1991, marking the beginning of new chapter on caste politics in Uttar Pradesh. The …

Akhilesh can’t see beyond family: Mayawati
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Akhilesh can’t see beyond family: Mayawati

Hindustan Times  

Kanpur: Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party, alleging that it did not field a Muslim candidate from Kannauj as it could not see beyond SP president Akhilesh Yadav’s family. The BSP chief asked the deprived sections, including the dalits and Muslims, to not cast a single vote for Yadav’s party in …

Shyam Singh Yadav announced as new BSP candidate from Jaunpur LS seat
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Shyam Singh Yadav announced as new BSP candidate from Jaunpur LS seat

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party on Monday changed its candidate from the Jaunpur Lok Sabha seat on the last day of nomination for the sixth phase after replacing former MP Dhananjay Singh’s wife Shrikala Dhananjay Singh with sitting MP from Jaunpur, Shyam Singh Yadav. Shyam will be filing his nomination from Jaunpur as a BSP candidate on Monday. Earlier, the BSP had …

BJP And Congress Conspired To Weaken BSP In UP Alleges Mayawati In MP
7 months, 3 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 …

BSP releases fresh list of Lok Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh, Ravi Prakash Maurya to contest from Amethi
7 months, 3 weeks ago

BSP releases fresh list of Lok Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh, Ravi Prakash Maurya to contest from Amethi

India TV News  

Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Bahujan Samaj Party has released a fresh list of three candidates from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi, Azamgarh and Sant Kabir Nagar today. Image Source : INDIA TV BSP releases fresh list of Lok Sabha candidates from Uttar Pradesh, Ravi Prakash Maurya to contest from Amethi. In its first list, the BSP has nominated Mazid Ali from …

Maya throws down challenge to Congress, fields a Yadav from Gandhi bastion
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Maya throws down challenge to Congress, fields a Yadav from Gandhi bastion

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW: The Bahujan Samaj Party has fielded an OBC candidate from the Yadav community, Thakur Prasad Yadav, from the Gandhi family bastion Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2009 Lok Sabha election, the BSP candidate RS Kushwaha was the runner-up, whereas Congress candidate Sonia Gandhi won the seat. Congress leaders close to the Gandhi family, such as Arun Nehru, …

Mayawati invokes dalits, OBCs, and minorities at Ghaziabad rally
8 months ago

Mayawati invokes dalits, OBCs, and minorities at Ghaziabad rally

Hindustan Times  

Ghaziabad: The Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday chose to speak about the suffering of the backwards, Dalits, Muslims and other religious minorities as she attacked the present Bharatiya Janata Party government and previous Congress governments. Experts observed it was BSP chief’s attempt to garner votes of these classes besides making an endeavour to retain her party’s core vote …

BSP fields Prayagraj division in-charge from Phulpur
8 months ago

BSP fields Prayagraj division in-charge from Phulpur

Hindustan Times  

A retired Territorial Army personnel, Jagannath Pal is the Bahujan Samaj Party’s choice for the Phulpur Lok Sabha seat. Jagannath Pal Pal is considered a hard-working cadre of the BSP and will make his Lok Sabha poll debut from where his idol, Kanshi Ram, once fought. Kanshi Ram, the BSP founder, famously used Pal’s house as his office and control …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BSP releases sixth list of candidates in UP, fields Neyaz Ali against PM Modi
8 months ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: BSP releases sixth list of candidates in UP, fields Neyaz Ali against PM Modi

India TV News  

The Bahujan Samaj Party has released its sixth list of 11 candidates in Uttar Pradesh for the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The party has fielded Sayyed Neyaz Ali against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi which goes to polls in the last phase of seven-phased general elections on June 1. Image Source : INDIA TVBSP list of candidates Mayawati-led Bahujan …

Big setback for BSP as both Rajasthan MLAs join Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena: Who are they
8 months ago

Big setback for BSP as both Rajasthan MLAs join Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena: Who are they

India TV News  

Rajasthan Lok Sabha Election 2024: Two Bahujan Samaj Party MLAs in Rajasthan -- Manoj Kumar and Jaswant Singh Gurjar -- have joined the Eknath Shinde faction of the Shiv Sena in Mumbai, saying they will support Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Manoj Kumar represents the Sudalpur Assembly constituency while Jaswant Singh Gurjar is the legislator from Badi in Rajasthan. It has …

Mayawati vows Statehood for western Uttar Pradesh
8 months, 1 week ago

Mayawati vows Statehood for western Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on April 14 said her party would take concrete steps to make western Uttar Pradesh a separate State if voted to power at the Centre. “You want western Uttar Pradesh to become a separate State. BJP’s candidate for the seat, Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan also supported the issue of Statehood for western Uttar Pradesh in …

Why Rajputs, other dominant castes are boycotting BJP in western Uttar Pradesh
8 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Congress extends support to Bharat Adivasi Party in Rajasthan’s Banswara-Dungarpur
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress extends support to Bharat Adivasi Party in Rajasthan’s Banswara-Dungarpur

The Hindu  

After dilly-dallying for several days, the Opposition Congress on Monday extended support to the Bharat Adivasi Party candidate Rajkumar Roat at the tribal-dominated Banswara-Dungarpur Lok Sabha seat in Rajasthan, hours before the deadline for withdrawal of nominations for the April 26 polls ended. All India Congress Committee Rajasthan in-charge Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa said the party had decided to support the …

With its core vote intact, BSP seeks to play spoilsport in U.P.
8 months, 2 weeks ago

With its core vote intact, BSP seeks to play spoilsport in U.P.

The Hindu  

Bucking the perception of being the ‘B’ team of the Bharatiya Janata Party, the Bahujan Samaj Party is set to spoil the prospects of the BJP in the first two rounds of voting for Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. Ahead of the BSP’s first big-ticket rally in western U.P.’s Nagina constituency on April 6, to be addressed by party …

‘TDP may lose Muslim votes after joining hands with BJP’
8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘TDP may lose Muslim votes after joining hands with BJP’

Hindustan Times  

Telugu Desam Party headed by former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu is facing the threat of losing the support of majority Muslims in the state in the May 13 elections, following its return to the National Democratic Alliance fold by forging an electoral alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party along with JanaSena Party. On March 31, Andhra Pradesh …

Will Bharatiya Janata Party continue to dominate reserved seat matrix in Uttar Pradesh?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Will Bharatiya Janata Party continue to dominate reserved seat matrix in Uttar Pradesh?

Hindustan Times  

With the Lok Sabha poll process having been set in motion, the BJP is out to retain 15 of the 17 reserved seats it had won in the 2019 parliamentary election to continue to dominate the caste matrix in Uttar Pradesh in 2024 by once again denting the Dalit votebank of its poll rivals. This time, the ruling party is …

What is BSP’s game plan for the 2024 Lok Sabha election?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

What is BSP’s game plan for the 2024 Lok Sabha election?

Hindustan Times  

Fighting for survival in Uttar Pradesh politics, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati is working on a rainbow coalition of Dalit-Muslim-Other Backward Class-Upper Caste to regain lost ground in the upcoming general election. Senior SP leader Rajendra Chaudhary said that the Muslim community was aware of what the BSP was doing, and it is similar to their tactics in the 2022 …

Lok Sabha polls | Focus on Muslim outreach, BSP announces 25 candidates for Lok Sabha polls
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls | Focus on Muslim outreach, BSP announces 25 candidates for Lok Sabha polls

The Hindu  

Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday declared 25 candidates for the 2024 parliamentary polls in Uttar Pradesh. The party gave Mohammad Irfan Saifi a ticket from Moradabad, Mujahid Hussain from Amroha, Majid Ali from Saharanpur, Zeeshan Khan from Rampur, Anis Ahmad Khan alias Phool Babu from Pilibhit, Shaukat Ali from Sambhal, Abid Ali from Aonla, Surendra Singh Pal from Nagina, Girish …

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