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 Kanshi Ram-Mulayam bonhomie lasted beyond 1991 with MSY, whose home district was Etawah, heeding the BSP leader’s advice to float the Samajwadi Party in 1992. Khadim Abbas, who was Kanshi Ram’s polling agent in the 1991 election, remembers how Mulayam Singh Yadav ensured the defeat of Ram Singh Shakya, the candidate of the Samajwadi Janata Party, with which Mulayam was associated then, to facilitate an easy path for Kanshi Ram.

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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.

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 …

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 …

BJP gets a drubbing in all five Lok Sabha seats of Ayodhya division
6 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP gets a drubbing in all five Lok Sabha seats of Ayodhya division

Hindustan Times  

The inauguration of Ram temple in Ayodhya earlier this year was considered one of the defining emotive issues of 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Yet it did not convert into electoral dividends for the Bharatiya Janata Party as the party lost all five Lok Sabha seats of Ayodhya division, including the Faizabad constituency. As per political observers, the BJP’s failure to …

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 …

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 …

BSP plays the ‘Brahmin Card’ in Fatehpur Sikri; contest hots up in BJP’s stronghold
8 months, 4 weeks ago

BSP plays the ‘Brahmin Card’ in Fatehpur Sikri; contest hots up in BJP’s stronghold

Hindustan Times  

In the rural seat of Agra district—Fatehpur Sikri—a tight contest is unfolding as both the Bahujan Samaj Party and Congress have declared their candidates. The BSP has also named Pooja Amrohi, the daughter of former Rajya Sabha MP and senior Congress leader Satya Behan, as its candidate for the Agra constituency, often considered the Dalit capital of North India. In …

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 …

BSP names four Muslims as Lok Sabha probables, likely to hit INDIA bloc strategy in Rohilkhand region
9 months, 1 week ago

BSP names four Muslims as Lok Sabha probables, likely to hit INDIA bloc strategy in Rohilkhand region

Hindustan Times  

The Bahujan Samaj Party has named four probable Muslim candidates as its in-charges for the Moradabad, Amroha, Saharanpur and Pilibhit Lok Sabha seats. The BSP has made Dr Mujahid Hussain in-charge of Amroha Lok Sabha seat, Irfan Saifi of Moradabad, Anish Ahmed Khan aka Phool Babu of Pilibhit and Majid Ali of Saharanpur. After the Election Commission of India issues …

Has the Elephant Forever Lost Its Way? BSP's UP Results Show the Party May be Over for Mayawati
2 years, 9 months ago

Has the Elephant Forever Lost Its Way? BSP's UP Results Show the Party May be Over for Mayawati

News 18  

With just one seat to its name, Bahujan Samaj Party has displayed its most dismal performance in Uttar Pradesh. Political analyst Sharad Pradhan had told India Today in an earlier report that “BSP chief’s self-centered ideology, a shift of major leaders, ineffective conventional approach and Twitter-based politics has badly affected the party’s image on the ground.” Dr. Lalji Prasad Nirmal, …

Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls | BSP decline signals crisis of Dalit politics
2 years, 9 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 fields its state president Bhim Rajbhar from Mukhtar Ansari’s Mau
2 years, 10 months ago

UP polls: BSP fields its state president Bhim Rajbhar from Mukhtar Ansari’s Mau

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has fielded her party’s Uttar Pradesh president Bhim Rajbhar from the Mau assembly constituency represented by gangster-turned politician Mukhtar Ansari in the state assembly. Uttar Pradesh BSP president Bhim Rajbhar will enter the fray in Mau. Mayawati had earlier stated that the BSP will not give the party ticket to gangsters, mafia dons and criminals, …

Prestige Battle in UP’s Etawah: SP Looks to Wrest Bastion from BJP; Ticket Distribution a Concern
2 years, 10 months ago

Prestige Battle in UP’s Etawah: SP Looks to Wrest Bastion from BJP; Ticket Distribution a Concern

News 18  

Not long ago, Etawah constituency, the hometown of Samajwadi Party patriarch and former chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav, was considered the focal point of Uttar Pradesh politics. A veteran SP leader who didn’t wish to be named said, “There is a close fight on Etawah Sadar and Bhartana assembly seat between the SP and BJP. On the other hand, Mulayam …

UP Assembly Elections: Mayawati set to chair crucial meet; Is it too little, too late for BSP chief?
3 years ago

UP Assembly Elections: Mayawati set to chair crucial meet; Is it too little, too late for BSP chief?

Firstpost  

The BSP has been facing a steady political decline and in 2017, it was able to win only 19 of the 403 seats it had contested; its vote share decreased to only 22.2 percent The political landscape in Uttar Pradesh is heating up with the populous state all set to go to the polls early next year. BSP’s decline Mayawati’s …

On Kanshi Ram's Birth Anniversary, Remembering How he Won 1991 Lok Sabha Election from Etawah
3 years, 9 months ago

On Kanshi Ram's Birth Anniversary, Remembering How he Won 1991 Lok Sabha Election from Etawah

News 18  

Kanshi Ram, a charismatic leader, founder of the Bahujan Samaj Party picked up the baton of Dalit politics in India. In 1991, Etawah’s electorate voted Kanshi Ram to power, amid 48 candidates who were in the fray for the unreserved seat in Lok Sabha constituency. With the help of Mulayam Singh Yadav, Kanshi Ram won the Lok Sabha election from …

Tough time for BSP as Mayawati losing her hold among Dalits, say experts
3 years, 9 months ago

Tough time for BSP as Mayawati losing her hold among Dalits, say experts

India Today  

With a continuous fall among its voters, it is a tough time for the Bahujan Samaj Party to stay relevant in Uttar Pradesh politics as the party has been losing its ground since 2012. Now Dalit leader and BSP chief Mayawati wants to make her party's presence felt in the panchayat elections for which she is holding meetings with party …

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