Bhim Army chief takes a U-turn, says won’t fight against Modi in Varanasi
5 years, 8 months ago

Bhim Army chief takes a U-turn, says won’t fight against Modi in Varanasi

Hindustan Times  

Nearly a month after announcing that he would contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad Wednesday rescinded his decision, saying his outfit will support the SP-BSP alliance and the Dalit vote should remain intact to defeat the BJP. Nearly a month after announcing that he would contest against Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad Wednesday rescinded his decision. The Dalit group’s founder also said the Bhim Army will support the SP-BSP alliance if it fields Satish Chandra Mishra, Mayawati’s general secretary and Brahmin face of the BSP, from the Varanasi seat. On Mayawati’s criticism of him, he said, “Our own people are calling us agents of the BJP, but I still want her to become prime minister.” At an event to mark BR Ambedkar Jayanti in Madhya Pradesh’s Mhow on April 14, he had said that the Bhim Army and not Mayawati was the “real well-wisher” of Dalits.

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BSP Fielded Muslim and Upper Caste Candidates in Uttar Pradesh Assembly Bypolls
2 months, 2 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.

How Mayawati is trying to win back Dalit, backward caste vote base
4 months, 4 weeks 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 …

PM Modi will 'ignore' RSS chief's statement on Manipur, says Congress MP-elect Gaurav Gogoi
6 months, 4 weeks ago

PM Modi will 'ignore' RSS chief's statement on Manipur, says Congress MP-elect Gaurav Gogoi

Hindustan Times  

Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday stated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not pay heed to Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh chief Dr. Mohan Bhagwat's statement on the Manipur issue. Congress MP Gaurav Gogoii “I do not expect Prime Minister Modi to pay any attention to the words of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat. Prime Minister Modi will avoid Manipur, misuse law …

Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar Azad leading by 50,000 votes in Nagina
7 months ago

Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar Azad leading by 50,000 votes in Nagina

Hindustan Times  

Azad Samaj Party -Kanshi Ram leader and Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’ is leading by more than 50,000 votes in Uttar Pradesh’s Nagina constituency. Chandrashekhar Azad ‘Ravan’ Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Om Kumar is trailing behind Samajwadi Party ’s Manoj Kumar and Bahujan Samaj Party ’s Surendra Pal Singh. The BSP’s Girish Chandra had won Nagina, a reserved constituency …

In final Purvanchal bout, BJP aims for big win on Modi-Yogi turfs
7 months, 1 week ago

In final Purvanchal bout, BJP aims for big win on Modi-Yogi turfs

Hindustan Times  

Propelled by the Modi and Yogi factors, the Bharatiya Janata Party is aiming for complete domination in the 13 seats going to polls in the seventh and final phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha election on Saturday. Among the key NDA candidates, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is contesting from Varanasi, Union minister for heavy industries Mahendra Nath Pandey from Chandauli, …

BJP, INDIA alliance go all out in Purvanchal, including key seat of Varanasi
7 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP, INDIA alliance go all out in Purvanchal, including key seat of Varanasi

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Varanasi seat is among the thirteen Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh going to the polls in the seventh and final phase of the election. In the prestigious Gorakhpur seat, once synonymous with Mr. Adityanath, the sitting BJP MP Ravi Kishan is taking on SP candidate Kajal Nishad. ‘Growth engine of India’ In his campaign, Mr. …

Politics or pressure? What's driving Mayawati's 2024 poll moves
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Politics or pressure? What's driving Mayawati's 2024 poll moves

India Today  

The complex electoral landscape of Uttar Pradesh is engulfed in the 'mysterious' political moves by its former chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati. Boosted by her feisty nephew and the party's former national coordinator Akash Anand, BSP was turning the tide by building momentum to fight against the BJP's juggernaut and also the INDIA alliance. But before attempting …

Lok Sabha polls: Is Mayawati’s game plan unnerving BJP, SP?
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls: Is Mayawati’s game plan unnerving BJP, SP?

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW: The Bahujan Samaj Party was considered a non-player after party chief Mayawati announced to go solo in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. This could not only make the contest triangular on UP’s 80 Lok Sabha seats, but on some seats, BSP candidates are likely to be in direct contest with either the NDA or INDIA bloc candidates. The ‘jumbo …

Keeping up with UP | As young leaders emerge, Dalit community seeks their share of power
9 months ago

Keeping up with UP | As young leaders emerge, Dalit community seeks their share of power

Hindustan Times  

Young leadership is taking centre stage in Dalit politics around the country and certainly in Uttar Pradesh. Anand launched his campaign on April 6 from the Muslim-Dalit dominated Nagina constituency from where another upcoming Dalit leader, Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad is contesting his first Lok Sabha election as the nominee of four-year-old Azad Samaj Party that he founded in …

BSP MP Sangeeta Azad joins BJP, may become Lalganj pick
9 months, 3 weeks ago

BSP MP Sangeeta Azad joins BJP, may become Lalganj pick

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party Dalit MP Sangeeta Azad, who represents the Lalganj seat in East UP, joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in Delhi on Monday evening. BSP MP Sangeeta Azad joins BJP, may become Lalganj pick Her joining came on a day when top ruling party leaders, including chief minister Yogi Adityanath, deputy CMs Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brajesh Pathak and …

Mayawati’s statement casts a shadow on BRS-BSP tie-up
10 months ago

Mayawati’s statement casts a shadow on BRS-BSP tie-up

The Hindu  

The clarification of Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati that BSP will not have electoral alliance with any other party for the Parliament elections has cast a shadow on the proposed alliance between the Bharat Rashtra Samiti and the Bahujan Samaj Party in Telangana. Praveen Kumar met former Chief Minister and BRS chief K. Chandrashekhar Rao and announced an electoral alliance …

Mayawati's BSP to fight Lok Sabha election solo: 'For this reason…'
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Mayawati's BSP to fight Lok Sabha election solo: 'For this reason…'

Hindustan Times  

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Monday announced that her party will contest the upcoming Lok Sabha election alone, claiming that the party's experiences with alliances have never been beneficial. BSP supremo Mayawati Addressing a press conference in Uttar Pradesh's Lucknow, Mayawati said, “We suffer more losses from alliances. If possible, the BSP can extend its support after the elections.our …

Mayawati's BSP to contest alone in 2024 Lok Sabha polls, declines to join I.N.D.I.A. bloc
1 year, 4 months ago

Mayawati's BSP to contest alone in 2024 Lok Sabha polls, declines to join I.N.D.I.A. bloc

India TV News  

Quashing all reports of forming an alliance with National Democratic Alliance for Assembly elections, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Wednesday announced that her party will be contesting alone in 2024. "NDA and India alliance are mostly parties with anti-poor casteist, communal, pro-Dhanna Seth and capitalist policies against whose policies BSP is continuously struggling and that is why the question …

Congress appoints Ajay Rai, who fought against PM Modi from Varanasi, as UP party president
1 year, 4 months ago

Congress appoints Ajay Rai, who fought against PM Modi from Varanasi, as UP party president

India TV News  

Congress on Thursday appointed Ajay Rai, ex-MLA as the President of the Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee, with immediate effect. Ajay Rai had contested against PM Modi on the Varanasi seat in the Lok Sabha elections 2019. Rai now faces the herculean task of mobilising a faction-ridden Congress, bringing back the veterans and enthusing the cadres before the Lok Sabha elections. …

Protests in Lalganj over murder of Bhim Army leader; situation under control: Police
1 year, 8 months ago

Protests in Lalganj over murder of Bhim Army leader; situation under control: Police

Hindustan Times  

Police had to resort to firing in air to control the situation in Bihar’s Lalganj city on Friday after Dalit Sena activists protested during the funeral procession of Bhim Army district convenor and leader Rakesh Paswan, who was shot dead outside his residence near Vaishali district on Thursday late evening. Paswan was also associated with the Rashtriya Lok Janashakti Party, …

Will fight to ensure Madhya Pradesh gets tribal CM: Bhim Army chief Azad
1 year, 10 months ago

Will fight to ensure Madhya Pradesh gets tribal CM: Bhim Army chief Azad

Hindustan Times  

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Sunday held a rally in Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, where Assembly polls are likely at the end of the year, and asked people to ensure the state gets a tribal chief minister. Bhopal: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad during a party workers rally. Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress, Azad said these …

Dalit group led by Chandrashekhar Azad likely to join hands with Samajwadi Party
2 years, 1 month ago

Dalit group led by Chandrashekhar Azad likely to join hands with Samajwadi Party

The Hindu  

Days ahead of the byelections in Mainpuri Lok Sabha and on two Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, the support extended by the Azad Samaj Party to the Samajwadi Party clearly hints that the Dalit group is likely to join hands with the SP before the 2024 General elections. Azad Samaj Party founder Chandrashekhar Azad Ravan has campaigned for Madan Bhaiya, …

Uttar Pradesh: RLD Candidate Madan Bhaiya Files Nomination Papers for Khatauli Assembly Bypoll
2 years, 1 month ago

Uttar Pradesh: RLD Candidate Madan Bhaiya Files Nomination Papers for Khatauli Assembly Bypoll

News 18  

Rashtriya Lok Dal candidate Madan Bhaiya here on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for the December 5 Khatauli assembly bypoll in the district. Talking to newsmen, Madan Bhaiya said he will contest the bypoll on issues related to farmers including sugarcane growers, minorities and unemployment. Earlier on Sunday, Madan Bhaiya’s candidature was announced on the RLD’s official Twitter handle, Rashtriya …

Mayawati has sold Bahujan Samaj to BJP, says Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad
2 years, 8 months ago

Mayawati has sold Bahujan Samaj to BJP, says Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad

India Today  

Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad on Tuesday accused Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati of selling the party to the BJP. Speaking to reporters in Jharkhand's Garhwa district, Chandra Shekhar Aazad said Mayawati's actions have severely harmed Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar's ideals, which he will not allow to crumble. As a result, the Bhim Army is waging a campaign to unite …

Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad backtracks after confirming alliance with Samajwadi Party
2 years, 11 months ago

Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad backtracks after confirming alliance with Samajwadi Party

India Today  

Hours after he confirmed an alliance between his party and the Samajwadi Party for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly election, Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Aazad on Saturday said his party is not going to be a part of the SP-led alliance. Speaking to India Today, Chandra Shekhar Aazad said he had been trying to talk to Akhilesh Yadav for nearly …

BSP to fight solo in UP, Uttarakhand: Mayawati
3 years, 6 months ago

BSP to fight solo in UP, Uttarakhand: Mayawati

India TV News  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday said the party will fight state assembly elections alone in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Mayawati's statement came against reports of AIMIM and BSP fighting the assembly elections together in Uttar Pradesh. Taking to Twitter, the BSP chief today said, "This news is being broadcast in a media news channel since yesterday that the …

Mayawati refutes claims about allying with AIMIM for UP polls, says BSP will fight alone
3 years, 6 months ago

Mayawati refutes claims about allying with AIMIM for UP polls, says BSP will fight alone

India Today  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday quashed the claims about allying with All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen for the next Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. Taking to her official Twitter handle, Mayawati said, "Since yesterday, a news channel has been showing that BSP will fight the next UP Vidhan Sabha election with Owaisi's AIMIM. AIMIM, 1/2 — Mayawati June 27, 2021 Confirming …

The State Where Mayawati Really Needs an Alliance – Uttar Pradesh
3 years, 6 months ago

The State Where Mayawati Really Needs an Alliance – Uttar Pradesh

News 18  

Mayawati has tied up with the Akali Dal in Punjab for the assembly elections there next year, calling it a “historic alliance”. The last time BSP had an alliance in Uttar Pradesh was for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with the Samajwadi Party. But the chances were that if the former CMs Akhilesh and Mayawati as partners in 2022 said …

Bhim Army joins Rajbhar alliance for UP polls
4 years ago

Bhim Army joins Rajbhar alliance for UP polls

India TV News  

The Bhim Army will be joining the Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha, a conglomeration of smaller parties led by the Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party, chief Om Prakash Rajbhar. Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar met Om Prakash Rajbhar on Saturday and agreed to contest the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh as part of the alliance. In the 2022 Assembly elections, we will …

Bhim Army Chief Joins Hands with Former BJP Ally Ahead of UP Assembly Elections
4 years ago

Bhim Army Chief Joins Hands with Former BJP Ally Ahead of UP Assembly Elections

News 18  

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Saturday met Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party president Om Prakash Rajbhar and agreed to contest the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh as part of the Bhagidari Sankalp Morcha. Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party general secretary Arun Rajbhar in a statement said their coalition will contest on all 403 seats in the state and the Bhim …

Will Contest Panchayat Polls in Uttar Pradesh: Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad
4 years ago

Will Contest Panchayat Polls in Uttar Pradesh: Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad

News 18  

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Tuesday said his party will field candidates in the upcoming panchyat polls in Uttar Pradesh. Before the 2022 assembly polls, the Azad Samaj Party will field candidates in the panchyat elections, said the Bhim Army chief, who was here to meet the district magistrate over the alleged delay in providing help to a Dalit …

Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azaad Says Convoy Shot at in UP's Bulandshahr Ahead of Bypoll Rally
4 years, 2 months ago

Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azaad Says Convoy Shot at in UP's Bulandshahr Ahead of Bypoll Rally

News 18  

Bhim Army and Azad Samaj Party leader Chandrashekhar Azaad said Sunday that his convoy had been fired at in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr District. बुलन्दशहर के चुनाव में हमारे प्रत्याशी उतारने से विपक्षी पार्टीयां घबरा गई है और आज की रैली ने इनकी नींद उड़ा दी है जिसकी वजह से अभी कायरतापूर्ण तरीके से मेरे काफिले पर गोलियां चलाई गई है। …

Bhim Army: All you need to know
4 years, 10 months ago

Bhim Army: All you need to know

India TV News  

Bhim Army led by Chandrashekhar Azad, a social activist, lawyer and follower of Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar, has announced that it will contest 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections in alliance with Om Prakash Rajbhar's Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party. Founded by Chandrashekhar Azad, Vinay Ratan Singh in 2015, the organisation run free schools for people belonging to Dalit community in several districts …

Bhim Army, SBSP to contest 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections together
4 years, 10 months ago

Bhim Army, SBSP to contest 2022 Uttar Pradesh elections together

India TV News  

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar is putting his Lucknow visit to good use even if he has been prevented from participating in the anti-CAA protests at the Clock Tower. On Monday, Chandrashekhar met Om Prakash Rajbhar, President of the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party, at his guest house and decided to contest the 2022 Assembly elections as part of a larger alliance …

Chandrashekhar Azad dares RSS chief to contest elections
4 years, 10 months ago

Chandrashekhar Azad dares RSS chief to contest elections

India TV News  

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad on Saturday asked RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat to contest direct elections to test the actual public support for the "Manuvadi" agenda of the Sangh. Addressing a meeting of Bhim Army workers at the Reshimbaug Ground here, located close to the Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh headquarters, Azad demanded ban on the Sangh to end "Manuvad". contest direct …

Anti-CAA protests: Mayawati alleges Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar got himself jailed to cut into BSP votes in upcoming Delhi elections
5 years ago

Anti-CAA protests: Mayawati alleges Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar got himself jailed to cut into BSP votes in upcoming Delhi elections

Op India  

Dalit leader and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati took to Twitter to warn BSP supporters against supporting Bhim Army Chief Chandrashekhar Azad. के मज़बूत राज्यों में षड़यन्त्र के तहत चुनाव के करीब वहाँ पार्टी के वोटों को प्रभावित करने वाले मुद्दे पर, प्रदर्शन आदि करके फिर जबरन जेल चला जाता है। — Mayawati December 22, 2019 Taking a veiled dig …

BSP rejects Bhim Army proposal to join hands together to fight BJP
5 years, 2 months ago

BSP rejects Bhim Army proposal to join hands together to fight BJP

Op India  

The Bahujan Samaj Party has rejected Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad’s appeal to party president Mayawati to join hands with him to fight the Bhartiya Janata Party. Reportedly, a senior party functionary termed a letter written by Bhim Army chief Chandra Shekhar Azad to Mayawati as a ‘ploy to create confusion among Dalits’. Read: Accusing Twitter of being an agent …

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 …

SP-BSP joint rally in UP: Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav forget bitter past in quest to defeat Narendra Modi
5 years, 8 months ago

SP-BSP joint rally in UP: Mayawati, Mulayam Singh Yadav forget bitter past in quest to defeat Narendra Modi

Firstpost  

“Mile Mulayam Kanshiram hawa ho gaye Jai Sri Ram.” In the early 1990s, this catchy slogan hit the air in Uttar Pradesh. The existential threat posed by Narendra Modi-led BJP made Samajwadi Patry patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav aka Dharti Putra aka Netaji forgive and forget Mayawati and join hands with her to keep their political fortunes floating. 24 years after …

Ex-judge, ex-jawan, priest, 111 Tamil Nadu farmers to fight PM Modi in Varanasi
5 years, 8 months ago

Ex-judge, ex-jawan, priest, 111 Tamil Nadu farmers to fight PM Modi in Varanasi

India Today  

As of now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears all set to contest against an interesting array of candidates from Varanasi, when his parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh goes to polls in the last phase on May 19. A sacked Border Security Force constable Tej Bahadur Yadav who uploaded a video on the social media showing the sub-standard food being served …

Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam agents of BJP: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad
5 years, 9 months ago

Akhilesh Yadav, Mulayam agents of BJP: Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad

India TV News  

Bhim Army founder Chandrashekhar Azad Wednesday alleged Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and his father Mulayam Singh Yadav were "agents" of the BJP, adding he will not contest from Varanasi if his candidature scuttled the Dalit movement. He made the remarks during a public meeting in Jaipur days after BSP chief Mayawati termed him a "BJP agent" and alleged that …

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad is BJP proxy: Mayawati
5 years, 9 months ago

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Azad is BJP proxy: Mayawati

The Hindu  

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday alleged that the head of the Dalit outfit Bhim Army, Chandrashekhar Azad, was contesting in Varanasi against Prime Minister Narendra Modi as part of a “conspiracy” by the BJP to divide Dalit votes. In a statement, Ms. Mayawati said: “It is well-known that the organisation was founded by the BJP which used it …

A three-pronged battle in U.P. amid rival formations
5 years, 9 months ago

A three-pronged battle in U.P. amid rival formations

The Hindu  

After the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and the Rashtriya Lok Dal ironed out a potentially game-changing anti-BJP alliance, Uttar Pradesh looked destined for a polarised contest. Congress as spoiler Not only is the social arithmetic of the SP-BSP-RLD a new challenge to the BJP, which thumped a divided opposition in 2014 and 2017, the unpredictability of the Congress, in …

Mayawati accuses Narendra Modi, BJP of using Jammu and Kashmir unrest as distraction from 'failures'
5 years, 10 months ago

Mayawati accuses Narendra Modi, BJP of using Jammu and Kashmir unrest as distraction from 'failures'

Firstpost  

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP of trying to cover up their failures by using the current situation in Jammu and Kashmir. Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP of trying to cover up their failures by using the current situation in …

BSP calls off alliance with INLD after Jind bypoll results, joins hands with rebel BJP MP Raj Kumar Saini’s LSP
5 years, 11 months ago

BSP calls off alliance with INLD after Jind bypoll results, joins hands with rebel BJP MP Raj Kumar Saini’s LSP

India TV News  

The Bahujan Samaj Party on Saturday called off its alliance with Haryana’s main opposition Indian National Lok Dal joined hands with rebel BJP MP Raj Kumar Saini’s Loktantra Suraksha Party. The BSP took this step days after Om Prakash Chautala-led Indian National Lok Dal suffered a humiliating defeat in the Jind bypolls. “On the directions of BSP national president and …

Option of going with SP-BSP open: BJP ally SBSP
5 years, 11 months ago

Option of going with SP-BSP open: BJP ally SBSP

India TV News  

Putting its ally BJP in Uttar Pradesh on notice, the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party has said the option of going with the SP-BSP alliance in the general elections was open to the party. SBSP chief and senior cabinet minister Om Prakash Rajbhar has been making sharp statements against the BJP and had recently threatened to walk out of the National …

BSP, SP should have included Congress in UP alliance to finish the game: Yashwant Sinha
5 years, 11 months ago

BSP, SP should have included Congress in UP alliance to finish the game: Yashwant Sinha

India TV News  

Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha says opposition unity against the BJP in the coming Lok Sabha elections is a "work in progress" but feels that the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party should have included Congress in the alliance in Uttar Pradesh that would have "finished the game". He said there was no need to go into the "Modi versus …

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 …

P Chidambaram hopes BSP-SP alliance sans Congress is ‘not final word’, but asserts that party ready to fight 2019 polls alone
5 years, 11 months ago

P Chidambaram hopes BSP-SP alliance sans Congress is ‘not final word’, but asserts that party ready to fight 2019 polls alone

Firstpost  

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said his party was ready to fight the Lok Sabha elections alone but hoped there would be a rethink on the SP-BSP alliance for Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi: Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday said his party was ready to fight the Lok Sabha elections alone but hoped there would be a rethink …

What is SP-BSP alliance? All you need to know about bua-bhatija pact for 2019 Lok Sabha election
5 years, 11 months ago

What is SP-BSP alliance? All you need to know about bua-bhatija pact for 2019 Lok Sabha election

India Today  

The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party on Saturday announced a major decision and said the two will form an alliance for the 2019 Lok Sabha election. HOW HAS CONGRESS REACTED Responding to the political developments in Uttar Pradesh, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said he has "tremendous respect" for Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav. It's on us on how to …

RLD hopeful of finding place in SP-BSP alliance for LS polls in UP
5 years, 11 months ago

RLD hopeful of finding place in SP-BSP alliance for LS polls in UP

Deccan Chronicle  

Lucknow: On the day when the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party announced a tie-up in Uttar Pradesh for the coming Lok Sabha polls, the Rashtriya Lok Dal kept its hopes alive, saying the talks for finding a place in the alliance were continuing. "The alliance of the two parties has been announced today.as far as we are concerned, …

SP-BSP alliance: Mayawati, Akhilesh take 38 seats each, leave 4 for Congress, others
5 years, 11 months ago

SP-BSP alliance: Mayawati, Akhilesh take 38 seats each, leave 4 for Congress, others

India Today  

The two rival parties -- Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party and Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party -- on Saturday announced an alliance in Uttar Pradesh for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections 2019. Announcing the gathbandhan in Lucknow, BSP chief Mayawati said the country needs the SP-BSP alliance today to fight against a communal party like the Bharatiya Janata Party. On his part, …

Mayawati dampens Rahul Gandhi’s Mahagathbandhan plans, to contest all Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh in 2019
6 years ago

Mayawati dampens Rahul Gandhi’s Mahagathbandhan plans, to contest all Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh in 2019

Op India  

Bahujan Samaj Party Supremo Mayawati has yet again given a blow to the Congress-led Mahagatbandhan. BSP Vice-President Ramji Gautam has declared party’s stand to contest all Lok Sabha seats of Madhya Pradesh in 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Along with these developments, Mayawati is also in talks with Telangana CM KC Rao, regarding the ‘Third Front’ or the ‘Federal Front’, which …

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