Tag: Mayawati

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday said she will not contest the Lok Sabha elections. “Keeping in mind the current political situation, I have decided not to contest the Lok Sabha elections,” Mayawati told the media.

Bhubaneswar: Launching her party’s campaign in Odisha, BSP supremo Mayawati today labelled the BJP, Congress and BJD as ‘casteist’ and ‘communal’ parties. Addressing an election rally at Baramunda grounds in the city, Mayawati lashed out at the national parties for their ‘discriminatory’ and ‘casteist’ attitude, which she termed as responsible for the ‘plight’ of backward […]

New Delhi: After Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati and UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, the Election Commission (EC) on Monday barred Union Minister Maneka Gandhi and Samajwadi Party leader Mohammed Azam Khan from campaigning in the Lok Sabha elections for 48 houres and 72 hours, respectively. While Gandhi was barred for asking Muslims in […]

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea by BSP supremo Mayawati against the Election Commission’s ban on her for breaking the Model Code of Conduct restricting her for the next 48 hours from canvassing starting on the day. Dushyant Dave appearing for Mayawati requested the court to hear its argument, as […]

Kushinagar (Uttar Pradesh): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday demanded to know why Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati did not withdraw support to the ruling Congress in Rajasthan in view of a gang rape in Alwar. Addressing a public gathering here, Modi said: “A Dalit girl was gang-raped in Rajasthan which is being ruled by […]

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati has removed the election coordinators of six states and state Presidents of two states, ostensibly for the poor showing in the Lok Sabha battle. The BSP chief has removed the coordinators of Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Odisha. She has also removed the state Presidents of Delhi […]

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati said that her party would contest the upcoming Assembly by-elections alone. Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav, on the hand, did not comment on Mayawati’s statement but said in Azamgarh on Tuesday that the Samajwadi Party would form its own government in Uttar Pradesh in 2022 when Assembly elections are […]

Ghazipur: Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday said he will now prepare for Assembly bye-elections and his party will contest on all 11 seats where polls are to be held. “I will consult my party leaders and then we will contest the bye-elections. If the alliance has parted ways, then ‘swagat’ hai (welcome).” The […]

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati on Thursday mounted a scathing attack on the Narendra Modi government over the unemployment rate which has risen to a 45-year-high at 6.1 per cent. In a series of tweets, Mayawati said: “Just after the Lok Sabha elections, the Labour Ministry has confirmed that the unemployment rate has […]

Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati on Saturday welcomed the Uttar Pradesh Law Commission’s draft Bill that seeks stringent punishment for those involved in mob lynching. “Mob lynching has emerged as a dreadful disease across the country and the loss of lives due to this is a matter of serious concern. In this regard, […]

Chandigarh: Speculations are rife over a pre-poll alliance between the Congress and the BSP in Haryana after a closed-door meeting between two-time former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Mayawati in New Delhi, party insiders said on Monday. The meeting that lasted for over half an hour on Sunday night saw the presence of newly-appointed […]

Lucknow: A Dalit woman’s body was unceremoniously removed from the funeral pyre minutes before she was to be cremated as the cremation ground on which the last rites were being performed belonged to upper castes. The incident has now snowballed into a major controversy after a video of the act went viral on social media. […]