Mayawati’s ‘political successor’ Akash Anand issues phone no. for people to connect to him

Mayawati’s ‘political successor’ Akash Anand issues phone no. for people to connect to him

Lucknow: Taking centre stage after being declared as her political successor by BSP president Mayawati, Akash Anand reached out to people on Thursday, asking them to give a missed call on a phone number to get directly connected to him. In a post on X, Anand, the national coordinator of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), … Read more

The Hindu Morning Digest, December 22, 2023

The Hindu Morning Digest, December 22, 2023

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Lok Sabha during the Winter session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Thursday, Dec. 21, 2023. | Photo Credit: – Under new law, doctors face two years of imprisonment for death due to negligence Contrary to what Union Home Minister Amit Shah told the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the amended Bharatiya … Read more

Making sense of Mayawati’s ambivalence

Making sense of Mayawati’s ambivalence

BSP supremo Mayawati addresses a press conference in Lucknow. File | Photo Credit: PTI Is Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati losing grip on her vote bank? This is the question on the Uttar Pradesh’s voter’s mind following the Samajwadi Party (SP)’s victory in the Ghosi bye-elections. Not only did the BSP decide to sit … Read more

Mayawati alleges internal collusion of BJP and Opposition on ‘INDIA’ name, urges SC intervention 

Mayawati alleges internal collusion of BJP and Opposition on ‘INDIA’ name, urges SC intervention 

BSP supremo Mayawati addresses a press conference, in Lucknow on Sept. 6, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Wednesday said that the Opposition coalition Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) offered the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) an opportunity to tamper with the Constitution over the issue of the … Read more

Mayawati expects good results for BSP in poll-bound Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh

Mayawati expects good results for BSP in poll-bound Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh

Mayawati. File | Photo Credit: ANI Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on August 14 slammed the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for playing “politics of allegations and counter-allegations” in the poll-bound States of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. She also exuded confidence in winning the elections in all the three States, where … Read more

Mayawati accuses SP leader of stirring religious couldron for pre-poll mileage

Mayawati accuses SP leader of stirring religious couldron for pre-poll mileage

BSP President Mayawati accused Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya of trying to drive a wedge between communities ahead of election | file photo | Photo Credit: PTI BSP President Mayawati on Sunday accused Samajwadi Party leader Swami Prasad Maurya of trying to drive a wedge between communities ahead of election with his comment on … Read more

Be wary of Samajwadi Party agenda, says Mayawati

Be wary of Samajwadi Party agenda, says Mayawati

BSP supremo Mayawati. | Photo Credit: Sandeep Saxena Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Wednesday urged people from Dalit, Other Backward Classes (OBCs) and Muslim communities to be wary of the Samajwadi Party’s agenda in reaching out to them. In response to SP president Akhilesh Yadav unveiling a statue of BSP founder Kanshi Ram … Read more

BJP to get more Rajya Sabha seats from UP

BJP to get more Rajya Sabha seats from UP

The BJP is set to increase its members in Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, while the BSP and the Congress would be the major losers in the upcoming election to 11 seats of the upper house from the state. Uttar Pradesh sends 31 members to Rajya Sabha. Among the 11 retiring MPs from the state, … Read more

Dalits are with BJP; Mayawati saw them only as vote bank: Baby Rani Maurya

Dalits are with BJP; Mayawati saw them only as vote bank: Baby Rani Maurya

From being an ordinary karyakarta of the BJP in the early 1990s, Baby Rani Maurya became the first woman mayor of Agra in 1995. Known as the Dalit face of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, she played a key role in strengthening the party’s outreach among Scheduled Castes in UP. The 65-year-old served in the … Read more

Tough task to stick to Ambedkar’s mission in this ‘age of flattery’: Mayawati

Tough task to stick to Ambedkar’s mission in this ‘age of flattery’: Mayawati

BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday said it is a tough task to stick to the mission of Babasaheb Ambedkar in this “age of flattery” and asserted that her party, through its movement, is taking this mission forward. In a statement issued on the occasion of the birth anniversary of the party’s founder Kanshi Ram, she … Read more