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Topic: Bahujan Samaj Party

Modi is wrong to see defeat of caste politics in SP-BSP’s loss in UP. Battle’s yet to begin

To announce the defeat of social justice politics even before the battle against BJP's communal politics has begun is short-sighted.

BJP, SP lead Rs 100 crore club this UP election, ex-journalist, ‘nawab’ among richest candidates

There are six candidates in the Rs 100 crore club this UP assembly election — two each from the BJP and SP, one from the Congress and one from the BSP.

The BJP’s ‘2ab’ factor that’s missing from SP, BSP, Congress in UP elections

Modi talked about the extra ‘2ab’ factor in 2015. In UP elections, it matters more than development, growth and promises.

BJP has a challenger in UP 2022. Akhilesh Yadav’s campaign a shift away from Mulayam’s

Akhilesh Yadav is promising to hold a caste census in UP. It’s an issue that BJP and Congress have remained silent on out of fear they will lose dominant caste votes.

UP 2022 do-or-die not just for Mayawati or BSP, but for the idea of ‘mainstream’ Dalit party

BSP changed the paradigm of Indian politics to become a truly mainstream party with Dalit agenda at its core. Its decline has more consequences than just Mayawati's irrelevance.

Centre should take cognisance of alleged ‘corruption’ in Rafale deal, says Mayawati

The BSP chief also said the allegations of commission in defence deals and its investigation are not new, It is an old burning issue since the time of the Congress government.

BSP sacks legislative party leader Lalji Verma, another MLA for anti-party activities

The BSP said the two sacked leaders will not be invited to any party programmes in the future and will not be given party tickets.

With 11 more confirmed fatalities, Aligarh hooch tragedy death toll climbs to 36

Viscera samples of 35 remaining people, who are also suspected to have died of liquor poisoning, have been sent for examination to confirm cause of death, CMO Dr Bhanu Pratap said.

‘T-20’ teams across UP for legal aid to Brahmins — Jitin Prasada’s bid to woo community

Congress leader Jitin Prasada says atrocities against Brahmins in UP have increased in last 3 yrs. Advisory panel of ex-civil servants will guide his Brahmin Chetna Parishad to help ‘victims’.

Vote for any party, but only a Tripathi will win UP bypoll as everyone’s wooing Brahmins

The 3 main opposition parties SP, BSP and Congress fielded Tripathis for the 3 November bypoll, so ruling BJP had to give ticket to another.

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Meghnad Desai was a man of many passions. Marxian economics, politics to Bollywood

Meghnad’s interest went much beyond economics and politics. This is reflected in his writing, particularly after his retirement as a full-time LSE professor in 2003.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.