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Wednesday, August 13, 2025
TopicBSP chief Mayawati

Topic: BSP chief Mayawati

UP govt increasing sugarcane MSP ahead of polls shows their selfishness, Mayawati says

Extending support to 'Bharat Bandh' call given by farmers, Mayawati also criticised Yogi Adityanath govt's cabinet expansion as an 'effort to mobilise voters on the basis of caste'.

In Mayawati’s BSP, these are the 3 young leaders who are party’s Gen Next

Mayawati insists she will not anoint a successor as she is healthy, but there are at least 3 young faces in the BSP whom party leaders say are the second rung of leadership.

‘What have you done for your caste’? Question BSP leaders must answer for UP poll ticket

BSP leaders say prospective candidates have to provide information not just of what they have done for their castes but also the Bahujan movement. 

Chandra Shekhar Azad can be the new Kanshi Ram — if he can upgrade for Modi-Shah era

Reservation and lower-caste politics have gained the pragmatic attention of Nagpur ideologues.

BSP will go solo in UP, Uttarakhand assembly elections, Mayawati says

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Sunday categorically denied entering into an alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi's party AIMIM in the upcoming UP Assembly elections.

‘Not just a party of Jats,’ how the SAD hopes to rebrand itself with BSP alliance

The alliance's revival comes at a time when SAD is facing a backlash among Sikh farm workers in Punjab and the Mayawati-led BSP is fighting for survival in UP.

11 MLAs expelled, 4 UP chiefs in 3 years — why Mayawati’s BSP appears to be imploding

On Thursday, the BSP expelled MLAs Lalji Verma and Ram Achal Rajbhar, taking the total number of legislators removed by the party to 11, in just the last 18 months. 

This is why Mayawati wants to fight solo, says no more poll alliances

Congress and Samajawadi Party, though, believe it doesn’t matter what Mayawati's BSP decides because party 'isn’t in the race for 2022 UP assembly election'.

Bhim Army chief Aazad says open to alliance with SP or any party opposing BJP for UP 2022

In interview with ThePrint, Chandra Shekhar Aazad said he does not see himself as just a Dalit leader & does not seek ‘validation of veterans’, in response to Mayawati attacking him. 

BSP-BJP alliance not possible in any polls, ideologies opposite, says Mayawati

Last week, BSP chief Mayawati had said that to ensure the defeat of SP candidates in future elections, the BSP would vote for the BJP or any other party's candidate.

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