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Topic: Mayawati

The SP-BSP alliance in UP is rare, formidable and perfect

As far as arithmetic goes, a better pre-poll alliance is not possible.

Tejashwi Yadav & Akhilesh meet in Lucknow — try and pull off what their fathers couldn’t

RJD's Tejashwi Yadav met BSP chief Mayawati Sunday, to try and forge an understanding between the parties in UP and Bihar for Lok Sabha polls.

24 years after guesthouse attack on BSP chief Mayawati by SP workers, all seems forgotten

24 years after alleged bid to attack BSP chief Mayawati at guesthouse, she and SP seemed to have buried their differences.

Akhilesh, Maya set to contest 2022 UP assembly polls together

But experts express doubts, say difficult to imagine SP, BSP alliance surviving for 3 more years.

Akhilesh, Mayawati seal SP-BSP pact for Lok Sabha polls, to contest 38 seats each

Both BJP, Congress are 'steeped in corruption', say BSP and SP leaders, leaving Rahul Gandhi-led party out of alliance. 

Mayawati calls Centre’s move to give 10% quota to ‘weaker’ upper castes an ‘election stunt’

The move, though a 'political gimmick' and 'immature', is welcome, says BSP chief.

Mayawati assures Akhilesh Yadav of support amid CBI probe into mining scam

Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party is tying up with Yadav's Samajwadi Party in a pre-poll alliance to defeat the BJP in the upcoming general election.

The not so science Congress and Rahul loses out in UP

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

CBI goes after ‘scam’ from when Akhilesh was CM, day after he pushes tie-up with Mayawati

The CBI’s FIR names public servants, but also says it may probe the mining ministers under the SP govt. Akhilesh Yadav himself held the portfolio in 2012-13.

On Camera

Profit margins in lottery industry are tiny. Here’s how Future Gaming paid for its electoral bonds

Neither state govts nor companies earn large profits from lotteries. However, a look at the system shows there’s ample evidence of murky dealings and financial irregularities. 

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.