Mayawati urged for a renewed and intensified campaign to unite all sections and secure political power to end social discrimination
BSP supremo Mayawati's decision to not name her political heir further clouds the future of the party, which has been struggling to regain political relevance
Kumar expressed his wish to hold only one post in the interest of the party and his request was accepted
Mayawati said that Akash's response to her action against him on Sunday was "selfish and arrogant"
The BSP chief appointed her brother Anand Kumar and Ramji Gautam as national coordinators to oversee party affairs across the country
The two leaders were involved in a war of words on Thursday as well after Gandhi's utterances against Mayawati during his visit to Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency
This comes after Udit Raj on Monday launched a scathing attack on BSP chief Mayawati and said that she has "strangled the social movement" and now the time has come to strangle her
She said the "BSP has always been a party of struggle" and has achieved significant political milestones through its dedication to the principles of B R Ambedkar
Her remarks come days after she announced the expulsion of Ashok Siddharth, father-in-law of her nephew Akash Anand, from the party on charges of factionalism and anti-party activities
The expulsion comes in the wake of the BSP's poor performance in the Delhi Assembly elections in which the party's candidates failed to retain their deposits in every seat they contested
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has fielded 69 candidates for the 70 seats in Delhi Assembly, which will go to polls on February. The results will be out on February 8
BSP leader further questioned the focus of the current BJP government's budget, drawing parallels to previous Congress budgets
The petition, filed through advocate Prakash Kumar Singh, had claimed that the installation of 60 elephant statues at the cost of Rs 52.2 crore was not only wastage of public money
Her remarks came at a time when the Indian rupee has hit a record low of 85.83 against the US dollar
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge had urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have Singh's funeral at a place where his memorial can be built
She also hit out at the BJP, alleging the ruling party and the Congress are cut from the same cloth when it comes to taking Ambedkar's name for vote bank politics
In a series of posts on X, Mayawati said that Shah's remarks have hurt the hearts of the people
The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister's assertion comes amid the ongoing tussle between the ruling BJP and the opposition parties over Union Home Minister Amit Shah's remarks
During the discussion on the Constitution in Lok Sabha, the ruling side and the opposition, especially the Congress and the Samajwadi Party, to woo Dalit and OBC voters, have said a lot of baseless"
Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) Rampur district unit president Surendra Sagar's son recently tied the knot with the daughter of Samajwadi Party (SP) MLA from Alapur