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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
Founded in 1984 by Kanshi Ram, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is led by Mayawati at present. The BSP is contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in a pre-poll alliance with the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party.Kanshi Ram advocated for the rights of the backward and down-trodden and worked for the betterment of the Dalits. In 1989, the party contested its first elections in Uttar Pradesh and won 13 seats. In the next few elections, BSP gained ground in Uttar Pradesh by creating a support base among those from scheduled castes, scheduled tribes and other backward classes.
In 1995, the BSP’s Mayawati became the chief minister for the first time, but this was for a very short duration. Her second term as the CM of UP was very short lived, too. However, with the backing of the Bharatiya Janata Party, she came back to power in May 2002 and led the state government until August 2003. In 2002, she was named the successor to Kanshi Ram. She came to power again in 2007 with a stronger mandate.
Mayawati has been under the CBI scanner in the Taj Corridor and disproportionate asset cases. The BSP saw a continued downfall in both its Lok Sabha and Uttar Pradesh Vidhan Sabha tallies, despite a steady voter base. While it did not win even a single Lok Sabha seat in the 2014 national elections, it was reduced in 2017 to just 19 seats in the UP Assembly from 80 seats in 2012. The party, which has four members in the Rajya Sabha, including Mayawati, is looking for a resurgence in both national and state politics.
The BSP is influential in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Bihar, Haryana and Andhra Pradesh, and its key leaders are Mayawati and Satish Mishra.
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BSP chief Mayawati accuses BJP of instigating religious sentiments
Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati Wednesday accused the BJP of instigating religious sentiments in order to divert people's ...| May 18, 2022, Wednesday -
Don't want to be president, would rather be prime minister or CM: Mayawati
Reacting to Yadav's dig at her on Wednesday, Mayawati said she has never aspired to become the president and the Samajwadi Party ...| April 28, 2022, Thursday -
276 candidates switched parties to contest 2022 assembly polls: ADR report
Out of 276 candidates who switched parties during the 2022 assembly polls in five states, 27 per cent left the BSP and 13 per ...| April 26, 2022, Tuesday -
Mayawati looking to recast party template, revive her old social alliance
Interestingly, Mayawati had tried to experiment by joining hands with the SP, her bitter rival, in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls| April 25, 2022, Monday -
Bulldozers in Jahangirpuri under guise of illegal construction: Mayawati
BSP president Mayawati and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said strict action should be taken against those who are the ...| April 21, 2022, Thursday -
Mayawati hits back at Rahul Gandhi; asks him to worry about his own party
Gandhi had on Saturday said that the Congress reached out to the BSP leader, offering her the chief minister's post for ...| April 10, 2022, Sunday -
Take measures to reduce fuel prices: BSP chief Mayawati to Centre
Petrol and diesel prices were on Thursday hiked by 80 paise a litre each, taking the total increase in rates in the last 10 days ...| March 31, 2022, Thursday -
SP patron Mulayam Singh Yadav is 'B-team of BJP', not BSP: Mayawati
She also attacked Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav for changing the names of institutions named after B R Ambedkar ...| March 22, 2022, Tuesday -
Mayawati accuses media of adopting casteist approach to harm BSP
Mayawati Saturday accused the media of adopting "casteist and hateful approach" towards the party, and asked its spokesperson to ...| March 12, 2022, Saturday -
BSP ends UP Assembly polls 2022 with 1 seat, and about 13% vote share
The Bahujan Samaj Party managed to win only one of the 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, far from party president Mayawati's ...| March 11, 2022, Friday