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The upcoming polls in UP will be pivoted chiefly on farmer issues, Jat vote

Not only the SP, its partner RLD, too, has doubled down on its campaign to earn farmer votes

SP, BSP, Cong have no base, fighting to become landlord without land: Naqvi

The SP, BSP and the Congress are competing for power in Uttar Pradesh without any base among the masses, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said on Friday

Mayawati confident of forming govt in UP with Brahmin support

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Tuesday asserted that the BSP would form the next government in Uttar Pradesh with the support from the 'Prabuddha Varg' (Brahmin).

BSP's outreach to Brahmins vote-bank politics: Uttar Pradesh BJP president

Targeting the BSP over its outreach to Brahmins, UP BJP president Swatantra Dev Singh said its leaders are now visiting temples and offering prayers to woo the community ahead of the assembly polls

Spectre of caste census limits BJP's OBC politics

Even among OBC parties that support a caste census, this could be a miscalculation because these largely family-run 'Mom and Pop' shops are seen as representing the dominant castes among the OBC.

2022 Punjab polls: BSP's Punjab unit chief to contest from Phagwara seat

The BSP, an ally of the SAD in Punjab, on Sunday declared its state unit chief Jasvir Singh Garhi as the candidate from Phagwara (reserved) assembly seat for the 2022 state polls

Mukhtar Ansari tells court Rs 5-lakh contract given to kill him in jail

Jailed BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari told a court that a contract of Rs 5 lakh has been given for his killing inside the jail, according to his lawyer

BSP to support bill to enable states to make their own OBC lists: Mayawati

BSP supremo Mayawati said her party will support the passage of a constitutional amendment bill that seeks to enable state governments to make their own lists of Other Backward Classes (OBCs).

'Mandalisation' of BJP or election engineering for UP?

Mayawati's wooing of Brahmins did not make the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) a 'Manuvadi' party. The 'Mandalisation' of the BJP is an electoral contingency

BSP supremo Mayawati demands strict action in Dalit girl murder case

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati on Wednesday demanded strict action against the culprits in the alleged rape and murder case of a nine-year-old Dalit girl in southwest Delhi

BJP in UP anti-Brahmin and anti-Dalit: BSP leader Satish Chandra Mishra

Bahujan Samaj Party leader Satish Chandra Mishra on Sunday claimed that the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh was not only anti-Dalit but also anti-Brahmin.

SC says India can't have a dual judicial system for rich and poor

The Supreme Court on Thursday said India can't have a dual judicial system -- one for the rich and the other for the poor, and pulled up Madhya Pradesh Police for attempting to shield Govind Singh

UP Assembly Polls: BSP to hold 'Brahmin Sammelan' on July 23 in Ayodhya

Ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls scheduled for next year, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday said that the party would hold a 'Brahmin Sammelan' on July 23 in Ayodhya

Mayawati claims UP Police attacked Dalits in Azamgarh, demands action

BSP supremo Mayawati on Tuesday accused the Uttar Pradesh Police of committing atrocities on Dalit families in Azamgarh and demanded strict action against guilty cops and compensation for the victims

SP contesting UP polls with smaller parties sign of helplessness: Mayawati

BSP chief Mayawati on Friday said the Samajwadi Party's decision to contest the next Uttar Pradesh assembly polls with the help of smaller parties reflects its "helplessness"

Notices to two ex-BSP ministers in Rs 4,200 crore UP memorial scam

The vigilance department in Uttar Pradesh has served notices to former Bahujan Samaj Party ministers, Naseemuddin Siddiqui and Babu Singh Kushwaha, in connection with the Rs 4,200-crore scam

BSP to contest UP and Uttarakhand assembly elections alone: Mayawati

The BSP will not enter into any alliance for Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly polls, party chief Mayawati said on Sunday. In a series of tweets in Hindi, the former chief minister categorically denied any tie-up with the AIMIM for the assembly election in Uttar Pradesh due next year. "A news channel is broadcasting news since yesterday that in the upcoming UP Assembly elections, BSP will contest along with (Asaduddin) Owaisi's party AIMIM. This news is completely wrong, misleading and devoid of any fact. There is not even an iota of truth in this. The BSP vociferously denies this. "The party wants to clarify that barring Punjab, the BSP will be contesting the Assembly elections to be held in UP and Uttarakhand alone, and will not be entering into any alliance with anyone," Mayawati said in another tweet. The BSP has recently joined hands with the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab. Mayawati said that BSP general secretary and Rajya Sabha MP Satish Chandra Misra has been made the

SAD-BSP alliance will sweep 2022 assembly polls in Punjab: Majithia

Senior Akali leader Bikram Singh Majithia on Sunday claimed that the newly formed SAD-BSP alliance will sweep the 2022 Punjab assembly elections.

Shiromani Akali Dal, BSP form alliance for 2022 Punjab Assembly elections

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) formed an alliance on Saturday for the 2022 Punjab Assembly election. Announcing the tie-up at a press conference, SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal described it as a new day in politics of Punjab. "Today, is a historic day...a big turn in Punjab's politics, he said in the presence of BSP General Secretary Satish Chandra Mishra. He said the SAD and the BSP will jointly fight the 2022 polls and other elections together. The Mayawati-led BSP will fight 20 of the 117 Assembly seats in Punjab, while the rest will be contested by the SAD, he said. Among the seats which the BSP will contest are Kartarpur Sahib in Jalandhar, Jalandhar-West, Jalandhar-North, Phagwara, Hoshiarpur Urban, Dasuya, Chamkaur Sahib in Rupnagar district, Bassi Pathana, Sujanpur in Pathankot, Mohali, Amritsar North and Amritsar Central. The SAD earlier had a tie-up with the BJP and the Badal-led party walked out of the NDA over the farm laws issue la

Assembly elections: BJP takes stock of state of affairs after setbacks

Party President J P Nadda held a discussion with senior party leaders and office-bearers over the weekend and parallel consultations were held last week by B L Santhosh