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Sandeshkhali violence: Mayawati urges Bengal govt to punish culprits

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday urged the Mamata Banerjee government to take 'strict action against the culprits

Govt should seriously consider demands of farmers, says BSP chief Mayawati

BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday said the Centre should initiate talks with protesting farmers instead of taking action against them. Her remarks come as protesting farmers from Punjab make an attempt to march to Delhi to press for various demands. Mayawati said the government should take seriously the demands of the hardworking farmers who have made India self-reliant in food production. The Centre should resolve their issue in a timely manner so that the farmers are not forced to protest again and again in support of their demands, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said in a post on X. "Instead of taking strict action against the agitating farmers under the current campaign of 'Dilli Chalo', it would be better if the Centre tries to end their movement by having proper talks with them," she added. The Samyukta Kisan Morcha (Non-political) and the Kisan Mazdoor Morcha have announced that more than 200 farm unions would march to Delhi to press the Centre to accept several dema

Workers have enormous responsibility to bring better results: Mayawati

Reiterating that her party would contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on its own, BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday said the party workers will in such a situation have an enormous responsibility to bring better results. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo held a meeting with her party's senior leaders and district presidents of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand in this regard. Reiterating the BSP's stand, Mayawati said that the people in the party in such a situation have a tremendous responsibility to bring better results and hence the workers should counter all kinds of rumours spread by the media, said a statement issued by the party. She asked the BSP workers to work in an organised manner and stay away from the tactics of the opposition parties like price, punishment, discrimination etc. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister underlined the need to fulfill with full dedication and devotion the necessary guidelines regarding holding small meetings to increase the BSP's support

Lok Sabha polls: Mayawati's BSP opts to contest alone jolt to INDIA bloc

The BSP supremo also categorically denied reports in a section of the media about her retirement from politics and stressed that she will continue to strengthen the party till her last breath

SP chief should introspect before taking a jibe at BSP, says Mayawati

BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday asked her SP counterpart Akhilesh Yadav to introspect before making any unrestrained jibe at her party. Mayawati's comment comes a day after the Samajwadi Party (SP) chief took a jibe at the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) while speaking to reporters during an event in Ballia district. Asked whether the BSP would join the INDIA alliance, Yadav questioned in return, "Who will give an assurance after that?" In a post on X in Hindi, Mayawati said, "The SP chief who is helpless owing to his and his government's anti-Dalit policies, habits and style of working, should introspect before making any unrestrained comment on the BSP and check how tainted his reputation is in this strengthening the BJP and reconciling with them." "Also, who can forget the blessings given by the then SP chief to the BJP before and after winning the parliamentary elections. And then how can the public forget the meetings of the SP leadership with the BJP leadership after their government

BSP leader Yakub's benami property worth Rs 31 cr seized under Gangster Act

The district administration here on Monday seized benami property of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader and two-time MLA Yakub Qureshi worth Rs 31 crore under the Gangster Act, officials said. The seized properties include a hospital building at Bhavani Nagar in Nauchandi and two luxury cars that Qureshi had allegedly purchased in the name of his family members and employees, they said. Three plots in Shastri Nagar measuring 3,265.35 square metres, 288 square metres and 213.60 square metres have also been seized. Senior Superintendent of Police Rohit Singh Sajwan said that in compliance with the order given by the court of District Magistrate under the The Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, benami property of former minister Yakub Qureshi with an estimated value of Rs 31 crore has been seized. Sajwan said that on March 31, 2022, police conducted a raid in a meat factory belonging to Qureshi in Meerut, and had detected the packing of illegally procure

Mayawati hits at Centre, says govt should give employment guarantee

BSP chief Mayawati on Monday flayed the BJP government at the Centre over the issue of unemployment and asked it to display true patriotism by giving an employment guarantee to the people. The former Uttar Pradesh chief minister charged that the development of crores of poor has been affected due to the "casteist, arrogant and non-inclusive governments headed earlier by the Congress and now the BJP" and asked the people to elect a party in Lok Sabha polls that is dedicated to public interest and welfare of the backward castes. In a series of posts on X, Mayawati said, "From New Year, the government should discharge true patriotism and 'Rajdharma' by ensuring only 'employment guarantee', because the rest of the government guarantees have proved to be more of deceitful politics of narrow nationalism." "If there is a modest per capita income in the country i.e. if there is no money in people's pockets to spend, then what is the use of blowing the trumpet of development. Also, how is a

How Bahujan Samaj Party, which turns 40 in 2024, is bracing for new era

A BSP leader who did not want to be named told this newspaper that "Behenji" - a term of respect for elder sister - is testing the waters by projecting 28-year-old Anand

'He will prove to be great leader': BSP's Sheeshpal Singh on Akash Anand

Singh on Sunday said Mayawati has shifted focus to the crucial poll battle in 2024 and the move is a step in that direction

BSP chief Mayawati declares nephew Akash as uttaradhikari: Party leader

BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday declared her nephew Akash Anand as her "uttaradhikari (heir)", a party office-bearer said. "Akash (Anand) has been declared the 'uttaradhikari (heir)' by Mayawatiji," Udayveer Singh, the BSP's Shahjahanpur district unit chief, told reporters. "He (Anand) has been given the responsibility to strengthen the party organisation all over the country except Uttar Pradesh," Singh added. The party's official statement, however, did not mention any such decision. Singh said Mayawati announced the decision during a meeting in the district that was attended by party leaders from across the country. Singh said, "Unhone (Mayawati) said he (Anand) will be her heir after her.

810 mn dependent on free foodgrains from govt due to inflation: Mayawati

BSP chief Mayawati Wednesday said neither the freedom fighters nor the architect of the Indian Constitution Bhimrao Ambedkar would have thought that more than 81 crore poor people of the country would be dependent on free foodgrains from government as she slammed the Centre for rising inflation. Paying tributes to Ambedkar on his death anniversary, she said the condition of the poor, labourers, farmers, small businessmen, and the middle class could have been improved considerably had the Constitution been implemented in the right manner. "Immense reverence to Bharat Ratna Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar, the messiah of the poor, labourers, Dalits, tribals and backward classes of the 140-crore strong India and the architect of the country's humanitarian and egalitarian constitution, on his death anniversary," Mayawati said in a post on X. On the occasion, she, however, took potshots at the Union government, saying neither the freedom fighters nor Ambedkar could have thought of the plight

Election for the final seat in Rajasthan Assembly to be held on January 5

Polling for the Karanpur Assembly seat of Rajasthan has been adjourned following the death of the incumbent MLA and Congress candidate Gurmeet Singh Koonar

MP polls: Union minister Tomar wins from Dimani, defeats BSP candidate

Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar defeated the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) candidate Balveer Singh Dandotiya by 24,461 votes in Dimani in the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls. Tomar is among the three Union ministers who were fielded in the Assembly polls by the Bharatiya Janata Party. Tomar held different posts before becoming the state president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha in 1991. In 1998 and 2003, Tomar was elected from Gwalior Assembly seat and became a cabinet minister in the state government. He was appointed the state BJP president in 2006 and was on the post again between 2012 and 2014. Tomar was elected to the Lok Sabha from Morena in 2008 and again from Gwalior in 2014 and was made a minister in the Narendra Modi government. He won the general elections in 2019 from Morena and was once again made a minister at the Centre.

Rajasthan elections: BJP regains power with 115 seats, Congress wins 69

Rajasthan Assembly elections 2023: Vote share of BJP was around 41.69% and Congress at 39.53%, according to the Election Commission of India

Rajasthan Assembly elections results 2023: Who is leading at 12:30 pm?

Rajasthan Assembly elections results 2023: As of 12:30 pm, BJP had 41.89% of the vote share, followed by Congress at 39%

Rajasthan Assembly elections results 2023: Who is leading at 11:30 am?

Rajasthan Assembly elections results 2023: As of 11:30 am, BJP had 41.91 per cent of the vote share, followed by Congress at 39 per cent

Chhattisgarh Assembly elections 2023: All you must know before exit polls

Chhattisgarh elections 2023: The contest is between Congress Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel and the Bharatiya Janata Party, which lost in 2018 after being in power in the state for 15 years

Telangana polls: BRS and Congress use Dalits as vote banks, says Mayawati

She was speaking at an election rally in support of the BSP candidate, Dasari Usha from Peddapalli

SAIL-Bhilai chugs first rake of 260-metre-long rail panels in Chhattisgarh

The Sabarmati facility is expected to produce 100,000 tonnes of 260-meter welded panels annually

Rajasthan polls 2023 LIVE: Amit Shah addresses rallies in 3 constituencies

Rajasthan state Assembly elections LIVE: Catch all the latest updates of Rajasthan elections 2023 here