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Families of criminals should not be punished for their deeds: Mayawati

BSP president Mayawati on Tuesday welcomed the Supreme Court's observation on the demolition of houses of those involved in criminal cases and said that the families of criminals should not be punished for their deeds. With several state administrations bulldozing the houses of those involved in criminal cases, the Supreme Court on Monday asked how anybody's house can be demolished just because he is an accused. The court said it would lay down the guidelines on the issue that would be enforceable across the country. "Action against criminal elements in the country should be taken under the law and their families and close ones should not be punished for their crimes. Our party's government in the state had shown this by establishing the rule of law through law," Mayawati said in a series of posts on X in Hindi. "Bulldozers should also be used now as per the decision of the Supreme Court. However, it would be better if there was no need to use them because criminal elements could a

Mayawati flays Cong over 'Bharat Dojo Yatra', çalls its 'mockery of poor'

BSP supremo Mayawati on Friday hit out at the Congress over its proposed "Bharat Dojo Yatra," calling it a "mockery" of those struggling with poverty and said politicisation of sports is harmful. Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday shared a video of one of the martial arts sessions held at campsites of his east to west Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra earlier this year, and said a "Bharat Dojo Yatra" is coming soon. In a post on X, Mayawati said, "No one denies the importance of Dojo and other sports for people with full stomachs, but what about the crores of families struggling with poverty, unemployment, inflation and backwardness, who are forced to work hard day and night to feed themselves. Isn't 'Bharat Dojo Yatra' a mockery of them?" Dojo broadly refers to a training hall or school for martial arts. "The central and state governments want to make crores of poor and hardworking people of the country sing 'bhajans' on empty stomachs to cover up their failure to provide them with a .

BSP re-elects Mayawati as party's national president in executive meet

Earlier on Monday, dismissing her retirement news as fake, Mayawati said that there is no question of her retirement from active politics

Mayawati denies retirement, accuses media of spreading false news

BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday asserted that she was not retiring from active politics and alleged that the "casteist media" had been "propagating such fake news". The 68-year-old Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president is a four-time former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. "To foil the conspiracies of opponents to weaken the Ambedkarite caravan of the Bahujans, like Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar and the venerable Kanshi Ram ji, my decision to remain dedicated to the self-respect and self-esteem movement of BSP till my last breath is firm," she said in a post on X. "That is, there is no question of my retirement from active politics. Ever since the party has put forward Akash Anand as the successor of BSP in my absence or in dire ill health, the casteist media has been propagating such fake news that people should be cautious," Mayawati said in Hindi. "Although earlier also rumours were spread about me being made the president (of India), whereas the venerable Kanshi Ram ji had rejected a simila

Mayawati slams Cong, SP's double standards, rules out future alliances

BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday took a dig at the Congress' "Samvidhan Samman Sammelan" and urged people to be cautious of the "double standards" of the grand old party and its ally the Samajwadi Party. She also made it clear that her party would not form any alliance with the likes of the Samajwadi Party and the Congress in any election. In a series of posts on X, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief blasted the Congress for "not honouring" BR Ambedkar with the Bharat Ratna. The followers of Ambedkar will never forgive the Congress, which organised the "Samvidhan Samman Sammelan" in Prayagraj, for not conferring the main architect of the Constitution with the Bharat Ratna during his lifetime or after his death, Mayawati said. She also lashed out at the Congress for not declaring a single day of national mourning following the death of Kanshi Ram who, according to Mayawati, gave impetus to Ambedkar's movement. The Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh at that time also did not .

Mayawati slams SP, Congress for being silent on SC, ST sub-classification

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday accused Samajwadi Party and Congress of maintaining silence on the Supreme Court's decision to make sub-classification within the Scheduled Castes and Schedule Tribes reservation and said their thinking is "anti-reservation". "The conduct, character and face of SP, Congress and others has always been anti-reservation, which is proven by their lack of support of Bharat Bandh. Anyway, it is not clear from their statements regarding reservation whether they are in favour of the Supreme Court's decision or against it? Why is there such a confusion?," she said raising questions in a series of posts on X in Hindi. Mayawati, in a post on X in Hindi, said that SP, Congress and others speak in support of SC/ST reservation out of interest and compulsion but are silent on the Supreme Court's decision on August 1 regarding the classification of ST/SC reservation and creamy layer. She added that their silence shows their anti-reservation ...

Interests of SC/ ST safe only in hands of Ambedkarite BSP: Mayawati

She alleged that the central government is not serious about making necessary amendments in the matter despite the Bharat Bandh

BJP has adopted anti-SC,ST stance, INDIA bloc silent on issue: Mayawati

BSP chief Mayawati on Friday attacked the BJP and the INDIA bloc, alleging that while the ruling party has adopted an anti-SC/ST stance over the issue of sub-classification and identifying creamy layer for reservation within the communities, the opposition coalition's silence on the matter is proving to be "fatal". Earlier this month, a seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud ruled in a 6:1 majority judgement that state governments were permitted to sub-classify communities within the SC list based on empirical data. Supreme Court judge Justice B R Gavai had also said states must evolve a policy for identifying the creamy layer, even among the Scheduled Castes (SC) and Schedule Tribes (ST), and deny it the benefit of reservation. In posts on X in Hindi, BSahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati said, "It is very sad and worrying that the (BJP-led) Centre has not yet taken any concrete steps to restore the old system as per public expectations

BSP supports Bharat Bandh against order on sub-classification of SCs

The Bahujan Samaj Party on Wednesday extended support to the day-long Bharat Bandh called by some Dalit and Adivasi groups to protest against the Supreme Court's recent verdict on the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes (SCs). The party also accused the BJP and the Congress of colluding to end reservation. It said these parties and others should understand the necessity of reservation and not play with it. "BSP supports the Bharat Bandh because there is anger and resentment against the Supreme Court's August 1 decision regarding the sub-classification of SC/ST and the creamy layer among them due to the conspiracy against reservation by parties like BJP and Congress and their collusion to make it ineffective and eventually end it," BSP president Mayawati said in a post in Hindi on X. "In this regard, the people of these classes will submit a memorandum to the government today as part of the Bharat Bandh and strongly demand that the changes made in reservation be abolished through

BSP chief Mayawati terms PM Modi's I-Day speech 'very disappointing'

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his Independence day speech and called it 'very disappointing.' In a post on X in Hindi, Mayawati said, "The PM also forgot to remember the assurance given to the BJP MPs in this regard, whereas the SC-ST sections of the country have a bigger complaint than the Congress about adopting such a casteist attitude, because this party, like the BJP, has maintained silence till now on their sub-classification and division, which is unfair." She said, "The speech given by the PM from the Red Fort on the 78th Independence Day was quite long, but very disappointing in terms of protecting the rights of crores of Dalits and tribals to reservation etc., whereas this is a very important and burning issue after the decision of the Hon'ble Supreme Court dated 1 August 2024," posted Mayawati on her official handle on 'X' in Hindi. In another post, she said, "Is it right for the PM to call the ...

Charges against Sebi hief now beyond ruling party-Oppn debate: Mayawati

Hindenburg Research's allegations against the SEBI chairperson have now gone beyond a debate between the ruling party and the opposition and are affecting the Centre's credibility, BSP chief Mayawati said on Tuesday. She also said that it would have been better if the Centre had ordered a high-level inquiry into the matter by now. Hindenburg Research on August 10 alleged that SEBI Chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch and her husband Dhaval Buch had stakes in obscure offshore funds used in the alleged Adani money siphoning scandal. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said in a post on X, "First the Adani Group and now the SEBI chief-related Hindenburg report are again in the news and the allegations and counter-allegations are continuing to such an extent that it is being said to affect the national interest. Despite the clarifications provided by Adani and SEBI, the issue remains on the boil." "By the way, this issue is now beyond debate between the ruling party and the opposition an

Cong yet to raise voice, seems to favour SC, ST sub-classification: BSP

BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday said the Congress, which won Lok Sabha seats by promising to protect reservation, seems to be in favour of sub-classification within SCs and STs and is yet to raise its voice against the issue of exclusion of the creamy layer in these communities from the benefits of quota. On August 1, the Supreme Court held that states are constitutionally empowered to make sub-classifications within scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, and batted for the creamy layer be excluded from reservation. "The national president of the Congress (Mallikarjun Kharge) said before disclosing the party's stand on sub-classification of SCs and STs, his party will consult NGOs and lawyers and others. This makes it clear that Congress is in favour of sub-classification," Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said in a series of posts on X in Hindi. "The Congress has spoken in a vague manner about the creamy layer issue. Despite it having 99 MPs, no voice was raised in Parliament

Award Bharat Ratna to Kanshi Ram or stop misleading Dalits: Mayawati to BJP

Mayawati on Friday hit out at the BJP over a party MP seeking the Bharat Ratna for Kanshi Ram, saying the saffron party, which is in power at the Centre, should either award the highest civilian honour to the BSP founder or stop "misleading" Dalits. BJP MP from Shahjahanpur, Arun Kumar Sagar, on Thursday demanded in the Lok Sabha that Kanshi Ram be conferred with the Bharat Ratna. Hailing Kanshi Ram as a 'Bahujan Nayak', Sagar said the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founder was an ace politician and a social reformer who dedicated his entire life to the welfare of the downtrodden. BSP chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, in a post in Hindi on X, said if the BJP-led central government confers the Bharat Ratna on Kanshi Ram, the party would welcome it wholeheartedly. "Instead of a Dalit MP of BJP from UP demanding Bharat Ratna for BSP founder Shri Kanshi Ram ji, (the BJP) should immediately get it done as its government is in power at the centre and the BSP will welcome

Govt must focus on hiring teachers, improving facilities: Mayawati

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati stated on Tuesday that quality education in government schools will be ensured not just by digital attendance systems but by recruiting an adequate number of teachers and providing basic facilities in the schools. In a post in Hindi on X, she alleged that the digital attendance system for teachers was imposed hastily without proper preparation by the BJP-led state government. The newly launched system is being opposed by the teachers. "Due to the acute lack of essential basic facilities in government schools of Uttar Pradesh, complaints of their poor conditions have been common. Instead of making appropriate budgetary provisions to properly address these serious issues, the government is merely engaging in superficial actions to divert attention from them. Is this appropriate?," Mayawati said in the post. She added that "the digital attendance system for teachers seems to be another new step by the government that has been imposed hastily ...

Mayawati welcomes DU's decision to reject Manusmriti as part of syllabus

On Thursday, Delhi University Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Yogesh Singh, announced that the proposal to include the Sanskrit text 'Manusmriti' in the LLB curriculum was rejected

Slain Tamil Nadu BSP President Armstrong laid to rest in Tiruvallur

Slain BSP Tamil Nadu president K Armstrong was laid to rest on Monday in neighbouring Tiruvallur district, hours after the Madras High Court rejected the family's plea to bury the body at the party office here. The burial was held at Pothur in Tiruvallur at the end of a nearly eight hour well-attended funeral procession from the city. Following the court order, the body was taken in a procession with police protection. Political leaders including VCK founder Thol Thirumavalavan were present during the burial. Armstrong, state president of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) was killed by a group of armed assailants near his residence on Friday. BSP supremo and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati, who paid homage to her murdered party colleague here on Sunday, demanded a CBI probe into the killing to ensure justice for the family. The family of the deceased had knocked at the doors of the Madras HC with a plea to bury the mortal remains of Armstrong in the BSP office here, but t

Armstrong murder: Mayawati says real culprits not held, demands CBI probe

BSP supremo Mayawati on Sunday demanded a CBI probe into the death of her party's slain Tamil Nadu president K Armstrong, who was hacked to death here on Friday. She claimed those who have been arrested so far were not the real culprits and urged Chief Minister M K Stalin to refer the probe to the Central agency to ensure justice to the victim. Mayawati, former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, paid homage to Armstrong here and placed a wreath before the body of the 52-year-old leader at a private school in Perambur in the city. Expressing anguish over Armstrong's death, she also said the way he was killed, by a group of assailants late in the evening, showed "there was nothing called law and order" in the state. CM Stalin must ensure justice for Armstrong and transfer the probe to the Central Bureau of Investigation. "The way he was killed, shows there is nothing called law and order in Tamil Nadu. Those who have killed him, the real culprits have not been nabbed," she said. "The

Hathras stampede: Mayawati seeks action, warns against following 'babas'

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday demanded strict action against Bhole Baba and others for the July 2 Hathras stampede that claimed 121 lives. Addressing the poor, Dalit and the oppressed, the BSP chief, in a post on X, urged them not to be misled by preachers like Bhole Baba. "The poor, Dalits and the oppressed in the country should not worsen their misery and pain by getting misled by the superstitions and hypocrisy of many such babas like Bhole Baba of Hathras to get rid of their poverty and all other problems," she said in a post in Hindi on X. "Instead, they should follow the paths shown by Baba Saheb Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, take power into their own hands, and change their destiny themselves. This means they must join their own party, the BSP. Only then can they avoid tragedies like the Hathras incident," Mayawati said in the post. In another post on X, she said that strict action should be taken against Baba Bhole and others who are found guilty in the Hathra

NEET uncertainty caused restlessness, anger among people: Mayawati

Uncertainty over medical entrance examination NEET has caused restlessness, anxiety and anger among people, BSP chief Mayawati said on Monday and sought a permanent solution in the matter. Allegations of irregularities, including paper leaks, in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test-Undergraduate (NEET-UG) have led to protests and litigation, with various quarters demanding a complete re-examination. The Union health ministry later postponed NEET-PG, scheduled for June 23, as a "precautionary measure" amid the allegations. "Along with the sanctity of various examinations held from time to time in the country, the uncertainty prevailing at present, especially regarding NEET-UG and PG examinations, has naturally created a wave of restlessness, anxiety and anger among the people, for which it is very important to find a quick and correct permanent solution," Mayawati said in a post in Hindi on X. "The matter of paper leaks in examinations held not only at an all-India level but a

Who is Akash Anand? Mayawati's successor in BSP

Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Kumari Mayawati on June 23, reinstated her nephew Akash Anand as her sole political heir and the party’s national coordinator. Watch the video to know more.