Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday pointed out that she was willing to be a part of larger anti-BJP front. She also said that her brother Anand Kumar would be the vice president of the party. As national vice-president he will be empowered to dispose of the party[Read More…]
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EVM tampering: SC issues notice to EC
SC says Narada sting will be probed by CBI
EVMs are not tamperable, allegations are baseless: ECI
Election Commission of India has rejected allegations of tampering of EVMs made by some political parties after the just-concluded assembly elections. Terming allegation as wild and baseless, Election Commission said that there is no merit in the claims that EVMs can be tampered. Given effective technical and administrative safeguards, EVMs[Read More…]
EVM issue: Mayawati to move court
There are defects in you, not in EVMs: BJP
What do UP Poll results mean for the Muslims of India
Should the Muslim community start moving towards the BJP? BJP has stormed to power in Uttar Pradesh, India’s most politically significant state, demolishing any myths of demonetization or identity politics. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has trumped all odds and emerged as the sole winning factor, in a political battle that[Read More…]
Mayawati’s negativity is affecting BSP: Jaitley
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley taking a jibe at BSP chief Mayawati for her comment on faulty EVMs, said that her party is performing miserably thanks to her ‘negative’ attitude. “Mayawati is a bad loser… only because of her awful deeds and actions her party is facing this way. Her behaviour[Read More…]
EC rejects Mayawati’s charges of EVM tampering
BJP’s performance in the state elections have changed the course of Indian politics
After the stunning results of the 5 state elections were declared on Saturday the BJP under the leadership of PM Narendra Modi is looking at possibly forming a government in 4 of the 5 states including the big one, Uttar Pradesh. Just what made this win possible? What changed in[Read More…]
EVMs ‘managed’ to favour BJP in UP: Mayawati
Just after the poll results hinted towards BJP win in Uttar Pradesh, BSP chief Mayawati alleged that voting machines had been “managed” in favor of the BJP in UP, on Saturday. The veteran leader further states that it was difficult to accept the “very surprising” election results. “These election results[Read More…]
UP Assembly Elections 2017: Manufacturing a “hawa” for the BJP out of thin air
Senior journalist and India Today consulting editor Rajdeep Sardesai said in the Hindustan Times on March 2: “I am putting my neck on the line once again and forecasting a likely BJP win in Uttar Pradesh. In a seemingly ‘wave-less’ election where 403 constituencies are witnessing fierce competition almost everywhere,[Read More…]
SP will provide 33% reservation to women in govt jobs: Dimple Yadav
PM Modi, Amit Shah dreaming of harming UP: Mayawati
Terming Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah as ‘guru—chela’, BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday said that they are dreaming of harming Uttar Pradesh. “Guru and chela have together harmed the country…’guru’ means Modi and ‘chela’ means Shah… now, they together are dreaming of harming the state,” she[Read More…]
‘Narendra Damodardas Modi is negative dalit man’
BSP is now Behenji Sampatti Party: PM
Mayawati says BJP will end reservation for Dalits
UP Polls: PM Modi to address rally in Aligarh
After the Dalit leader Mayawati addressed a rally in Meerut on Saturday just before the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to address a public rally in Aligarh on Sunday. However, Bharatiya Janata Party is yet to announce its chief ministerial candidate. In his first rally before Uttar Pradesh[Read More…]
BJP will withdraw reservation if voted to power in UP: Mayawati
Accusing BJP of deceiving the people through its false promises, on Saturday BSP supremo Mayawati warned that if saffron party voted to power in Uttar Pradesh it would withdraw caste- based reservation. “With its Lok Sabha poll promises yet to be fulfilled, the BJP has no moral right to release[Read More…]
Alliance with SP will not help Cong in UP: Mayawati
Reacting to the speculated SP-Congress alliance, BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday said Congress’ attempted tie-up with ruling Samajwadi Party showed its political bankruptcy and will be inimical to party which is running on oxygen support in Uttar Pradesh. She alleged that Congress was kowtowing to Samajwadi Party by accepting tainted[Read More…]
Mayawati hits out at PM, says demonetisation survey is fake, sponsored
BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi by calling his survey on demonetisation as “fake and sponsored” and dared him to dissolve the Lok Sabha and face elections. “The survey of Modiji is fake and sponsored. If he has guts then he should dissolve the Lok Sabha[Read More…]
Tragic: At least 3 killed, many injured in stampede at Mayawati’s rally
At least three people were on Sunday killed and at least 12 people injured in a stampede after a massive rally by BSP chief Mayawati at the Kanshi Ram Smarak Maidan. “A few people coming down the stairs at one of the two gates lost balance and fell on each[Read More…]
Will the ‘M’ factor work for Mayawati?
Mayawati, who won in Uttar Pradesh riding high on an unprecedented Brahmin-Dalit alliance in 2007, seems to have found a new top-up to her conventional SC vote bank. Sources close to BSP supremo tells Newsd that the party has finalized as many as 138 Muslim candidates across the state. A[Read More…]
Death of Dalit in police custody sparks protests in Uttar Pradesh
15 police officers have been suspended after a 25-year-old Dalit man was found dead under suspicious circumstances while in police custody. One of the officers is facing murder charges. The incident sparked violent protests in the Chakeri area, Uttar Pradesh, after his family alleged he was tortured to death. “A[Read More…]
Dayashankar Singh’s Misogyny: Is an apology enough?
You become a woman in India, as in many parts of the world, not through adolescence. We reach it through multiple tests by fire. As a young girl you are taught to avoid certain roads that are unsafe, wear clothes that are “safe”, ignore catcalls and eve-teasers, and aided by[Read More…]