Lucknow: Unfazed by media speculation about the emergence of a political heir in the BSP, Mayawati hit back at the critics and announced the induction of her nephew Akash Anand, an MBA graduate, into the party. Accusing some of the media houses of being casteist and anti-Dalit, BSP chief Mayawati[Read More…]
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BSP-SP announce tie up for LS polls, keep Congress out of it
Lucknow, Arch rivals for over 25 years, the BSP and SP announced on Saturday that they will contest the coming Lok Sabha polls together in Uttar Pradesh sharing 38 seats each of the 80 in the state, while leaving Rae Bareli and Amethi for Congress, which has been kept out[Read More…]
Mayawati, Akhilesh to hold joint presser on Saturday
Lucknow, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, who are set to fight the Lok Sabha election as allies, will hold a joint press conference here on Saturday. A media invitation jointly signed by SP General Secretary Rajendra Chowdhary and BSP General Secretary Satish[Read More…]
Mayawati-Akhilesh to hold joint press conference on Saturday
Lucknow, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati and Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav will hold a joint press conference here on Saturday, an official said on Friday. According to the press invite, jointly signed by SP national general secretary Rajendra Chowdhary and BSP’s national general secretary Satish Chandra Mishra,[Read More…]
BJP trying to arm-twist Akhilesh through CBI: Mayawati
Lucknow, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has accrued the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of trying to intimidate and arm-twist its political rivals through government agencies like the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Referring to reports that the investigative agency might question former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav in[Read More…]
SP, BSP not to put candidates in Amethi & Raebareli
Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav and BSP supremo Mayawati have kicked in talks to form an alliance for the Lok Sabha Elections. According to the reports, on Friday the two former UP CMs met and discussed over the grand alliance. According to the reports the two parties have agreed to[Read More…]
Modi’s New Year interview lacked substance: Mayawati
Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati on Wednesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s media interview on the New Year Day was a lacklustre one, as it did not focus on the burning issues facing the nation and was instead “focussed only around his party and the government”. In a statement issued[Read More…]
68 out of 90 legislators in newly elected Chhattisgarh Assembly are billionaires
Raipur: Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has published the analysis report of all the 90 newly elected legislators on Friday which showed that 68 out of 90 legislators (76%) in newly elected Chhattisgarh Assembly are billionaires. In 2013, 67 out of 90 MLAs were billionaires. Out of 68, Congress has[Read More…]
BSP chief Mayawati to support Congress in MP, Rajasthan
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday said that her party will extend support to the Congress in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party out of power. In a statement, Mayawati said, “Our aim is to keep the BJP out of power. And that is[Read More…]
Rajasthan Polls: BSP to contest on all 200 constituencies, candidates to be confirmed soon
The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has decided to fight on all 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan. The Mayawati led group had won 3 seats in the 2013-assembly elections and 6 seats in 2008-elections. BSP Rajasthan vice-president Dungarram Gedar, told media that “Our preparations are in full swing and we will[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Assembly Polls 2018: State to witness a triangular contest for the first time
Chhattisgarh assembly polls which are scheduled for November 2018, has become a hot spot in political circles. Earlier, in 2013 Congress and BJP both were the main contenders in assembly polls, however, equations have changed this time (2018) and Chhattisgarh is ready to witness a triangular contest, after the formation[Read More…]
Madhya Pradesh Polls 2018: BSP was giving BJP a walkover, says Kamal Nath
Ahead of the upcoming assembly election, Madhya Pradesh Congress chief Kamal Nath on Sunday cleared his stand over forming an alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Madhya Pradesh and criticized the BSP supremo Mayawati over various issues. In an interview to a news channel, Kamal Nath stated that both[Read More…]
Assembly Elections 2018: Why Congress isn’t very keen on alliance with BSP?
Ahead of assembly elections in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, political scenarios are changing every day and the recent announcement of Mayawati over alliance formation with Congress created another stir in the political circles of India. During an interview on Thursday, senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh alleged that, Mayawati was[Read More…]
Rajasthan Assembly Election: Will BSP be able to damage Congress?
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati’s declaration that her party will go alone in the upcoming Rajasthan assembly election, has totally changed the electoral scenario for the Royal state. Congress party, which is efforting hard to return in power, obtained a resentment from political experts, after failing over forming an alliance[Read More…]
Mayawati deals blow to Congress in MP, Rajasthan, rules out alliance
New Delhi: In yet another blow to the Congress, BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday ruled out any alliance with the party in the coming Assembly polls in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, a decision that could also impact the opposition’s plan for a grand alliance against the BJP in the 2019[Read More…]
Poll Season: Mayawati calls ‘Digvijaya Singh’ a BJP agent
During a press conference on Wednesday in Lucknow, Bahujan Samaj Party Supremo, Mayawati attacked senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and stated that “Digvijaya Singh, who is also a BJP agent giving statements that Mayawatiji has a lot of pressure from the centre, so she does not want this alliance. This[Read More…]
News Analysis: Will Gods take centrestage in the 2019 polls in Uttar Pradesh?
Lucknow: If you thought the 2019 Lok Sabha elections would be fought by politicians on issues concerning the common citizen, think again! For, the politically-crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, with a population of 220 million people, is all set to see a keen contest of affection for Hindu gods in[Read More…]
Assembly Elections 2018: Mayawati focuses on Chhattisgarh, no plans for Madhya Pradesh?
Ahead of Chhattisgarh assembly elections 2018, Mayawati and Ajit Jogi will jointly start poll campaign drive from Bilaspur in Chhattisgarh on October 13 and it is expected that BSP Supremo will address 5-6 rallies in her two-day visit to the poll-bound state. There is no update on the Madhya Pradesh[Read More…]
Chhattisgarh Polls 2018: Will Ajit Jogi become Kumaraswamy of Chhattisgarh?
Ahead of the Chhattisgarh polls, Janta Congress Chhattisgarh chief Ajit Jogi has played his cards well and its alliance with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is turning into a blow for both Bhartiya Janata Party and Congress. As per the opinion poll done among senior journalists across the state, Congress will manage around[Read More…]
Mayawati asks for respectable share of seats in alliance
BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday took on Bhim Army leader Chandra Shekhar aka Ravana, saying she can “never have a relation with these sort of people”. The former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister also made it clear that the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) must be given a fair number of seats[Read More…]
Is Shivpal Yadav BJP’s weapon against Akhilesh-Mayawati combine?
Is Shivpal Singh Yadav, the estranged uncle of Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav, the weapon the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is looking for in Uttar Pradesh — a state which gave it 73 of 80 seats in the 2014 general election, but where it is threatened by the coming together of the SP[Read More…]
How Shivpal Yadav’s move can upset Akhilesh-Maya plan for next polls in Uttar Pradesh?
The main question vis-à-vis electoral politics in Uttar Pradesh is whether the signs of recent cracks in the top family of Samajwadi Party or that of Mulayam Singh Yadav, will affect his son Akhilesh Yadav’s alliance with Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party or not. Together the SP and BSP have planned[Read More…]
Defeating BJP first priority of Opposition in 2019, leadership later: Rahul Gandhi
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the 2019 Lok Sabha elections will be a straight contest between the BJP and the “entire opposition” and their “first priority” is to defeat the ruling alliance. He said the issue of leadership will be taken up by opposition parties after the polls. In an interactive[Read More…]
The shadow boxing of Modi and Didi
The swearing-in ceremony of Karnataka Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy was the biggest show of opposition unity where Sonia and Rahul Gandhi shared the stage with Akhilesh Yadav, Mayawati, Pinarayi Vijayan, N Chandrababu Naidu, Tejasswi Yadav, D Raja, Sitaram Yechury and many others. The Congress has had bitter relations with its former allies[Read More…]
Expectations from a secular opposition
It is not very often that a journalist has to actually tell his/her source about his religious identity, but in the times we are living in abnormal has become the new normal. Recently while I was strolling through Central Delhi, I stopped by a tea seller sharing political gossips with[Read More…]