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Focus on 2027 UP polls, Mayawati to chair BSP review meeting

Focus on 2027 UP polls, Mayawati to chair BSP review meeting

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The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is set to step up its organisational efforts as party president Mayawati will on Saturday chair a crucial meeting of senior party office-bearers of the Uttar Pradesh unit along with district units and assembly constituencies presidents from across the state. Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati (HT file) The exercise is being viewed as a significant move aimed at strengthening the party’s organisational base and sharpening its political strategy well ahead of the next year’s UP assembly polls. Political observers see the meeting as part of the BSP’s broader attempt to consolidate its traditional support base while expanding its reach to new sections of voters as the party seeks to regain political momentum in Uttar Pradesh. According to party sources, the meeting will focus on a detailed review of the tasks earlier assigned to party functionaries to reinforce grassroots structures and expand the BSP’s mass base. The leadership will assess organisational preparedness at the booth, sector, assembly and district levels while also evaluating outreach programmes and cadre mobilisation efforts undertaken in …

8 Interesting Facts About The BSP Chief

8 Interesting Facts About The BSP Chief

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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) founder Kanshi Ram named Mayawati his successor in 2001. She was elected as the national president of the party for the first term in 2003. (Image: Instagram) In June 1995, Mayawati became the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh for the first time. Then Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao described her as a ‘miracle of democracy’. (Image: Instagram) She served her first term as Chief Minister from June 1995 to October 1995, the second from March 1997-September 1997, and the third from 2002-03. (Image: Instagram) In 1997 and in 2002 she became the chief minister of UP with outside support from the BJP. She remained in office only for a year till 2003 after the BJP withdrew its support. (Image: Instagram) In 2012, she became the first Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister to complete full five years in office (2007-2012) after 1960. (Image: Instagram) Mayawati is the first female Chief Minister from the Scheduled Caste. She is seen as a Dalit icon by millions and fondly referred to as Behenji. (Image: Instagram) After …

‘BSP would win more seats if Bihar elections were free and fair:’ Mayawati

‘BSP would win more seats if Bihar elections were free and fair:’ Mayawati

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BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday claimed that her party would have won many more seats in the Bihar assembly elections if the polls had been completely free and fair. Mayawati’s allegations come days after the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) decimated the Mahagathbandhan in Bihar to retain power.(Deepak Gupta/Hindustan Times) In a post on X, she congratulated Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) members for ensuring the victory of party candidate Satish Kumar Singh Yadav in the Ramgarh assembly seat (No. 203) in Bihar’s Kaimur district. Although the administration and all opposition parties united in their efforts to defeat the BSP candidate under the pretext of recounting the votes, the courageous party workers’ unwavering determination throughout the elections thwarted this conspiracy, the former chief minister claimed. “Not only this, despite giving tough competition to the opposition in other seats in this region of Bihar, BSP candidates failed to win. According to feedback, if the elections had been completely free and fair, the BSP would have certainly won many more seats. However, this did not happen,” Mayawati said. …

Mayawati appoints her nephew Akash Anand as chief national coordinator of BSP

Mayawati appoints her nephew Akash Anand as chief national coordinator of BSP

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Earlier in March, Mayawati had removed her nephew Akash Anand from the BSP in the interest of the party. New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday appointed her nephew Akash Anand as chief national coordinator of the party, months after removing him from all party posts. She expressed hope that this time, Akash would work diligently to strengthen the party and uphold the ideals of the movement, while exercising greater caution. The story is being updated. Source link

BSP pays tribute to Dr Ambedkar; Maya calls for oppressed classes’ unity

BSP pays tribute to Dr Ambedkar; Maya calls for oppressed classes’ unity

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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Monday said social, economic and political condition of the ‘Bahujans’ (dalits and backwards) in the country was as pathetic in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rule as it was during the Congress regime as she extended heartfelt greetings to everyone on the birth anniversary of Babasaheb Dr BR Ambedkar (1891-1956). Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati. (HT file) She called for the dalit, Adivasis, and all the neglected people in society to be “true missionary ambedkarites” to free themselves from the oppression and injustice. “Due to a planned attack on their constitutional right to reservation, their situation is now turning into bad days instead of ‘Achche Din’ (good days), which is very sad and worrying,” the BSP chief said. She expressed these views in a series of posts on X in Hindi, on the birth anniversary of Babasaheb Dr BR Ambedkar. “On Baba Saheb’s birth anniversary today, under the aegis of Ambedkarwadi Party BSP, salutations, garlands and immense tributes were offered to the maker of the Constitution, Bharat Ratna …

Mayawati readmits nephew Akash into BSP after he issues public apology

Mayawati readmits nephew Akash into BSP after he issues public apology

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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief Mayawati with her nephew and party National coordinator Akash Anand. File. | Photo Credit: ANI BSP leader Ms. Mayawati has readmitted her nephew Akash Anand into the party after he tendered a public apology for statements that caused his expulsion. Ms. Mayawati said on X, “I have taken the decision to give another opportunity to Mr. Akash Anand in response to his publicly admitting his mistakes in his posts today on X and showing full respect to his seniors, not giving in to his father-in-law’s words and dedicating his life to the BSP party and movement.” The BSP president and former four-time U.P. CM added, “I am healthy now, and as long as I am healthy, like Kanshi Ram ji, I will continue to work for the party and the movement with full devotion and commitment. In such a situation, there is no question of appointing someone as my successor. I am firm on my decision and will remain so.” Earlier on Sunday Mr. Akash Anand issued a public apology …

Mayawati’s Niece Claims ‘Husband Is Impotent’; Files FIR Against In-Laws For Pressurising To Conceive Child With Brother-In-Law

Mayawati’s Niece Claims ‘Husband Is Impotent’; Files FIR Against In-Laws For Pressurising To Conceive Child With Brother-In-Law

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Last Updated:April 12, 2025, 12:25 IST Alice also alleged that her husband used to take steroid injections for body building before marriage, and he was rendered impotent, after which he began living separately from her. Congress and Samajwadi Party had contested the 2024 polls together in Uttar Pradesh and succeeded in limiting the BJP’s advance in the most populous state winning 43 seats including Faizabad Lok Sabha seat. (PTI File) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo and former chief minister Mayawati’s niece has filed serious allegations against her in-laws. Alice has accused her in-laws of pressuring her to have physical relations with his husband’s elder brother to conceive a child, claiming her husband is impotent. She also filed a dowry harassment complaint against nine persons, including her husband, mother-in-law, the municipal council chairperson and father-in-law, in the Hapur district. According to reports, the victim’s in-laws reside in Bank Colony in the Kotwali area of Hapur. Alice claimed that despite multiple complaints to the local police station and the Superintendent of Police, no report was registered. She …

BSP above nepotism, won’t let others weaken it: Mayawati

BSP above nepotism, won’t let others weaken it: Mayawati

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Claiming that her party is above nepotism, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Monday said for her, siblings and other relatives are only part of the ‘Bahujan Samaj’ and nothing more. BSP chief Mayawati was addressing a press conference in Lucknow on March 17. (HT file) Addressing a press conference here, she said, “For the party and movement, people who work for Bahujan Samaj will be promoted. I will never let my interests and those of my siblings and relatives weaken the party till I am alive.” Mayawati’s remarks assume significance as she first removed her nephew Akash Anand from all party posts earlier this month and later expelled him from the BSP. “The PM often makes statement on his own poverty but has never experienced caste- based discrimination that our people have experienced,” she said. The BSP chief cautioned her partymen, alleging that a conspiracy was being hatched to weaken the party. “By getting few people from the community, small political parties and organisations are bring formed against the BSP,” she claimed. “Parties …

Akhilesh Yadav’s Party On Mayawati Move On Nephew

Akhilesh Yadav’s Party On Mayawati Move On Nephew

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Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati’s move to sack her nephew and political heir from all party posts again brought a jibe from the Samajwadi Party, which mocked her asking why she is not helping the next generation move forward. “For the last few days, we have been seeing that Behenji is taking some strange decisions in her party,” said Ashutosh Verma, spokesman of the Samajwadi Party, which is at loggerheads with the BSP. Summing up the situation, he said, “Akash Anand was made the national coordinator; then in the middle of the Lok Sabha elections, he was called immature and removed; after the elections, he was again given the command and today again, he has been removed”. “If decisions change like this, then somewhere, questions are raised on leaders… questions are also raised on how strongly Behenji wants to fight (elections) or why she does not want to take the new generation forward,” he added, in a jibe at the BSP, which is currently struggling in Uttar Pradesh. “Mayawati ji has now got stuck …

‘Strange decisions’: SP mocks Mayawati over Akash Anand’s removal; BJP backs her | Latest News India

‘Strange decisions’: SP mocks Mayawati over Akash Anand’s removal; BJP backs her | Latest News India

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Hours after Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati removed nephew Akash Anand from a key post, Samajwadi Party (SP) took a dig at the former UP CM on Sunday, asking why she doesn’t want to take the new generation forward. Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati during a meeting with party’s senior office bearers and state presidents at the party office, in Lucknow, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (PTI Photo/Nand Kumar) (PTI03_02_2025_000034A)(PTI) Samajwadi Party’s spokesperson Ashutosh Verma asked why Akash Anand was removed from his position after being called ‘immature’.”For the last few days, we have been seeing that Behenji is making some strange decisions in her party, the Bahujan Samaj Party. Akash Anand was made the national coordinator, then in the middle of the Lok Sabha elections, he was removed by calling him immature, after the elections, he was again given the command and today, he has been removed,” Verma told ANI. “If decisions change like this, then somewhere, questions are raised on the leaders. Along with this, questions are also raised on the party supremo that …