Kannauj (UP): BSP president Mayawati Thursday launched a scathing attack on the Samajwadi Party alleging that it did not field a Muslim candidate from Kannauj as it cannot see beyond SP president Akhilesh Yadav’s family. The BSP chief asked the deprived sections, including the Dalits and Muslims, not to cast a single vote for Yadav’s … Read more
Last Updated: April 28, 2024, 23:54 IST The action came after the district administration took suo motu cognisance of Anand’s speech at the rally earlier in the day (Image: PTI) In his address, Anand cited a National Crime Records Bureau report of 16,000 kidnapping incidents in the state and accused the government of failing to … Read more
Pilibhit: Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday found fault with the Samajwadi Party for fielding Hindus in “Muslim-dominated constituencies” and Muslims on seats where Hindus dominate. Addressing election rallies in Pilibhit and Moradabad, she also alleged that atrocities against the minorities are being committed in the guise of Hindutva. The former Uttar Pradesh chief … Read more
Lucknow: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati has tweaked her policy while selecting candidates for the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh. Instead of fielding Muslims on seats having a dominant Muslim population in western UP, she has now fielded candidates belonging to non-Muslim communities. The Lok Sabha seats in UP … Read more
Bahujan Samaj Party on Sunday announced its list of candidates for 25 of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. The party has fielded Majid Ali from Saharanpur, Shripal Singh from Kairana, Dara Singh Prajapati from Muzaffarnagar, Vijyendra Singh from Bijnor, Surendra Pal Singh from Nagina (SC seat) and Mohammad Irfan Saifi from Moradabad. From … Read more
Congress has sought 20 of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh from Samajwadi Party, a demand which the regional party found ‘unreasonable’. The two parties are likely to meet again on Thursday to take talks forward, according to some leaders. According to people present at the second formal round of seat-sharing talks on Wednesday, … Read more
Uttar Pradesh-based opposition parties have taken a more nuanced approach to questions regarding attending the Ram temple consecration ceremony in Ayodhya than the principal national opposition Congress, which has slammed it as “clearly a BJP-RSS event” and said the inauguration is being done for “political gains”. BSP chief Mayawati on Monday, while saying she was … Read more
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Monday reiterated her party’s stand for the 2024 Lok Sabha election and said that her party will contest the polls alone. Addressing a press conference here, the BSP chief said that her party may consider about alliance once the elections are over. “Our experience with alliances has never … Read more
BSP chief Mayawati (ANI) Lucknow: BSP supremo Mayawati on Monday said her party would go it alone in the coming Lok Sabha elections, but she did not rule out a post-poll alliance. Talking to reporters at the state party office on her birthday, she categorically denied reports in a section of the media about her retirement … Read more
Imphal: Lok Sabha MP Danish Ali, who remains suspended by the BSP, on Sunday announced his decision to join Rahul Gandhi-led Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, saying he would be failing in his duty as a politician if he did not join “biggest drive for unity and justice”. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) had suspended Ali … Read more
