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  Special News | BSP to launch campaign from Ayodhya on July 23 to connect with Brahmins

  News | July 18, 2021 16:20 IST

  Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday announced the launch of a BSP campaign from Ayodhya on July 23 to connect with the 'upper-caste' Brahmins ahead of the 2022 Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. Mayawati said she hopes the community will not vote for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) next year, saying that their interests are safe under the BSP rule only.

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  BSP set to hold 'Brahmin Sammelan' in Ayodhya

  India | July 18, 2021 13:42 IST

  Earlier on Thursday, Mayawati had slammed the BJP and the Samajwadi Party using the "jungle raj-like anarchy" jibe to target them and their current and past governments in Uttar Pradesh.

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  Abki Baar Kiski Sarkar | Action when Polls around?: Mayawati on UP Al Qaeda terrorists arrests

  News | July 15, 2021 19:39 IST

  BSP chief Mayawati said that terrorists being nabbed just before polls raises doubts. Mayawati said that UP govt should not such things just for polls. And if this is true, then what is the state police doing, Mayawati said referring to the arrest of two terrorists.

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  Arrest of Al-Qaeda terrorists: Mayawati questions action as politics over issue hots up

  India | July 12, 2021 17:42 IST

  After Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, BSP supremo Mayawati also raised questions on Monday on the Uttar Pradesh police's claim of arresting two Al Qaeda-linked terrorists in the state capital, saying such an action ahead of assembly polls leads to doubts in the minds of people.

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  Recent local elections reminds one of 'gross misuse of official machinery' during SP rule: Mayawati

  India | July 09, 2021 15:25 IST

  Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Friday said the elections for the district panchayat chairpersons and block heads in Uttar Pradesh were reminiscent of the "gross misuse of official machinery, money power and violence during the Samajwadi Party's rule".

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  Centre should take cognisance of corruption allegations: Mayawati on Rafale deal

  India | July 05, 2021 11:04 IST

  Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday said that Centre should take cognisance of the alleged "corruption" in the Rafale deal.

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  Abki Baar Kiski Sarkar | Mayawati hits out at Congress, says 'C' stands for cunning

  News | July 04, 2021 22:07 IST

  Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Sunday hit out at the Congress for accusing her party of having a tacit understanding with the BJP, saying the 'C' in its name stands for "cunning". Reacting to her remarks, UP Congress spokesperson Ashok Singh said every voter in Uttar Pradesh is saying that the BSP is the spokesperson of the BJP and Mayawati should "accept this truth".

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  'C' in Congress stands for cunning: Mayawati

  India | July 04, 2021 17:55 IST

  Reacting to her remarks, UP Congress spokesperson Ashok Singh said every voter in Uttar Pradesh is saying that the BSP is the spokesperson of the BJP and Mayawati should "accept this truth".

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  BJP will repeat 2017 success in 2022 UP polls, says Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya

  India | July 03, 2021 16:01 IST

  Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya has exuded confidence that the BJP will retain power in the state in the next year's Assembly polls.

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  Mayawati's 'selfish' jibe at Akhilesh after SP decides to ally with small parties

  India | July 02, 2021 11:18 IST

  Mayawati said that SP's decision reflects its "helplessness" as major parties have been avoiding it due to their "bitter" experience.

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  BSP will not contest Zilla Panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati

  India | June 28, 2021 13:40 IST

  Bahujan Samaj Party will not contest the Zilla panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh this year.

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  Abki Bar Kiski Sarkar: AIMIM announces alliance with OP Rajbhar, no tie-up with BSP in UP

  Politics | June 28, 2021 12:49 IST

  AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi broke his silence on his party tie-up with Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). He said that there is no tie-up of AIMIM with BSP. Owaisi added that his party has joined hands with OP Rajbhar for the upcoming polls in UP. "AIMIM is not tie-up with anyone and yet only standing with OP Rajbhar. We also announced to contest on 100 seats of Uttar Pradesh in upcoming elections. We already started receiving applications for election contest and promoting our party. Our any party leader didn't talked with any other party leaders," he said.

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  Abki Baar Kiski Sarakar | BSP to fight UP, Uttarakhand polls alone: Mayawati

  News | June 27, 2021 21:29 IST

  Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Sunday said the party will fight state assembly elections alone in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. Mayawati's statement came against reports of AIMIM and BSP fighting the assembly elections together in Uttar Pradesh.

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  BSP will Fight alone in the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand state polls says Mayawati

  News | June 27, 2021 12:20 IST

  The Bahujan Samaj Party will go solo in the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand state polls, to be held early next year, party chief Mayawati tweeted this morning, refuting media reports that plans are afoot to tie up with Asaduddin Owaisi-led AIMIM in the state.

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  BSP to fight solo in UP, Uttarakhand: Mayawati

  India | June 27, 2021 12:27 IST

  Taking to Twitter, the BSP chief today said, "This news is being broadcast in a media news channel since yesterday that the AIMIM and BSP will fight the upcoming assembly elections in UP together. This news is completely false."

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  Governments should prepare in advance for possible COVID third wave: Mayawati

  India | June 18, 2021 14:06 IST

  "Public participation in the coronavirus vaccination can be ensured only when the vaccine is available easily to everyone everywhere," Mayawati said in a tweet.

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  BSP MLAs joining Samajwadi Party an illusion: Mayawati

  India | June 16, 2021 13:59 IST

  On Tuesday, at least five MLAs suspended by the BSP last year met Yadav, triggering speculation that they may join his party. Handia legislator Hakimlal Bind said he, along with Chaudhary Aslam Ali, Mujtaba Siddiqui, Hargovind Bhargav, Aslam Raini and Shushma Patel met the SP chief.

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  Who will be the biggest rival of Yogi Adityanath in UP Polls 2022?

  Politics | June 15, 2021 19:51 IST

  The BJP has kick-started preparations for the election cycle in 2022, when several Assembly elections, including in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and later in the year in Gujarat are to take place. The opposition are trying to corner Yogi on every point. It will now be very interesting to see who turns out to be the biggest rival of Yogi Adityanath in UP Polls 2022.

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  Special News | BSP MLAs meet Akhilesh Yadav ahead of UP Polls

  News | June 15, 2021 16:40 IST

  Nine MLAs of Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) met with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav this morning amid reports that they are on the verge of crossing over to the rival party in a shake-up bound to impact political equations ahead of the Uttar Pradesh election next year.

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  Mayawati demands impartial probe into death of Pratapgarh journalist

  India | June 15, 2021 14:05 IST

  BSP chief Mayawati on Tuesday demanded a probe into the death of a journalist of a private news channel in UP's Pratapgarh.