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BSP Chief Mayawati visits former Union minister Arun Jaitley at AIIMS

India | Aug 17, 2019, 03:34 PM IST

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) has not issued any bulletin on Jaitley's health condition since August 10. Jaitley was admitted on August 9 after he complained of breathlessness and restlessness.

Threat of economic recession looming over country: Mayawati

India | Aug 17, 2019, 02:40 PM IST

Expressing concern over the prevailing economic condition in the country, BSP chief Mayawati said threat of an "economic recession" is looming over the country.

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PM's Independence Day speech gives little hope for betterment of people's lives: Mayawati

India | Aug 15, 2019, 09:33 PM IST

Criticising Modi's "silence" over poverty, inflation, unemployment and lack of education, Mayawati also flayed him for announcing no "concrete measures" to address these issues besides those of violence, sectarian tension and casteism.

Mayawati demands withdrawal of CBSE fee hike for exams

Education | Aug 13, 2019, 02:49 PM IST

BSP president Mayawati on Tuesday termed the fee hike by the CBSE for Class 10 and 12 examinations as unfortunate and demanded its immediate withdrawal.

Black chapter in history of democracy, says Mayawati on Karnataka developments

India | Jul 24, 2019, 02:20 PM IST

BSP president Mayawati on Wednesday said the manner in which the JD(S)-Congress government in Karnataka has been pulled down will go down in the history of democracy as a "black chapter".

Mayawati suspends lone BSP MLA in Karnataka for indiscipline

India | Jul 23, 2019, 11:04 PM IST

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Tuesday suspended the party's lone Karnataka MLA for indiscipline as he did not participate in the crucial trust vote in the state Assembly despite having clear instructions to vote in favour of the H.D. Kumaraswamy government.

Investigate wealth of your leaders first: Mayawati slams BJP after attachment of brother's property

National | Jul 19, 2019, 10:09 AM IST

Slamming the Bharatiya Janata Party, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati today said that her party will never bow down in front of the BJP. Mayawati further slammed the Narendra Modi-led party over the wealth of individual party workers.

IT dept attaches Rs 400 crore 'benami' plot in Noida belonging to Mayawati's brother, wife

India | Jul 18, 2019, 01:37 PM IST

The provisional order for the attachment of the seven-acre plot, "beneficially owned" by Anand Kumar and his wife Vichiter Lata, was issued on July 16 by the Delhi-based Benami Prohibition Unit (BPU) of the department.

Mayawati in more trouble: I-T department seizes brother's Rs 400 crore benami plot in Noida

News | Aug 01, 2019, 01:12 PM IST

The Income-Tax Department has attached a 'benami' plot worth Rs 400 crore in Noida belonging to BSP supremo Mayawati's brother and his wife, an official order said.

Akhilesh, Mayawati feel CBI heat ahead of UP by-polls

India | Jul 17, 2019, 11:14 AM IST

Bahujan Samaj Party President Mayawati and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav's resolve to regain a foothold in state politics by winning a sizeable number of seats in the upcoming by-elections to 12 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh may not actually work according to plans.

Mayawati seeks action against those forcing people to chant religious slogans

India | Jul 15, 2019, 03:52 PM IST

Citing a complaint lodged by the cleric, SP Shailesh Kumar Pandey said Imam Imlaq-ur-Rehman, a Muzaffarnagar resident, was going to his village on his motorcycle on Saturday, when nearly 12 youngsters accosted him, beat him up and also pulled his beard.

Mayawati seeks for pan-India law to curb lynching

India | Jul 13, 2019, 02:11 PM IST

Welcoming the Uttar Pradesh Law Commission-drafted Bill against lynching, BSP supremo Mayawati on Saturday pitched for stringent, pan-India legislation to arrest the spread of this "dreadful disease".

BJP trying to dislodge governments in Opposition-ruled states: Mayawati

National | Jul 11, 2019, 02:38 PM IST

Her remarks come in the backdrop of hectic political activity in Karnataka and Goa. Sixteen MLAs of the ruling Congress-JD(S) coalition have resigned in Karnataka and 10 Congress MLAs have joined the ruling BJP in Goa.

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Sugar mills disinvestment scam case: CBI searches premises of former secretary to Mayawati

India | Jul 09, 2019, 10:07 PM IST

The properties of former IAS officers Netram and Vinay Priya Dubey and premises of former MLC Iqbal Singh's sons -- Wajid Ali and Mohammed Javed -- were searched.

Majority reeling under 'rozi-roti' problem, PM Modi talking about cake: Mayawati

India | Jul 07, 2019, 09:56 PM IST

Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his "size of the cake matters" remark, BSP supremo Mayawati said Sunday the PM is talking about cake for people when a majority of them is reeling under the problem of "roti-rozi".

This will prove useful just for business tycoons: Mayawati slams Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden budget

India | Jul 05, 2019, 03:23 PM IST

BSP chief Mayawati on Friday slammed Nirmala Sitharaman's maiden budget and said the budget will prove useful only for the business class. Further criticising the budget 2019, the BSP chief said the common man of the country will have to bear the brunt of inflation and poverty.

It's a fraud: Mayawati slams UP govt over adding 17 OBC communities to Schedule Castes

India | Jul 01, 2019, 11:31 AM IST

This move is seen as an attempt by the Adityanath government to provide these socially and economically backward classes with the benefits of reservation after removing legal irritants that have stalled the issue in the past. The move will leave greater space in the OBC quota for the remaining OBC caste groups.

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