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Indian Express
7 hours ago
- Politics
- Indian Express
Delhi Confidential: Behenji's blessings
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati, who is popularly addressed as 'Behenji (elder sister)', stayed true to the name given by her supporters on Raksha Bandhan. It is learnt that Mayawati tied a rakhi to all the party leaders who visited the BSP office to meet her on Saturday. While most party leaders who participated in the ritual kept away from social media, Uma Shankar Singh, BSP's lone MLA from Uttar Pradesh, posted his photographs with Mayawati tying rakhi to him and wrote: 'To receive such heartfelt love and blessings from my leader, guide and most respected sister Mayawati ji is a matter of great fortune and feeling of divine grace for me'. Message In Language Continuing its campaign to promote Bangla in Parliament, the Trinamool Congress is likely to use a Bangla slogan — 'Chupi chupi votaer karchupi (Votes are quietly being stolen)' — during its protest march on Monday against the alleged electoral malpractices by the Election Commission and the revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. Party sources said placards and banners with the slogan have been prepared for the march. Other regional parties such as DMK, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (SP) will prepare slogans and banners in their mother tongue too, it is learnt. Around 300 MPs from the Opposition are likely to take part in the march from Parliament to the Election Commission office. Agenda Set SOON AFTER getting the additional charge of Delhi Police Commissioner, IPS officer Shashi Bhushan Kumar Singh, 1988-batch AGMUT-cadre, interacted with senior officers and gave them a five-point agenda to work on even before coming for the morning tea meeting. Earlier, all special CPs used to attend the tea meetings with the police chief and brief him about their work. The new police chief, after reviewing law and order in the city, told the officers that disposal of cases under the new criminal laws, within the stipulated period of 60-90 days, is 'below satisfactory' and requires their personal attention.
Hindustan Times
5 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
Maya reaffirms go-solo strategy for 2027 UP assembly polls
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati reiterated on Tuesday that her party will not ally with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the Congress-led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) or any other front for the 2027 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections. BSP president Mayawati. (File Photo) In a post on social media platform X, Mayawati said: 'BSP is a party that works independently of casteist alliances. The party follows Ambedkarite principles and policies of 'Sarvajan Hitay, Sarvajan Sukhay' (the welfare and happiness of all)'. The BSP president's statement has drawn mixed reactions from party leaders and supporters. While some welcomed her decision, others expressed apprehension that the decision to go solo might pave the way for further decline of the party's support base and defeat in the 2027 assembly elections in UP. 'At a time when political parties across the country are joining NDA or INDIA to retain relevance in the state and national politics, Behenji's decision may prove detrimental for the party which aims for revival in the 2027 elections. To remain relevant, the party will have to choose for an alliance either with the NDA or with INDIA alliance,' said a BSP leader who wished not to be named. However, another BSP leader said that with around two years to go for the assembly elections in UP, the party chief wishes to keep her options open. 'She will take the final call on alliance after the panchayat polls scheduled next year. She is working on strengthening the party organisation from booth level to state level. The party is working on the Dalit-OBC consolidation strategy to strengthen its base,' he said. Professor Vivek Kumar, a political observer, said: 'Mayawati is working on a tested formula to regain the lost ground in UP. Past alliance experiments have largely backfired. The BSP ended up transferring its votes to the alliance partners, but got little in return.' 'When a party goes for an alliance, it has to agree on a seat-sharing deal. In this situation, when the candidates campaigning for the party in the hope of getting a ticket are left in the lurch, they feel cheated. It also leads to rebellion as some contest as independent candidates. The organisation work is also adversely affected,' he added. 'Mayawati knows that the post-poll alliance brings more bargaining power in comparison to the pre-poll alliance. If the BSP manages two win around 30-40 seats in the assembly elections, it will be in a better position to bargain with the party that is vying to form the government,' he insisted. According to Anant Rao Akela, a Dalit ideologue, the support base as well as vote share of the BSP have shrunk in successive elections after the BSP lost power in 2012. 'Mayawati's strategy to regain power has failed. The BJP, SP and Congress have made inroads into its Dalit vote base. In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the SP and Congress received a large share of Dalit votes,' he pointed out. 'The rise of Azad Samaj Party (ASP) leader Chandrashekhar is yet another challenge for the BSP to regain its hold over the Dalits. Mayawati's decision to remove her nephew Akash Anand from the post of national coordinator and re-appoint him has damaged his prospects in politics. If Mayawati goes solo in the 2027 assembly elections, Jatav votes will be divided between the BSP and ASP,' Akela said. According to BSP state unit president Vishwanath Pal, the party is organising cadre camps in all the assembly segments to regain its support base. 'The focus is on the youth. Senior party leaders have been directed to attend the camps to make the youth aware of the struggle of party's founder Kanshi Ram and president Mayawati,' he said. The BSP support base and vote share has been declining in the successive elections. In the 2007 assembly elections, the BSP polled 30.43% votes to form the government on its own. In 2012, the BSP polled 25.95% votes to bag 80 seats. In 2017, the BSP secured 22.23% votes to win 19 seats while in 2022, its vote percentage dipped to 12.88% and the BSP won a solitary seat. The story has been no different in the Lok Sabha elections. In 2004, the BSP polled 24.67% votes to bag 19 seats while in 2009, its vote percentage was 27.42% and the seat tally was 20. In 2014, the BSP's vote percentage declined to 19.77% and it failed to open its account. In 2019, the BSP contested in alliance with the SP and bagged 10 seats with a vote share of 19.42%. In 2024, the party failed to open its account with a vote share of 9.35%.
United News of India
01-07-2025
- Politics
- United News of India
Train fare hike is not consistent with BJP's 'Country First' ideology: Mayawati
Lucknow, July 1 (UNI) Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Tuesday criticised the BJP government at the centre for hiking railway passenger fares. She also slammed the Centre for increasing the burden on the common man on the one hand yet claiming that they follow the ideology of 'country first'. She demanded that the government immediately withdraw the hike. In a press release here on Tuesday, Behenji said when the country men are facing poverty, unemployment and other issues then increasing the railway fare shows the central government's commercial bent of mind. She termed the step against the ineterst of the general public and the objectives of the Constitution. She explained that rail journey is not a luxury for most people but a necessity due to the compulsion to migrate in search of better economic opportunities. "Therefore, instead of worrying only for its own benefit and for a handful of rich people, the government should appropriately worry about the crores of people of the country who are craving to live a life of self-esteem in the absence of employment," she added. UNI MBD RKM
Time of India
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
BSP plans to increase its tally to 30, chalks out poll strategy
Nagpur: After BJP and Congress, it is the Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP ) that is a major player in the Nagpur civic body polls, even emerging the third-largest party in the 2017 polls. With 10 seats under its belt, BSP is now gearing up to increase the tally to 30 and has chalked out a strategy for the same. BSP leader Prakash Gajbhiye said, "A huge population resides in slums and lower-income areas within Nagpur city, and those in power have neglected this completely. I can show you so many places in Nagpur where there is no proper sewage system, no proper roads, and the water supply is also not regular. People have realised that BJP or Congress will never solve these problems; hence they will turn to BSP for that." The party has also worked out their targeted seats in the NMC assembly constituencies, highlighting their preparedness. Gajbhiye said, "Our maximum seats will come from North Nagpur, for which our target is 15. The next highest will be from South-West, where we hope to bag around seven seats. Then in the West and South, our target is three each. And for Central, it is two seats. Now, this is the minimum target, but we are confident of getting much more. " He added that BJP's strategy of regularisation of land and building pucca homes, which can help connect with voters, won't work in the polls. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Memperdagangkan CFD Emas dengan salah satu spread terendah? IC Markets Mendaftar Undo "This scheme, to provide housing for the poor, was started by Behenji (Mayawati), so BJP is simply doing a copy and paste of that formula," said Gajbhiye. Regarding Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA), Gajbhiye said, "People now realise that VBA won't be able to have any impact on their lives. We have been representing Nagpurians' voices in the civic body for a long time, so we have a proven track record." Their ace up the sleeve is party chief Mayawati herself. "We are planning for two major rallies in Maharashtra. One will be in Mumbai and the other in Nagpur. If Behenji holds a rally, then the entire voting dynamic changes at one stroke," said Gajbhiye.
Time of India
31-05-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
BSP to bank on ‘janata ka gathbandhan' to revive fortunes in 2027 UP elections
Lucknow: In the 2027 UP assembly elections, the Bahujan Samaj Party 's antithesis to political 'gathbandhan' (alliance)" will be 'janata ka gathbandhan' (alliance of people). This is the idea with which the party wants to make a comeback to power, 20 years after it formed a majority govt in UP in 2007. To make it happen, the party has started applying strategies it adopted in 2007. The basic activity was mobilising people from 'sarv samaj' (every caste and community) at the booth level and making them aware of the party's plans for growth and development. "We have started doing it again. We are informing people from various castes and communities about what all 'Behenji' after BSP formed the govt. We are also informing people about the constant onslaught being made by the Congress and the BJP on the constitutional provisions for SCs and backwards," said UP BSP president Vishwanath Pal. "The idea is to unite people from various backgrounds at the booth level against the propaganda of opposition parties. BSP plans to win by riding on 'janata ka gathbandhan'," he said. In the 2022 assembly elections, BSP won only one seat in UP (Rasra in Ballia) and polled over 12.8% of votes. The 2024 Lok Sabha elections did not do any good to the party's dropping political stakes in UP. It lost all the 10 seats won in 2019, and the vote share shrank to 9.4% from 19.4% in 2019. To tighten its grip on voters at the ground level, the party has taken to micro-planning and has started organising 'chaupals' and 'baithaks' at every booth in villages, in which senior and local functionaries are interacting with the people. Since booth is the micro-unit of electoral setup, BSP has pinned its hopes there. 'Chaupals' and 'baithaks' at the booth level may also not require local villagers to commute to some spot away from their homes to listen to party workers. "It is almost like a door-to-door meeting where maximum voters can be mobilised," said Pal.
