Tag: Mayawati

Supreme Court’s decision on SC/ST Act exposed Congress-BJP’s ‘dalit love’: Mayawati

The Supreme Court on Tuesday recalled its direction in the March 20, 2018 verdict which had virtually diluted provisions of arrest under the SC/ST Act.

October 2, 2019

‘Unreliable and Cheats’: Mayawati hits out at Congress after 6 BSP Rajasthan MLAs switch sides

'All the six BSP MLAs were in constant touch with Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and today they have come into the fold of the Congress,' a Congress leader said.

September 17, 2019

BSP’s Mayawati gets a jolt as all 6 MLAs in Rajasthan join Congress

Mayawati’s party’s all six members of the Rajasthan Assembly wrote to the Speaker C P Joshi and requested him to merge the legislative party with the Congress.

September 17, 2019

CM, ministers to pay their own tax, says UP govt, scraps four-decade-old practice

The law, enacted when Vishwanath Pratap Singh was the chief minister, has been in force during the terms of 19 CMs and about 1,000 ministers so far.

September 14, 2019

Bahujan Samaj Party to go all alone in Haryana Assembly elections

Satish Chandra Mishra said, "BSP will contest alone on all 90 seats in the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections. We will not have alliance with Congress or anybody else."

September 9, 2019

Congress, Mayawati’s BSP may join hands in Haryana for Assembly elections

A closed-door meeting between two-time former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda and Mayawati in New Delhi, was also attended by the state Congress chief Kumari Selja, party sources said.

September 9, 2019

Battle for Delhi’s Dalit vote on

Political circles are buzzing about Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal’s self-declared truce with Narendra Modi and the BJP government at the centre.

August 28, 2019

Ahead of state Assembly polls Akhilesh Yadav dissolves all Samajwadi Party units of Uttar Pradesh

The surprise development is being seen as an effort by SP to recover its electoral base after its disappointing performance in the recent Lok Sabha polls.

August 23, 2019

Arun Jaitley on ‘life support’, leaders visit AIIMS to enquire about his health

Earlier on Saturday, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati visited AIIMS, where Arun Jaitley is admitted in the hospital's ICU since August 9.

August 17, 2019

Haven’t violated Behenji’s order: Suspended Karnataka MLA N Mahesh

The expelled MLA said that he was unaware of the suspension order as he was away from Bengaluru for a week. He hoped that he will be taken back once he spoke to the party chief and clarified his position.

July 24, 2019

Following I-T action against brother, Mayawati alleges misuse of govt machinery by BJP

Mayawati said that the BJP should introspect before pointing fingers at others and the assets of BJP leaders before and after joining politics should be looked into.

July 19, 2019

I-T attaches Rs 400 crore Benami property of Mayawati’s brother ahead of UP by-polls

Mayawati had recently appointed Anand Kumar as the national vice president of the Bahujan Samaj Party.

July 18, 2019

First-timer as BSP floor leader

The district of which Baishnab was collector was one of the worst affected and the relief and rehabilitation work he organized impressed Vajpayee and his PMO.

July 10, 2019

Mayawati slams new decision to include 17 OBCs in SC list

Mayawati says, Yogi govt has misled the people of these 17 castes in the same way as the SP govt had done

July 2, 2019

‘Will fight all future elections on our own’: Mayawati confirms end of SP-BSP alliance

In a series of tweets in Hindi, Mayawati said her party was compelled to take the decision following SP's attitude after Lok Sabha polls.

June 24, 2019

Akhilesh Yadav ‘anti-Muslim’, Mulayam Singh working hand in glove with BJP: Mayawati

Earlier this month, Mayawati had said that her party will contest the bypolls on all 11 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh alone.

June 24, 2019

‘One nation, one election’ call an attempt to divert attention from national issues: Mayawati

The BSP chief also said that she would have attended an all-party meeting called by PM Modi in New Delhi had it been on EVMs.

June 19, 2019