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Kumari Mayawati (born Kumari Mayawati Das; 15 January 1956) is an Indian politician who served as the 18th Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1995 to 1995, 1997 to 1997, 2002 to 2003 and from 2007 to 2012.
Jun 6, 2024 · Lok Sabha election results: Mayawati's BSP contested 79 seats in UP election and won zero, but a 9.3 per cent vote share, if it had allied with the opposition, could have created more...
Jun 4, 2024 · The decline of Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in the political landscape of Uttar Pradesh and the country continued in this Lok Sabha election as the party failed to lead in a single seat. The BSP had fielded candidates in 424 Lok Sabha seats across the country, including 80 in Uttar Pradesh.
4 days ago · Mayawati made the announcement at the BSP’s first review meeting, held in Lucknow, on its loss in the Lok Sabha elections. She urged party leaders to “give him (Akash) more respect than earlier”. “Party president (Mayawati) has once again given an opportunity to Akash Anand to work in the party with maturity,” the BSP said in a statement in which Mayawati was quoted as saying, “I am hopeful that he will emerge completely as a ‘mature leader’ at every level in the interest of ...
Mayawati officially appointed nephew Akash Anand as her successor in the BSP. Mayawati will continue to monitor Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
BSP chief Mayawati is a four-time chief minister and an icon for Dalits - formerly untouchables who are at the bottom of a discriminatory Hindu caste system and, despite legal protections,...
Jun 8, 2024 · When Mayawati fielded so many Muslim candidates in UP, other Opposition parties accused the BSP of working as the BJP’s “B Team” alleging that her motive was to dent the SP’s votes and help the BJP.
Jun 14, 2024 · Kumari Mayawati, Indian politician and government official. As a longtime major figure in the Bahujan Samaj Party, she represented and was an advocate for people at the lowest levels of the Hindu social system in India, in particular Dalits.
Nov 16, 2023 · Mayawati was once the darling of the marginalised masses. But after a decade of electoral drubbings, the BSP leader and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister is now struggling to remain relevant in...
Jan 15, 2024 · Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati has said her party has decided to contest Lok Sabha elections on its own as past experience shows that it doesn't gain anything from entering into an alliance.
