The BSP president charged that the "country has seen and felt that BJP and its government have failed to fulfil its legal and Constitutional duty as a result of which about three dozen lives have been lost and 200 have been injured and several businesses destroyed in times of high inflation, poverty and unemployment."

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati has called the violence in Delhi that has claimed 20 lives thus far, unfortunate and condemnable. She has also urged the Central government to conduct a 'high-level inquiry' into the matter.  

BSP leader Mayawati on Saturday charged the BJP with giving a "slow death" to the provision of reservation for SCs, STs and OBCs and alleged the ruling dispensation was using the "divide and rule policy" to distract people's attention from its failures.

Amit Shah had challenged Opposition leaders of debate on Citizenship (Amendment) Act during a rally in Lucknow. Mayawati said she is ready to accept the challenge "on any forum".

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati got a tribute from a baker in Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district. Asif, owner of C and B Bakers made a huge 64 kg cake to express his wishes to former Uttar Pradesh chief minister.

BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday urged the Centre to withdraw the amended citizenship law and seek consensus to bring in a new one, even as she lashed out at both BJP and Congress for being “two sides of the same coin”.

On the occasion of her 64th birthday, BSP supremo Mayawati released 'Mera Sangharshmay Jeevan ka Safarnama-15' and mounting attack on the BJP and Congress blaming both the parties for the plight of the common man.

Bahujan Samaj party chief Mayawati celebrated her 64th birthday on Wednesday by mounting attack on the BJP and the Congress and blamed both the parties for the plight of the common man.

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo wrote: "Congress leaders visit Uttar Pradesh quite frequently to shed crocodile tears. However, it is unfortunate that she did not think once even to give some time to wipe tears of those mothers who have lost their little ones in Kota.

BSP president Mayawati on Thursday questioned the silence of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on the death of infants in Rajasthan's Kota district and said she should have met the women who had lost their children due to the "laxity" of the Ashok Gehlot government.

Mayawati's strong words have come just when Congress' Rahul Gandhi has taken an aggressive stance against BJP and RSS over Citizenship (Amendment) Bill.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Tuesday said the Centre should clear all the doubts of the Muslims over the issue of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC). She also warned the members of the Muslim community to be careful against political exploitation.

Mayawati asked in a tweet to prove congress to clarify their position in this matter. Otherwise, to divert the attention of the people from their own party's weaknesses, it will only be considered a drama.

Attacking the Centre over the Citizenship Bill, Mayawati said it would have been better had the same promptness been shown in introducing strict laws to check crimes against women

"It is a matter of deep regret that during the past some years, especially since the BJP government has come to power, women are not safe. This is not the only incident, in UP I said it yesterday also that there is not a day when there is not an incident of rape and murder, attempt to rape or molestation," Mayawati said at a press conference here.

Earlier in the day, Mayawati had praised the Hyderabad police for its strong action against the four accused in the gang rape and murder of a veterinary doctor and asked the Uttar Pradesh police to take inspiration from its counterparts.

 The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) suffered another major jolt when Tribhuvan Ram, a close aide of BSP chief Mayawati, and former Minister Vinod Singh have joined the BJP in Uttar Pradesh.  

"Citizenship in the name of religion and discrimination in the name of religion of the citizens through it is totally against the basic structure of the humanitarian and secular Constitution of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar," the BSP leader said.

The guest house incident related to Mayawati had changed political equations in Uttar Pradesh and SP and BSP became sworn enemies till 2019 when Akhilesh Yadav struck an alliance with Mayawati, who later clarified that Akhilesh Yadav was not in politics when the 1995 incident had taken place.

  The Supreme Court is likely to deliver its verdict on the emotive Ayodhya issue before Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi retires on November 17.