Kumari Mayawati, also known as Mayawati, is a renowned Indian politician who has been serving the nation in this field for over a decade. 65-year-old, Mayawati is the national president of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP). Mayawati is considered as an icon among the Dalits and is popularly hailed as “Behenji” or sister. Mayawati has been an important member of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) since its inception in 1984 and is now serving as the president of the party. She created history by becoming the first-ever female Scheduled Caste member to become the Chief Minister of an Indian state. Mayawati has served four separate terms as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in the year 1995, 1997, 2002-2003, and 2007-2012 . Mayawati's rise from humble beginnings has been called a "miracle of democracy" by former Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao. Mayawati was born on January 15, 1956 in Delhi. Her father Prabhu Das was a postal employee at Badalpur in Gautam Buddha Nagar. Her mother's name was Ram Rati. In 1975, Mayawati completed her Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree from Kalindi Women’s College, in Delhi. She earned a B.Ed. from VMLG College, Ghaziabad in 1976. Thereafter, Mayawati did her Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from Delhi University in 1983. The Bahujan Samaj Party will fight the 2022 Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh alone. Mayawati had stated that BSP will win the election with absolute majority just like they did in the 2007 assembly polls. In Punjab, the BSP will be contesting the polls with the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) i.e., former ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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According to media reports, Singh made objectionable remarks on Mayawati over an infamous episode when the BSP chief was reportedly assaulted by Samajwadi Party workers at a guest house in Lucknow in 1995 that triggered decades of animosity between the two parties.
Reacting on the statement, BSP leader Mishra asserted that the SP-BSP alliance has rattled the morale of the BJP leaders and that they have lost their mental balance in fear of losing the coming elections.
She said the rise in the BSP's popularity after its alliance with the Samajwadi Party has created unrest among some parties and leaders.
SP chief Akhilesh Yadav later visited the BSP chief and presented her with a bouquet and a shawl on her birthday.
Uttar Pradesh has 80 Lok Sabha seats.
To take stock of ground realities and the party's preparation for the coming elections, the BSP chief, ever since her visit to Lucknow last week, has been busy holding meetings with party workers and leaders.
Both the parties also kept two seats for the smaller players in the state.
Soon after the formal announcement of the BSP-SP alliance on Saturday, Tejashwi had welcomed the new combination calling it a formidable alliance, which would pave the way for complete rout of the BJP in Uttar Pradesh where the saffron party is in power.
Day after Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati announced the alliance of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh, Congress said it would go it alone on all 80 Lok Sabha seats in the state in the upcoming general election.
India TV-CNX has conducted an opinion poll to gauge the mood of voters ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2019.
The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party on Saturday announced their coalition in Uttar Pradesh for upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Out of the 80 seats in the state, BSP and SP will contest on 38 each, two seats will go to smaller allies, while Amethi and Rae Bareli, represented by Congress president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, will go uncontested by the alliance.
Addressing a joint press conference with Akhilesh Yadav, BSP supremo Mayawati said that the SP-BSP alliance was aimed at defeating BJP and company in 2019 general elections.
Just a day ahead of the presser, Akhilesh Yadav on Friday said that the alliance will get the math right in the upcoming parliamentary elections and the BJP will face defeat.
Ajit Singh is reportedly unhappy with the seats being offered to his party RLD. According to sources, SP and BSP have offered 2 seats to Ajit Singh’s party.
Articles 15 and 16 of the Constitution will have to be amended for implementation of the decision.
On being asked about an official announcement regarding BSP-SP alliance, Akhilesh hinted that an announcement would be made this week.
Madhya Pradesh Law Minister PC Sharma in a statement said that cases filed on April 2 or in the last 15 years by the previous BJP government will be withdrawn.
She said now that MP and Rajasthan are ruled by the Congress, the new governments should immediately withdraw such cases, failing which her party would have to reconsider its decision of extending outside support.
While Akhilesh Yadav said in Lucknow Wednesday that he would meet Rao after January 6 in Hyderabad, Mayawati has not yet given time to the Telangana Chief Minister.
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