Azam Khan also said that given her seniority and stature, Mayawati should be given the chance to speak in the upper house of the Parliament.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati today said she will resign from the Rajya Sabha today as she was not allowed raise the issue of Saharanpur riots, which occurred in Uttar Pradesh earlier this year

RJD chief Lalu Prasad held that his efforts to bring UP opposition leaders Mayawati and Akhilesh Yadav together would "end the 2019 match" for the BJP.

The Opposition today unanimously decided to field Kumar, a dalit, as its joint candidate for the presidential election against Kovind, with 17 parties supporting the former Lok Sabha speaker's candidature.

Nominations for the Presidential elections, to be held on July 17, ends on June 28. The BJP had yesterday stumped the opposition parties by announcing the name of Kovind, a Kori (Dalit) from Uttar Pradesh.

Joining issues with farmers' organisations who have opposed the Yoga Day functions, Mayawati said their protest against the "anti-poor and anti-farmers" function and policy was fully justified.

As Prime Minister Modi arrives in Lucknow this evening, he will be meeting scores of leaders over dinner including former Chief Ministers Akhilesh Yadav, father Mulayam Singh and Mayawati.

The BSP chief, however, said it would have been better if all opposition parties were taken into confidence by the NDA at the Centre before announcing the name of its candidate.

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and BSP chief Mayawati might come together for a joint rally in Uttar Pradesh.

Even before the BSP could have come to terms with being relegated to a poor third in UP elections, it is faced with a new challenge in the form of the Bheem Army.

Amid heightened tensions following the death of a Dalit youth in a fresh round of caste clashes yesterday, the police on Wednesday beefed up security across the western Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur region

At least six persons were injured as caste tension flared again in Shabbirpur village and surrounding areas in Saharanpur district after BSP supremo Mayawati's visit.

Yogi, once a hardcore critic of Mayawati for her love for the construction of monuments and statues in the name of Dalit icon BR Ambedakar using taxpayer’s money, has approved a budget of Rs 10 crore for the maintenance of monuments

Asserting that the people of the state did not get the real benefit from the change in government as the crime rate has not gone down, she said, "On the contrary, caste violence and political vendetta have become common."

Siddiqui recorded his statement on an FIR registered against him and other BSP leaders for allegedly raising derogatory slogans against Singh's minor daughter and wife Swati Singh during the protest.

In a big relief to the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Election Commission (EC) today accepted its explanation on depositing Rs 104 crore in scrapped currency in a bank account post demonetisation.

BSP chief Mayawati on Thursday denied the charge levelled by sacked party leader Naseemuddin Siddiqui that she demanded Rs 50 crore from him.

Former BSP leader Naseemudin Siddiqui today launched a tirade against party chief Mayawati claiming he was being harassed by her for money from candidates who fought elections on the party’s ticket.

Sacked BSP leader Naseemudin Siddiqui today hit back at party chief Mayawati and alleged that she had abused Muslims after facing a humiliating loss in the UP Assembly elections.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said she feels ashamed of being born in India.