BSP won't have any "chunavi samjhauta" (poll agreement) with any party. We'll contest on our own. We're entering into agreement with people of all sections of society to bring them together -this alliance is permanent. Don't intend to enter into alliance with any party, party chief Mayawati said in a presser.

Mayawati said if the Congress was so concerned about women why did they not make the provision of 33 reservation for them in Parliament and legislative assemblies when they were in power.

Baby Rani Maurya, party sources confirmed, would work towards making a dent in BSP's 'Jatav' vote base. Jatavs, till now, have been firmly behind Mayawati and Baby Rani Maurya also claims to be a Jatav.

Earlier on Friday, a corpse of a man, with hands and legs chopped off, was found hanging on a police barricade at the farmers' protest site near the Singhu border, said Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Hansraj.

This is the second time Mayawati slammed Cong's silence in the matter. Earlier on Sunday, she had asked whether the chief ministers of Punjab and Chhattisgarh would visit Hanumangarh to provide compensation to the Dalit victim's family.

Earlier on Thursday, a man was thrashed to death at Rohi Prempura village of Hanumangarh district in Rajasthan.

Mayawati's remarks came a day after a news channel in a survey showed that the BJP is poised to win the most number of seats in UP in the upcoming 2022 Assembly polls, and retain power.

Mayawati said a delegation of BSP led by party general secy and RS MP SC Mishra will be meeting the families of farmers killed in Oct 3 violence in Lakhimpur Kheri.

Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) issued a statement regarding the incident claiming the death of four farmers and alleged that one of the four farmers was shot dead by Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Mishra Teni's son.

Attacking the BJP for bagging votes in the name of Lord Ram, Mishra said that the Brahmins in the state are the targets despite the 'caste-based' votes. He further claimed that BSP will have most of the support from the Brahmin community and will not support BJP at any costs.

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Earlier, Mayawati termed the cabinet expansion of the Yogi Adityanath government in the state an effort to mobilise voters on the basis of caste

Ahead of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls that are scheduled to be held early next year, seven new ministers took the oath of office in the UP cabinet on Sunday.

Further, Mayawati also urged the Centre to show proper sympathy and sensitivity towards the farmer society.

The BSP president said she has come to know that assembly elections in Punjab will be fought under a non-Dalit leader and not under Channi.

Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party and Congress are expected to better their tally in the UP Assembly polls 2022, the astrologer predicted

AIMIM has offered a poll ticket to gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari after Mayawati announced to change candidate from Mau Assembly seat.   

BSP MLA Mukhtar Ansari, who has a vast criminal record has been denied ticket for the Uttar Pradesh election 2022.

The state's Firozabad district has been battling an outbreak of dengue and deadly viral fever for the past 2-weeks, leaving 55 people dead.

Mayawati has asserted that the BSP will form the next government in Uttar Pradesh with the support from the 'Prabuddha Varg' (Brahmin).