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R. Ambedkar]], [[Mahatma Jyotiba Phule|Jyotiba Phule]], [[Narayana Guru]], [[Shahu of Kolhapur|Chhatrapati Shahuji Maharaj]], and [[Gautama Buddha]]. [[Kanshi Ram]] named his protégée, [[Mayawati]], as his successor in 2001. The BSP has its main base in the Indian state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] where it was the second-largest party in the [[2019 Indian general election]] with 19.3% of votes<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/uttar-pradesh/indian-politics-has-undergone-a-tremendous-change-uttar-pradesh-results-the-proof/articleshow/69498432.cms|title=Indian politics has undergone a tremendous change. Uttar Pradesh results the proof|date=2019-05-26|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-10-07|archive-date=29 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190829063801/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/uttar-pradesh/indian-politics-has-undergone-a-tremendous-change-uttar-pradesh-results-the-proof/articleshow/69498432.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> and fourth largest in the [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election]] with 12.88% of votes.<ref>{{cite web | title=UP Election Results: Landslide victory for BJP, SP distant 2nd; Congress, BSP decimated | website=Zee News | date=2022-03-10 | url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/live-updates/uttar-pradesh-up-assembly-election-poll-result-2022-live-yogi-adityanath-akhilesh-yadav-bjp-sp-bsp-congress-2443792 | access-date=2022-03-11 | archive-date=11 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311063913/https://zeenews.india.com/india/live-updates/uttar-pradesh-up-assembly-election-poll-result-2022-live-yogi-adityanath-akhilesh-yadav-bjp-sp-bsp-congress-2443792 | url-status=live }}</ref> Its [[election symbol]] is an [[elephant]] which is the same symbol historically used by Dr. Ambedkar's [[Scheduled Castes Federation]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Mishra | first=Anant Shekhar | title=A tale of election symbols | website=The Times of India | date=2014-04-20 | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/a-tale-of-election-symbols/articleshow/33990356.cms | access-date=2022-03-11 | archive-date=11 March 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220311053108/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/a-tale-of-election-symbols/articleshow/33990356.cms | url-status=live }}</ref> == {{anchor|Bahujan}} Etymology == [[File:Flags_of_"Bahujan_Samaj_Party"_at_Shivaji_Park.png|thumb|BSP rally in Mumbai]] "Bahujan" is a [[Sanskrit]]ic term found in Hindu and Buddhist texts, and literally refers to "many people", or "the majority". It connotes the combined population of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes, Muslims, and minorities who together constitute the demographic majority of India.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-22 |title=What is Bahujan, Mandal, and Kamandal Politics in India? |url=https://justicemirror.com/bahujan-meaning-and-mandal-kamandal-politics/ |access-date=2022-03-05 |website=The Justice Mirror |language=en-US |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305060532/https://justicemirror.com/bahujan-meaning-and-mandal-kamandal-politics/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Chishti |first=Seema |date=2022-01-27 |title=The substance of the U.P. elections |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-substance-of-the-up-elections/article38330553.ece |access-date=2022-03-05 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=5 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220305055950/https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-substance-of-the-up-elections/article38330553.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> The word "Bahujan" appears in the dictum "[[Bahujana sukhaya bahujana hitaya cha|Bahujana Hitaya Bahujana Sukhaya]]", or "The benefit and prosperity of the many", articulated by [[Gautama Buddha]].<ref name="Gurusamy2019">{{cite book|first=S.|last=Gurusamy|title=Dalit Empowerment in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nqmcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA98|year=2013|publisher=MJP Publisher|page=98|id=GGKEY:SW8XELLJGLC|access-date=9 September 2019|archive-date=6 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706090931/https://books.google.com/books?id=nqmcDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA98|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Madan|first=Gurmukh Ram|title=Buddhism: Its Various Manifestations|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LqhhR-hY7VQC&pg=PA47|year=1999|publisher=Mittal Publications|isbn=978-81-7099-728-3|page=47}}</ref><ref name="Roy2015">{{cite encyclopedia|editor-first1=Uday|editor-last1=Chandra|editor-first2=Geir|editor-last2=Heierstad|editor-first3=Kenneth Bo|editor-last3=Nielsen|encyclopedia=The Politics of Caste in West Bengal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7qXbCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA177|title=Transformative politics: The imaginary of the Mulnibasi in West Bengal|first=Indrajit|last=Roy|pages=169–192|year=2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-41477-3}}</ref> In his writing, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar used the term to refer to the majority of people in society that experienced discrimination and oppression on the basis of caste. Jyotirao Phule used the term in a similar context, and compared the Bahujans of India to Slavery in the United States. Schedule Caste and Bahujan writers have suggested this proportion was 70 percent of the population.<ref name="Roy2015" /><ref name="Jaffrelot2003">{{cite book|first=Christophe|last=Jaffrelot|title=India's Silent Revolution: The Rise of the Lower Castes in North India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJZp5tDuY-gC|year=2003|publisher=Columbia University Press|isbn=978-0-231-12786-8|page=153|access-date=9 September 2019|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414083859/https://books.google.com/books?id=qJZp5tDuY-gC|url-status=live}}</ref> == History == [[File:In bahujansamaj1.png|thumb|Bahujan Samaj Party flag used in public]] Bahujan Samaj Party was founded on the birth anniversary of [[B. R. Ambedkar]] (14 April 1984) by [[Kanshi Ram]],<ref>{{cite book|last1=Singh|first1=Pitam|title=Women legislators in Indian politics|date=2003|publisher=Concept Pub. Co.|location=New Delhi|isbn=8180690199|pages=101|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ldhazU_vvQcC&q=14th+april+1984+bsp&pg=PA101|access-date=8 November 2020|archive-date=6 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230706091427/https://books.google.com/books?id=ldhazU_vvQcC&q=14th+april+1984+bsp&pg=PA101|url-status=live}}</ref> who named former school teacher, Mayawati, as his successor of BSP in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|title=Kanshi Ram declares Mayawati as his successor|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/dec/15bsp.htm|agency=Rediff News|date=15 December 2001|first=Sharat|last=Pradhan|access-date=16 September 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923194639/http://www.rediff.com/news/2001/dec/15bsp.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The party's power grew quickly with seats in the [[Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh]] and the [[Lok Sabha]], the [[lower house]] of the [[Parliament of India]]. In 1993, following the assembly elections, Mayawati formed a coalition with [[Samajwadi Party]] president [[Mulayam Singh Yadav]] as [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh|Chief Minister]]. On 2 June 1995, she withdrew support from his government, which led to a major incident where Mulayam Singh Yadav was accused of sending his zealots to keep her party legislators hostage at a [[Lucknow]] guest house and shout casteist abuses at her.<ref>{{cite news |title=Report indicting Mulayam Singh Yadav comes handy for BJP |work=India Today |date=15 August 1996 |url=http://indiatoday.in/ |access-date=2016-05-12 |archive-date=10 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210710121504/https://www.indiatoday.in/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Since this incident, they have regarded each other publicly as chief rivals.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Ghildiyal|first1=Subodh|title=Why Mayawati cannot stand Mulayam|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Why-Mayawati-cannot-stand-Mulayam/articleshow/1387716.cms}}</ref> Mayawati then obtained support from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) to become Chief Minister on 3 June 1995. In October 1995, the BJP withdrew their support and fresh elections were called after a period of [[President's Rule]]. In 2003, Mayawati resigned from her own government to prove that she was not "hungry for power"<ref>{{cite news |title=Uttar Pradesh chief quits |work=BBC News |date=26 August 2003 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3181313.stm |access-date=2016-03-25 |archive-date=15 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180715094614/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3181313.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> and asked the BJP-run [[Government of India]] to remove [[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Union Tourism and Culture Minister]], [[Jagmohan]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayawati offers to resign |work=The Times of India |date=25 August 2003 |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-08-25/news/27544146_1_heritage-corridor-scam-bjp-ministers-bsp-leader |access-date=2016-03-25 |archive-date=7 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407050252/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2003-08-25/news/27544146_1_heritage-corridor-scam-bjp-ministers-bsp-leader |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2007, she began leading a BSP-formed government with an absolute majority for a full five-year term.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mayawati rules Uttar Pradesh |work=India Today |date=21 May 2007 |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bsp-pride-mayawati/1/155789.html |access-date=2016-03-25 |archive-date=8 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408163942/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/bsp-pride-mayawati/1/155789.html |url-status=live }}</ref> On 10 December 2023, Mayawati declared her nephew [[Akash Anand]] as the party's successor.<ref>{{cite news |title=Akash Anand: 2017 में राजनीति में एंट्री, छह साल में ही मायावती के उत्तराधिकारी घोषित, जानें कौन हैं आकाश आनंद|url=https://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/know-about-the-successor-of-mayawati-akash-anand-2023-12-10?position=2|date=10 Dec 2023|archive-date=10 Dec 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210153422/https://www.amarujala.com/lucknow/know-about-the-successor-of-mayawati-akash-anand-2023-12-10?position=2|work=[[Amar Ujala]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Akash Anand is Mayawati's successor in BSP: 5 things to know about him|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/akash-anand-mayawati-successor-in-bsp-mba-graduate-five-things-to-know-about-him-11702199241852.html|date=10 Dec 2023|archive-date=10 Dec 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210151352/https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/akash-anand-mayawati-successor-in-bsp-mba-graduate-five-things-to-know-about-him-11702199241852.html |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|mint]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=BSP chief Mayawati declares nephew Akash Anand as 'uttaradhikari', says party leader|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/bsp-chief-mayawati-declares-nephew-akash-anand-as-uttaradhikari-says-party-leader/article67624078.ece|date=10 Dec 2023|archive-date=10 Dec 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231210152702/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bsp-chief-mayawati-declares-nephew-akash-anand-as-uttaradhikari-says-party-leader/article67624078.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]}}</ref> However, he was sacked immediately after his comments on the ruling [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] Party.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-07 |title=BSP chief questions his 'maturity': After his attack on BJP, Maya sacks nephew as her heir |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/mayawati-akash-anand-bsp-successor-removed-9314502/ |access-date=2024-06-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> === Silver jubilee === On 14 April 2009, the Bahujan Samaj Party celebrated its silver jubilee.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/JHmKf3eHPRj2ff2foE5KxL/BSP-celebrates-silver-jubilee-with-golden-hopes.html|title=BSP celebrates silver jubilee with golden hopes|last=Mathew|first=Liz|date=2009-04-14|website=Live Mint|language=en|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226042317/https://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/JHmKf3eHPRj2ff2foE5KxL/BSP-celebrates-silver-jubilee-with-golden-hopes.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The ''Manywar Shri Kanshi Ramji Shahri Garib Awas Yojna'' housing scheme for poor was launched by Lucknow Development Authority (LDA).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/LDA-ready-with-its-gift-for-BSP-silver-jubilee/articleshow/5649184.cms|title=LDA ready with its gift for BSP silver jubilee|last=Shah|first=Pankaj|website=The Times of India|date=6 March 2010 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-date=11 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711233041/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/LDA-ready-with-its-gift-for-BSP-silver-jubilee/articleshow/5649184.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The role of Mayawati was discussed in BSP's success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/BfUgIQbCr0xrgTr6cdHfjK/25-years-on-what8217s-next-for-Mayawati.html|title=25 years on, what's next for Mayawati?|last=Singh|first=Pallavi|date=2009-11-18|website=Live Mint|language=en|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226042317/https://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/BfUgIQbCr0xrgTr6cdHfjK/25-years-on-what8217s-next-for-Mayawati.html|url-status=live}}</ref> A mass rally was organised in [[Lucknow]] with 10000 police personnel on duty.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sify.com/news/bsp-supporters-congregate-in-lucknow-to-celebrate-party-s-25-years-news-national-kdpqOgccghbsi.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226042312/https://www.sify.com/news/bsp-supporters-congregate-in-lucknow-to-celebrate-party-s-25-years-news-national-kdpqOgccghbsi.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2019-12-26|title=BSP supporters congregate in Lucknow to celebrate party's 25 years|website=[[Sify]]|language=en|access-date=2019-12-26}}</ref> It was the 305th and largest rally of BSP since 1984.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2010/mar/15/lucknow-braces-for-mega-bsp-rally-today-139473.html|title=Lucknow braces for mega BSP rally today|website=The New Indian Express|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226042312/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2010/mar/15/lucknow-braces-for-mega-bsp-rally-today-139473.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> As per [[Observer Research Foundation]], within 25 years BSP became the third largest political party of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.orfonline.org/research/bsps-25-year-journey-what-next/|title=BSP's 25-year Journey: What Next?|last=Misra|first=Satish|website=ORF|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-date=26 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226042317/https://www.orfonline.org/research/bsps-25-year-journey-what-next/|url-status=live}}</ref> == Views == BSP believes in "Social Transformation and Economic Emancipation" of the "Bahujan Samaj". The Bahujan Samaj signifies the Bahujans as the Scheduled Castes (SC), the Scheduled Tribes (ST), and the Other Backward Castes (OBC). [[B. R. Ambedkar]], a proponent of Bahujan rights, is their important ideological inspiration. The BSP also speaks in favor of religious minorities. The party claims not to be prejudiced against upper-caste Hindus. In 2008, while addressing the audience, Mayawati said: "Our policies and ideology are not against any particular caste or religion. If we were anti-upper caste, we would not have given tickets to candidates from upper castes to contest elections".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/bsp-is-not-anti-upper-caste-mayawati/story-klNh0237WyQ4xVrIDiZtKI.html|title=BSP is not anti-upper caste: Mayawati|date=2008-11-26|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-05-19|archive-date=23 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923161237/https://www.hindustantimes.com/delhi/bsp-is-not-anti-upper-caste-mayawati/story-klNh0237WyQ4xVrIDiZtKI.html|url-status=live}}</ref> ==List of chief ministers== ===Chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | No ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Image ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Name ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Constituency ! colspan=2 Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Term of office ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Tenure length ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Assembly |- align=center | rowspan=4|1 | rowspan=4|[[File:Mayawati.jpg|175x175px]] | rowspan=4|[[Mayawati]] |''None'' | 3 June 1995 | 18 October 1995 | {{age in years and days|1995|06|03|1995|10|18}} | 12th Assembly<br />{{small|([[1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993 election]])}} |- align=center | rowspan=2|[[Harora (Assembly constituency)|Harora]] | 21 March 1997 | 21 September 1997 | {{age in years and days|1997|03|21|1997|09|21}} | 13th Assembly<br />{{small|([[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996 election]])}} |- align=center | 3 May 2002 | 29 August 2003 | {{age in years and days|2002|05|03|2003|08|29}} | 14th Assembly<br />{{small|([[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002 election]])}} |- align=center | [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council|MLC]] | 13 May 2007 | 15 March 2012 | {{age in years and days|2007|05|13|2012|03|15}} | 15th Assembly<br />{{small|([[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2007 election]])}} |} == Electoral performances == === Success in 2007 === The results of the May 2007 [[2007 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Uttar Pradesh state assembly election]] saw the BSP emerge as a sole majority party, the first to do so since 1991. Mayawati began her fourth term as [[Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh]] and took her oath of office along with 50 ministers of cabinet and state rank on 13 May 2007, at Rajbhawan in the state capital of [[Lucknow]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Mayawati takes oath as UP CM|url=http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/mayawati-takes-oath-as-up-cm/13607|work=NDTV|access-date=16 September 2015|archive-date=16 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916170452/http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/mayawati-takes-oath-as-up-cm/13607|url-status=live}}</ref> Most importantly, the majority achieved in large part was due to the party's ability to take away majority of upper castes votes from their traditional party, the BJP.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|title=Upper castes played crucial role in bsp victory in up assembly elections|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-upper-castes-played-crucial-role-in-bsp-victory-in-up-assembly-elections-1096355|access-date=9 October 2016|archive-date=16 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216170929/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-upper-castes-played-crucial-role-in-bsp-victory-in-up-assembly-elections-1096355|url-status=live}}</ref> [[File:Flags of "Bahujan Samaj Party" at Shivaji Park.png|thumb|Flags of Bahujan Samaj Party at [[Shivaji Park]], [[Mumbai]]]] The party could manage only 80 seats in 2012, as opposed to 206 in 2007 assembly elections. BSP government was the first in the history of Uttar Pradesh to complete its full five-year term.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm|title=Election Commission of India|access-date=7 March 2012|archive-date=15 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215065208/http://eciresults.nic.in/PartyWiseResult.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> On 26 May 2018, Ram Achal Rajbhar was replaced by [[R S Kushwaha]] as the president of UP unit.<ref>{{Cite web|url = https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/mayawati-effects-major-reshuffle-in-bsp-rs-kushwaha-appointed-state-president-in-up/1182038/|title = Mayawati effects major reshuffle in BSP, RS Kushwaha appointed state president in UP|date = 26 May 2018|access-date = 27 June 2018|archive-date = 27 June 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180627203927/https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/mayawati-effects-major-reshuffle-in-bsp-rs-kushwaha-appointed-state-president-in-up/1182038/|url-status = live}}</ref> === 2014 Lok Sabha elections === The 2014 national Lok Sabha elections saw the BSP become the third-largest national party of India in terms of vote percentage, having 4.2% of the vote across the country but gaining no seats.<ref>{{cite news|title=BSP gets third-largest vote share, but no seat|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/bsp-gets-third-largest-vote-share-but-no-seat-114051700178_1.html|work=Business Standard|access-date=16 September 2015|archive-date=13 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913124447/http://www.business-standard.com/article/elections-2014/bsp-gets-third-largest-vote-share-but-no-seat-114051700178_1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> === 2019 Lok Sabha elections: Mahagathbandhan=== Prior to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BSP formed an alliance. The [[Mahagathbandhan (Uttar Pradesh)|''Mahagathbandhan'']] (or Grand Alliance), or simply the ''Gathbandhan'' (Alliance),<ref>[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sp-bsp-rld-thagbandhan-wont-cross-double-digits/article26837237.ece 'SP-BSP-RLD thagbandhan won't cross double digits'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919163843/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/sp-bsp-rld-thagbandhan-wont-cross-double-digits/article26837237.ece |date=19 September 2020 }}, The Hindu (14 April 2019) {{verify source |date=August 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted ([[Special:Diff/895646183]]) by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite at [[Special:Permalink/895469470]] cite #3 - please verify the cite's accuracy and remove this {verify source} template. 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[[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> is an anti-[[Indian National Congress|Congress]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/bsp-will-play-a-role-in-balance-of-power-at-centre-mayawati/article26799236.ece|title=BSP will play a role in 'balance of power' at Centre: Mayawati|date=2019-04-10|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-04-13|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X|archive-date=29 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929193744/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/bsp-will-play-a-role-in-balance-of-power-at-centre-mayawati/article26799236.ece|url-status=live}} {{verify source |date=August 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted ([[Special:Diff/895646183]]) by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite at [[Special:Permalink/895469470]] cite #5 - please verify the cite's accuracy and remove this {verify source} template. 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[[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> Indian political alliance formed in the run-up to the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 general election]] under the leadership of two former Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh, [[Akhilesh Yadav]] of the [[Samajwadi Party]] and [[Mayawati]] of the Bahujan Samaj Party, along with [[Ajit Singh (politician, born 1939)|Ajit Singh]]'s [[Rashtriya Lok Dal]] and several other political parties, contesting in different states of India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/2019-lok-sabha-election-akhilesh-yadav-on-mayawati-as-pm-candidate-will-be-very-happy-1976766|title=Will Be Very Happy, Says Akhilesh Yadav on Mayawati As PM Candidate|website=NDTV.com|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-date=13 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190413011330/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/2019-lok-sabha-election-akhilesh-yadav-on-mayawati-as-pm-candidate-will-be-very-happy-1976766|url-status=live}} {{verify source |date=August 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted ([[Special:Diff/895646183]]) by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite at [[Special:Permalink/895469470]] cite #7 - please verify the cite's accuracy and remove this {verify source} template. 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[[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mayawati-would-make-an-excellent-pm-says-ajit-jogi/story-0DzkTy0RU1oDAhcdlKZpOK.html|title=Mayawati would make an excellent PM, says Ajit Jogi|date=2018-10-22|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-date=29 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329135835/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mayawati-would-make-an-excellent-pm-says-ajit-jogi/story-0DzkTy0RU1oDAhcdlKZpOK.html|url-status=live}} {{verify source |date=August 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted ([[Special:Diff/895646183]]) by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite at [[Special:Permalink/895469470]] cite #10 - please verify the cite's accuracy and remove this {verify source} template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/akhilesh-yadav-tweets-alliance-logo-made-by-supporter-5634891/|title=Akhilesh tweets alliance 'logo' made by supporter|date=2019-03-20|website=The Indian Express|language=en-IN|access-date=2019-03-20|archive-date=29 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329134903/https://indianexpress.com/elections/akhilesh-yadav-tweets-alliance-logo-made-by-supporter-5634891/|url-status=live}} {{verify source |date=August 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted ([[Special:Diff/895646183]]) by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite at [[Special:Permalink/895469470]] cite #11 - please verify the cite's accuracy and remove this {verify source} template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|date=12 April 2019|title=SP-BSP Gathbandhan: How effective is the alliance?|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/sp-bsp-gathbandhan-how-effective-is-the-alliance/videoshow/68852110.cms|access-date=2019-04-13|archive-date=18 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418010659/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/defaultinterstitial.cms|url-status=live}} {{verify source |date=August 2019 |reason=This ref was deleted ([[Special:Diff/895646183]]) by a bug in VisualEditor and later restored by a bot from the original cite at [[Special:Permalink/895469470]] cite #12 - please verify the cite's accuracy and remove this {verify source} template. [[User:GreenC bot/Job 18]]}}</ref> In [[2019 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]], BSP contested 38 seats, SP 37, and RLD 3, and the alliance supported Congress in the final two. Due to this seat sharing agreement, BSP's vote share fell slightly nationally and in the state, but they won 10 seats, up from 0 in 2014. The Samajwadi Party won 5 seats, giving the alliance a total of 15 seats out of 80 in the state.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/uttar-pradesh/mahagathbandhan-in-up-losing-five-seats-because-of-congress-one-because-of-shivpal/articleshow/69461537.cms|title=Mahagathbandhan in UP losing five seats because of Congress, one because of Shivpal|last=Anshuman|first=Kumar|date=2019-05-23|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2019-05-29|archive-date=11 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011174932/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/uttar-pradesh/mahagathbandhan-in-up-losing-five-seats-because-of-congress-one-because-of-shivpal/articleshow/69461537.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> === 2024 Lok Sabha elections: Historic setback === On 19 July 2023, the BSP had announced that it would neither side with the [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|INDIA]] nor the [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] and would go alone in the [[2024 Indian General Election]].<ref>{{cite web|title='Neither NDA nor INDIA': Mayawati spells out BSP stand, then explains|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/mayawatis-bsp-to-stay-neutral-in-2024-elections-rejects-nda-and-india-alliances-101689775443563.html|date = 19 July 2023|website=[[Hindustan Times]]}}</ref> However, it had its worst performance in a Lok Sabha election. It lost all ten of its seats in [[2024 Indian general election in Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] that it had gained in the [[2019 Indian general election|previous election]] and didn't gain any seats elsewhere. Its national vote share fell to 2.07%, less than half of what it was in [[2014 Indian general election|2014]] when it also won 0 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha/story/mayawati-bsp-lok-sabha-election-muslim-voters-uttar-pradesh-2549542-2024-06-05|title=Mayawati's BSP draws blank in Lok Sabha polls: Decoding what went wrong|date=5 June 2024|website=India Today}}</ref> === Election results === === Lok Sabha === {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" |- ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Lok Sabha term ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Year ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Seats<br />contested ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Seats won ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" |+/- Seats ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | vote % !Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" |+/- vote % ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | State (seats) |- | [[9th Lok Sabha|9th]] | [[1989 Indian general election|1989]] | 245 | {{Composition bar|4|543|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{increase}} 4 | 2.07% | - | Punjab (1)<br />UP (3)<ref>{{cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |website=IIS Windows Server |date=2 May 2016 |url=http://164.100.47.192/Loksabha/members/partyardetail.aspx?party_code=26&lsno=9 |access-date=2016-05-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181213201700/http://164.100.47.192/Loksabha/members/partyardetail.aspx?party_code=26&lsno=9 |archive-date=13 December 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | [[10th Lok Sabha|10th]] | [[1991 Indian general election|1991]] | 231 | {{Composition bar|3|543|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{decrease}} 1 | 1.61% | {{decrease}} 0.46% | MP (1)<br />Punjab (1)<br />UP (1)<ref>{{cite web |title=Members : Lok Sabha |website=IIS Windows Server |date=2 May 2016 |url=http://164.100.47.192/Loksabha/Members/lokaralpha.aspx?lsno=10&tab=5 |language=jv |access-date=2016-05-02 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> |- | [[11th Lok Sabha|11th]] | [[1996 Indian general election|1996]] | 210 | {{Composition bar|11|543|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{increase}} 8 | 4.02% | {{increase}} 2.41% | MP (2)<br />Punjab (3)<br />UP (6) |- | [[12th Lok Sabha|12th]] | [[1998 Indian general election|1998]] | 251 | {{Composition bar|5|543|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{decrease}} 6 | 4.67% | {{increase}} 0.65% | Haryana (1)<br />UP (4) |- | [[13th Lok Sabha|13th]] | [[1999 Indian general election|1999]] | 225 | {{Composition bar|14|543|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{increase}} 9 | 4.16% | {{decrease}} 0.49% | UP (14) |- | [[14th Lok Sabha|14th]] | [[2004 Indian general election|2004]] | 435 | {{Composition bar|19|543|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{increase}} 5 | 5.33% | {{increase}} 1.17% | UP (19) |- | [[15th Lok Sabha|15th]] | [[2009 Indian general election|2009]] | 500 | {{Composition bar|21|543|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{increase}} 2 | 6.17% | {{increase}} 0.84% | MP (1)<br />UP (20) |- | [[16th Lok Sabha|16th]] | [[2014 Indian general election|2014]] | 503 | {{Composition bar|0|543|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{decrease}} 21 | 4.19% | {{decrease}} 1.98% | {{n/a}} |- | [[17th Lok Sabha|17th]] | [[2019 Indian general election|2019]] | 383 | {{Composition bar|10|543|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{increase}} 10 | 3.67% | {{decrease}} 0.52% | UP (10) |- | [[18th Lok Sabha|18th]] | [[2024 Indian general election|2024]] | 424 | {{Composition bar|0|543|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{decrease}} 10 | 2.07% | {{decrease}} 1.6% | {{n/a}} |} === Legislative Assembly elections=== {| class="wikitable " style="text-align:center" |- ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Year ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Seats contested ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Seats won ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | +/- ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | Voteshare (%) ! Style="background-color:#22409A; color:white" | +/- (%) |- !Colspan="6"|'''[[Bihar Legislative Assembly ]]''' |- | [[1990 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1990]] | 164 | {{Composition bar|0|324|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{steady}} |0.73% | |- | [[1995 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|1995]] | 161 | {{Composition bar|2|324|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} |{{increase}}2 | 1.34% | |- | [[2000 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2000]] | 249 | {{Composition bar|5|324|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{increase}}3 |1.89% | |- | [[February 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Feb 2005]] | 238 | {{Composition bar|2|243|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} |{{decrease}}3 | 4.41% | |- | [[October 2005 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Oct 2005]] | 212 | {{Composition bar|4|243|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} |{{increase}}2 | 4.17% | |- | [[2010 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2010]] | 243 | {{Composition bar|0|243|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{decrease}}4 | 3.21% | |- | [[2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2015]] | 228 | {{Composition bar|0|243|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{steady}} | 2.1% | |- | [[2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|2020]] | 80 | {{Composition bar|1|243|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{increase}}1 |1.5% | |- !Colspan="6"|'''[[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly ]]''' |- | [[2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2003]] | 54 | {{Composition bar|2|90|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} |{{increase}}2 | 4.45% | |- | [[2008 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2008]] | 90 | {{Composition bar|2|90|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} |{{steady}} | 6.11% | |- | [[2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2013]] | 90 | {{Composition bar|1|90|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} |{{decrease}}1 |4.27% | |- | [[2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2018]] | 33 | {{Composition bar|2|90|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{increase}}1 |3.9% | |- | [[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | 58 | {{Composition bar|0|90|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{decrease}} 0 | 2.05% | |- !Colspan="6"|'''[[Delhi Legislative Assembly ]]''' |- | [[1993 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|1993]] | 55 | {{Composition bar|1|70|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} |{{increase}}1 | 3.90% | |- | [[1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|1998]] | 58 | {{Composition bar|0|70|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} |{{decrease}}1 |3.15% | |- | [[2003 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2003]] | 40 | {{Composition bar|0|70|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} |{{steady}} | 5.76% | |- | [[2008 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2008]] | 70 | {{Composition bar|2|70|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} |{{increase}}2 | 14.05% | |- | [[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|2013]] | 69 | {{Composition bar|0|70|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} 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Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1990]] |183 |{{Composition bar|2|320|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} |{{increase}}2 |3.54% | - |- |[[1993 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]] |286 |{{Composition bar|11|320|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} |{{increase}}9 |7.05% |{{increase}}3.51% |- | [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1998]] | 170 | {{Composition bar|11|320|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{steady}} | 6.15% | {{decrease}}0.9% |- | [[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2003]] | 157 | {{Composition bar|2|230|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{decrease}}9 | 7.26% | {{decrease}}1.11% |- | [[2008 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2008]] | 228 |{{Composition bar|7|230|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{increase}}5 | 8.97% | {{increase}}1.71% |- | [[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2013]] | 227 | {{Composition bar|4|230|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} 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280 | 0 | {{steady}} | 2.33% | |- | [[2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2019]] | 262 | 0 | {{steady}} | 0.92% |- |- | [[2024 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|2024]] | 262 | 0 | {{steady}} | 0.48% |- !Colspan="6"|'''[[Punjab Legislative Assembly ]]''' |- | [[1992 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1992]] | 105 | {{Composition bar|9|117|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{increase}}9 | 16.32% | |- | [[1997 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|1997]] | 67 | {{Composition bar|1|117|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{decrease}}8 | 7.48% | |- | [[2002 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2002]] | 100 | {{Composition bar|0|117|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{decrease}}1 | 5.69% | |- | [[2007 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2007]] | 115 | {{Composition bar|0|117|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{steady}} | 4.13% | |- | [[2012 Punjab Legislative Assembly election|2012]] | 117 | {{Composition bar|0|117|hex={{party 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!Colspan="6"|'''[[Telangana Legislative Assembly ]]''' |- |[[2018 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2018]] | 106 | {{Composition bar|0|117|hex=#3300CC}} |{{decrease}}2 |2.10% | |- |[[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|2023]] | 106 | {{Composition bar|0|117|hex=#3300CC}} |{{steady}} |1.37% | |- !Colspan="6"|'''[[Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly ]]''' |- |[[2002 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2002]] |68 | {{Composition bar|7|70|hex=#3300CC}} |{{increase}}7 |10.93% | - |- |[[2007 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2007]] | 70 | {{Composition bar|8|70|hex=#3300CC}} |{{increase}}1 |11.76% | {{increase}} 0.83% |- |[[2012 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2012]] | 70 | {{Composition bar|3|70|hex=#3300CC}} |{{decrease}}5 |12.19% | {{increase}} 0.43% |- |[[2017 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2017]] | | {{Composition bar|0|70|hex=#3300CC}} |{{decrease}}3 |6.98% | {{decrease}} 5.21% |- |[[2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election|2022]] | 54 | {{Composition bar|2|70|hex=#3300CC}} |{{increase}}2 |4.82% | {{decrease}} 1.16% |- !Colspan="6"|'''[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly ]]''' |- |[[1989 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1989]] |372 |{{Composition bar|13|425|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} |{{increase}}13 |9.41% | - |- |[[1991 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1991]] |386 |{{Composition bar|12|425|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} |{{decrease}}1 |9.44% |{{increase}}0.03% |- | [[1993 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1993]] | 164 | {{Composition bar|67|425|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{increase}}55 | 11.12% | {{increase}}1.68% |- | [[1996 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|1996]] | 299 | {{Composition bar|67|425|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{steady}} | 19.64% | {{increase}}8.52% |- | [[2002 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2002]] | 401 |{{Composition bar|98|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{increase}}31 | 23.06% | {{increase}}3.42% |- | [[2007 Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections|2007]] | 403 | {{Composition bar|206|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{increase}}108 | 30.43% | {{increase}}7.37% |- | [[2012 Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly election|2012]] | 403 | {{Composition bar|80|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{decrease}}126 | 25.91% | {{decrease}}4.48% |- | [[2017 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2017]] | 403 | {{Composition bar|19|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{decrease}}61 | 22.23% | {{decrease}}3.71% |- | [[2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|2022]] | 403 | {{Composition bar|1|403|hex={{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}}} | {{decrease}}18 | 12.88% | {{decrease}}9.43% |- |} ==Gallery== <gallery> File:Dileep bsp.jpg|BSP Leaders at Bahujan Samaj Prerna Kendra File:Vimal bsp.jpg|BSP Leaders at Bahujan Samaj Prerna Kendra File:Bsp img.jpg|BSP cadre camp File:Dileep Kumar Vimal Bsp.jpg|BSP cadre camp File:Dileep kumar vimal bsp.jpg|BSP cadre camp File:Dileep kumar vimal.jpg|BSP cadre camp File:Dileep vimal.jpg|BSP cadre camp </gallery> == See also == * [[Bahujan Samaj Party (Kainth)]], a splinter group * [[BAMCEF]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/back-to-basics-maya-to-hold-cadre-camp-in-delhi/articleshow/62764707.cms|title=Back to basics, Mayawati to hold cadre camp in Delhi|work=The Times of India|access-date=2018-07-11|archive-date=3 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803154644/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/back-to-basics-maya-to-hold-cadre-camp-in-delhi/articleshow/62764707.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Dalit Shoshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article5102.html|title=Journey of a Dalit Party: Why is the BSP Not Able to Extend beyond (...) - Mainstream Weekly|website=mainstreamweekly.net|language=en|access-date=2018-07-11|archive-date=21 May 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180521021819/http://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article5102.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Republican Party of India]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/kanshi-ram-india-dalit-movement-mayawati-bsp|title=Kanshi Ram worked for the Republican Party of India for eight years|work=The Quint|access-date=2018-07-11|language=en|archive-date=26 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180626135337/https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/kanshi-ram-india-dalit-movement-mayawati-bsp|url-status=live}}</ref> * [[Samata Party]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=SAMATA PARTY – Official Website |url=https://samataparty.org/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |language=en-US |archive-date=15 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215101928/https://samataparty.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> * [[Kanshi Ram]] * [[Mayawati]] * [[Jai Bhim]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/politics/stop-touching-my-feet-mayawati-tells-bsp-workers-1665399.html|title=Stop Touching My Feet, BSP Chief Mayawati Tells Party Workers|website=News18|date=19 February 2018|access-date=2019-01-03|archive-date=3 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103210618/https://www.news18.com/news/politics/stop-touching-my-feet-mayawati-tells-bsp-workers-1665399.html|url-status=live}}</ref> * * [[Bahujan Volunteer Force]] * [[List of political parties in India]] == Further reading == * [[Kanchan Chandra|Chandra, Kanchan]]. 2004. 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