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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)
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- Abbreviation BSP
- President Mayawati
- Founder Kanshi Ram
- Founded 14 April 1984 (40 Years Ago) (1984-04-14)
- Country India
- Headquarters 12, Gurudwara Rakabganj Road, New Delhi, India-110001
- Eci Status National Party
- Ideology Social Justice, Self-Respect
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bahujan samaj party (BSP) BIOGRAPHY
Last Updated : 06 Feb 2025
Bahujan Samaj Party: A Profile Founded in 1984 by Kanshi Ram, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) champions the interests of Bahujans - Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Other Backward Classes (OBCs), and minorities. Kanshi Ram, drawing inspiration from B. R. Ambedkar, Jyotiba Phule, and others, aimed t...
BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY NEWS
Dear Editor, I Disagree: To say BSP is in permanent decline overlooks nature of Dalit mobilisation
April 10, 2025 12:02 pm
While BSP may not be winning elections at the moment, its consistent vote share still makes it a critical force in UP politics
Why BSP has stopped asking for donations at cadre meetings
March 24, 2025 1:25 pm
Some in the party claim Rs 50 membership fee now “only remaining source of funds”. Financial reports to EC in last three years shows a jump in earnings through “fees and subscriptions”.
Where is the BSP in UP? Looking for clues in Mayawati's actions, silences
March 18, 2025 3:22 pm
As the inheritor of Kanshi Ram’s legacy, Mayawati single-handedly led the Bahujan movement to power. And then, post 2012, she withdrew and the party shrunk. In 2025, party workers and voters in UP are confounded, but still hope on.
‘It's death of a movement’: Former Mayawati aides ‘pained’ at BSP decline, but ‘not surprised’
March 07, 2025 5:11 am
Cite “influence of money, family and a few select leaders”. “A mission can’t be run by dictatorship, but only bhaichara… Behanji kept removing leaders who had a support base”
Day after sacking nephew Akash Anand, Mayawati expels him from BSP
March 03, 2025 10:50 pm
In a series of posts in Hindi on X Mayawati said Akash had been removed because he was under the influence of his father-in-law and former BSP MP Ashok Siddharth, who in turn was expelled from the party last month.
Decode Politics: Why Mayawati sacked Akash Anand; what is next for her, BSP
March 03, 2025 5:35 am
The party, which has been electorally shrinking for years, is staring at an uncertain future. Now it has to quickly find its feet ahead of coming electoral battles and replace Mayawati’s nephew who had been touted as her successor.
Akash Anand’s déjà vu moment: Who is Mayawati’s nephew, sacked for the second time?
March 03, 2025 6:54 am
Once the heir apparent of the BSP chief, Akash Anand was brought in to help rebuild the party, stop its electoral slide. But he struggled to bring the party back on track.
Mayawati sacks nephew, says no party successor till 'my last breath'
March 03, 2025 1:34 am
While announcing that Akash's post will be split into two, in favour of his father Anand Kumar and Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Gautam, Mayawati said, “Now, I have decided that there will be no successor for me in the party till my last breath.”
Is Akash Anand again in trouble with Mayawati? As BSP chief cracks the whip, confusion in party over her nephew’s position
February 21, 2025 10:45 am
Mayawati has removed Delhi BSP president Laxman Singh and appointed Delhi unit vice president Rajesh Tanwar to the post. Laxman Singh was appointed general secretary of Delhi committee and Sujeet Smrat the new vice president of Delhi BSP.
The Azad imprint in BSP’s Delhi candidate list: Can the party's road to recovery start from the Capital?
January 27, 2025 4:44 pm
In a bid to regain its foothold among its core Dalit voter base, which has seemingly shifted to the AAP, the Mayawati-led party has fielded 35 candidates from the Jatav community; almost half of the candidates are below 45 years old.
