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Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati addresses the media at Parliament in New Delhi on April 22, 2013. Parliament is likely to witness major disruptions, with the opposition preparing to take on the Manmohan Singh government on coalgate and the draft JPC report on the 2G spectrum scam, as the House opens for the second half of the budget session. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President
strongNew Delhi:/strongBSP chief Mayawati today attackedthe Centre for delay in clearing the anti-rape bill due tointernal differences in the Cabinet, saying it showed theCentre's intentions on the issue were not clear. If this bill is not cleared in this session, you allknow that the ordinance will lapse. This makes it clear thatCentral government's intentions on providing security to womenare not clear, she told reporters outside Parliament here. [caption id=attachment_657313 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strongBSP chief Ma
Former Chief Minister of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Leader Mayawati (C) walks to her vehicle outside Parliament in New Delhi on March 5, 2013. Both houses of Parliament were adjourned till noon after opposition parties raised various issues including the killing of a police officer in Uttar Pradesh. As soon as the Lok Sabha assembled, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) members started raising the issue of killing of Deputy Superintendent of Police Zia-ul-Haq by a mob on March 2. Former Chief Minister of the northe
strongNew Delhi: /strongBSP leader Mayawati Saturday demanded that the Rajasthan government take strong action against social scientist Ashis Nandy for his comments linking OBCs, the SCs and the STs to corruption and that he be told to leave the Jaipur Literature Festival. Talking to mediapersons here, Mayawati said Nandy's comments were wrong, baseless and unfortunate and reflected casteist mindset. They were made as part of a thought-out conspiracy to defame people from these communities, said the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo. [caption id=attachment_603154 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi: /strongBSP leader
strongLucknow/strong: BSP supremo Mayawati today said that her party agrees with the view that those accused of rape should not be fielded by political parties in elections. BSP agrees with the view 101 percent that rape accused should not be fielded as candidates in the elections and not be given importance, Mayawati told newpersons. The former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh also approved of Union Minister Shashi Tharoor's suggestion that the revised anti-rape law be named after Delhi gang-rape victim. [caption id=attachment_576209 align=alignleft width=380 strongLucknow/strong: BSP supremo M
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati smiles after her birthday celebrations in New Delhi in this January 15, 2008 file photo. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is led by Mayawati, 56, a former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh who goes by only one name and is as famous for building sandstone statues of herself and for her love of designer shoes as she is for championing the cause of India's Dalits, who are on the lowest rung of India's caste hierarchy. She has also opposed many of the economic reforms. To match Analysis INDIA-POLITICS. Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawa
strongNew Delhi:/strong BSP supremo Mayawati today slammed the government for not getting the bill providing for quota in promotion to SCs/STs cleared in Lok Sabha, saying since beginning she had doubts over the Centre's sincerity on the issue. She alleged that the Centre staged a drama on the bill in Lok Sabha for the last two days and had it been sincere, when the copy of the bill was snatched yesterday, they should have suspended the Samajwadi Party MPS, brought the House in order, used marshals but they did not do so. [caption id=attachment_564836 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong BSP supremo
strongNew Delhi:/strong BSP chief Mayawati on Monday sought to take credit for passage of bill providing SC/ST quota in promotions in government jobs in the Rajya Sabha, saying it has achieved after a hard fight. If we had not fought hard for it, then perhaps we could not have achieved what we got today. We are feeling good today and our supporters also must be feeling so. I want to thank both the Government and the Opposition on behalf of my party, she told reporters here. [caption id=attachment_560838 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong BSP chief M
Mayawati, the Bahujan Samaj Party chief, looks set to have her way on the Quota Bill. If the constitutional amendment bill gets passed in Rajya Sabha on Monday, she would be scoring a massive political victory over her arch Uttar Pradesh rival Mulayam Singh Yadav, leader of the Samajwadi Party. The fate of the bill would also impact the stability of the minority UPA government and would indicate whether the country is headed for general elections earlier than 2014. The Constitution (117th Amendment) Bill, 2012, which promises reservation for SCs and STs in promotions, requires two-thirds majority to be cleared in either House. The UPA does not have the numbers to get it passed on its own strength, so the support of the opposition parties becomes critical. The BJP does not appear averse to backing the bill, though it has a few riders. Others are likely to join in, given none wants to be seen as blocking a bill that is linked to their potential vote banks.[caption id=attachment_556458 align=alignleft width=380 Mayawati, the Bahujan Samaj Party c
Mayawati made good on her threat to go to any extent over the issue of passing a constitutional amendment to give quotas to SC/ST staff in government promotions. Yesterday, she attacked Rajya Sabha Chairman Hamid Ansari verbally, jumping into the well of the house and accusing him of running the house poorly. You are not seen here after 12 pm... What kind of House is this? You have to decide what has to be done on this, she said. When Ansari pleaded with her to let the House continue, a href=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/mayawati-directs-ire-at-rajya-sabha-chairman-hamid-ansari/articleshow/17593080.cmsemThe Economic Times/em/a quoted her as fuming: I am not ready to listen to anything. We have seen in the last few days that every day the House is not allowed to function after 12 pm. It is your responsibility to ensure that it functions. Who will ensure that it functions? But today, all is forgiven, almost forgotten. After the Prime Ministers and the Leader of the Opposition dished out emollient words, the Lady herself a href=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/a-day-after-tirade-mayawati-assures-ansari-she-respects-him-555957.htmldeigned to half-apologise to Ansari:/a I respect you. I respect the Chair...I have full faith in the Chair that he will find a way to get the voice of the downtrodden heard, Mayawati told the Rajya Sabha. This is the Indian way where everything can be put behind with a seeming apology. You can create mayhem, and abuse anybody, or even resort to violence, but if you even hint that you have thought about an apology, everything must be forgotten, forgiven. [caption id=attachment_556327 align=alignleft width=380 Mayawati made good on her threat to
Mayawati today launched into a tirade against the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha Hamid Ansari over the working of the Upper House of Parliament and its functioning was coming to a close earlier than expected every day because he was not present. At 12 pm you will leave the House and then nothing happens....You are the Chairman of the House you should ensure it functions.Who will ensure the house functions, emhain/em? an angry Mayawati shouted at Ansari when the House began proceedings. [caption id=attachment_554425 align=alignleft width=380 Mayawati today launched into a tira
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President Mayawati (C) addresses the media outside Parliament house during the winter session in New Delhi on December 5, 2012. India's government, which lost its majority in September, faced a test of its ability to marshal support in parliament on Wednesday with a vote on a contentious recent reform of the retail sector. After two days of stormy debating in the rowdy lower house, lawmakers are set to pass judgement on new rules opening up the highly protected retail sector to foreign supermarkets that are being allowed in for the first time. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh state Mayawati, front right, arrives to address a press conference in New Delhi, India, Monday, Dec. 3, 2012. Mayawati said, she feels the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand is needed for the country's economic growth but the policy should be implemented with certain conditions to prevent the harmful impact of some of its provisions on the poor and the middle class, according to local reports. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) President
India's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Chief Mayawati gestures as she address the media during a news conference in New Delhi December 3, 2012. India's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) C
BSP supremo Mayawati is not about to make life any easier for the ruling UPA. With a debate and vote on the government's contentious decision to introduce FDI in the retail sector scheduled for both houses of Parliament next week, Mayawati seems to have toughened her stand on the issue. The former UP Chief Minister said that while it was important for India to bring in foreign investment, she was not convinced that FDI in the retail sector was the answer. [caption id=attachment_543260 align=alignleft width=380 BSP supremo Mayawati is not about t
strongNew Delhi:/strong BSP supremo Mayawati on Friday kept up the suspense on her party's stand on voting on the FDI in retail issue in Rajya Sabha, saying it will be declared on the floor of the House. The House was not running smoothly earlier. It is functioning today and it is Private Member's Bill today. Whenever it will be taken up in the House, we will make our party's stand clear on the floor of the House, she told reporters outside Parliament House. [caption id=attachment_541202 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong BSP supremo
strongNew Delhi:/strong BSP leader Mayawati today refused to spell her party's strategy on the issue of FDI, saying it will be disclosed on the floor of the House. It (debate on FDI) has been admitted in Lok Sabha. Speaker has taken the decision. It is under Rule 184 in Lok Sabha. In Rajya Sabha, the presiding officer has to decide on it. So under which rule it will be decided, we will disclose our strategy on the floor of the House only. Pressed further on the issue, she said, We will disclose it on the House. House is functioning. [caption id=attachment_539885 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong BSP leader
Former Chief Minister of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and Member of Parliament (MP) Mayawati arrives to attend the Winter Session of Parliament in New Delhi on November 23, 2012. The WInter Session of India's Parliament suffered more disruption for a second day as protests by opposition parliamentarians once more led the Speaker to adjourn proceedings. The decision to allow foreign supermarkets into the retail sector did not require a vote and has become law, but proposals to open up the gigantic insurance and pensions markets will need parliamentary approval. Former Chief Minister of the northe
strongNew Delhi/strong: BSP supremo Mayawati today fired a salvo at the Akhilesh Yadav government saying law and order had failed completely in Uttar Pradesh reducing it to crime pradesh. [caption id=attachment_522293 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi/strong: BSP supremo
strong10.14 am: What will Mayawati do?/strong BSP Supremo Mayawati who said that going into elections on a war footing may be a good thing during a massive rally in Uttar Pradesh yesterday, is set to announce whether or not her party will continue to extend support to the UPA government. The former UP Chief Minister has remained silent in the days and weeks following the TMC's dramatic exit from the UPA government on the back of a wave of economic reforms approved by the cabinet. The TMC move reduced the Congress led UPA government to a minority, which has now led to a situation where it needs the support of both the BSP and SP to survive. [caption id=attachment_485474 align=alignleft width=380 strong10.14 am: What will Mayawati
strongLucknow:/strong BSP president Mayawati on Tuesday billed the seven-month-old Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh as an utter failure and alleged that goons of the ruling Samajwadi Party had let loose terror in the state. Recalling before a gathering of thousands of supporters at the Ramabai ground here how six months back she had predicted that people would soon repent their decision to vote the SP to power, the Bahujan Samaj Party leader warned against insults to Dalit icons and seers. Pointing out how names of universities, institutions and parks were being changed and Dalits being harassed in the present regime, Mayawati warned officials not to toe the SP government line blindly. She added that during her tenure she had never changed the names of government programmes, and resented that the Akhilesh Yadav government was reversing her orders out of political vengeance. Targeting arch rival and national president of the Samajwadi Party (SP) Mulayam Singh Yadav for opposing caste-based reservations in promotions, she said it was only because of the reservations that Mulayam Singh Yadav and his clan had made it big in politics and held several positions in governments. [caption id=attachment_484877 align=alignleft width=380 strongLucknow:/strong BSP president
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati waves to supporters during a rally commemorating the sixth death anniversary of party founder Kanshiram in Lucknow on October 9, 2012. Attacking the UPA government on several fronts, BSP supremo Mayawati said her party will take a call on whether to continue its outside support to the Centre, according to the Press Trust of India. Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo M
Mayawati has put the Congress-led UPA on tenterhooks. The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief told a jam-packed two-lakh capacity crowd at Ramabai Maidan in Lucknow that the next parliamentary polls would be held much ahead of 2014 and party workers need to start preparations for it on a war footing. And the clincher: she wants the party to ensure that the UPA does not return to power. This statement is sure to ring alarm bells among Congress strategists. Like Arvind Kejriwal, Mayawati has also learnt the art of media management by promising a bombshell on Wednesday. A meeting of the BSP National Executive on Wednesday will decide whether to continue extending support to the UPA at the Centre or not.[caption id=attachment_484796 align=alignleft width=380 Mayawati has put the Congress-led U
A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supporter wears a headgear displaying a portrait of party leader and former Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh state Mayawati during a rally to mark the death anniversary of party founder Kanshi Ram in Lucknow, India, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012. Mayawati, the bottom-caste dalit leader who ruled like a queen over the gargantuan state of Uttar Pradesh, suffered a crushing defeat earlier this year. She drew criticism during her 5-year rule for spending a fortune on public parks complete with gigantic statues of herself and other party leaders instead of reforming the health and education systems. A Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) support
strong12.20pm:/strongstrongMayawati attacks Congress, other political parties for not honouring Kanshi Ram/strong In what is sure to be a worrying sign for Congress leaders, Mayawati wastes barely any time in launching an attack on the party. In her opening address, she condemns the Congress for not declaring a national holiday on theoccasionof Kanshi Ram's death anniversary. (Kanshi Ram was the founder of the BSP. You can a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanshi_Ram target=_blankread more on him here/a) Mayawati went on to say that most political parties had remained silent on the issue of a national holiday on Kanshi Ram's death anniversary and went on to add, You must never forgive the other parties for the treatment meted out to Mr Kanshi Ram...we must expose their casteist mentality. She added, It is because of anti-dalit sentiment that bill for quotas for promotions bill has not been passed yet. strong12.12pm: Mayawati keeps Congress guessing/strong BSP leader Mayawati who is addressing a massive anti-FDI rally in Uttar Pradesh, is widely expected to announce whether or not she will support the UPA government at the centre. The rally is sure to be closely watched by the Congress, and also the Samajawadi Party who are looking for some clarity on what she will do next. This is her first rally since her party lost state assembly elections to the Akhilesh Yadav led Samajawadi Party. [caption id=attachment_484299 align=alignleft width=380 strong12.20pm:/strongstrongMayawati
strongLucknow:/strong BSP chief Mayawati today criticised the UPA government for increasing diesel price and restricting supply of subsidised cooking gas and demanded immediate roll back of the anti-people decision. Reeling under the pressure of continued price hike of petrol, the common man has been further subjected to more hardships with this decision of unprecedented diesel price hike of Rs five per litre as well as quota of six LPG gas cylinders per family, Mayawati said in a statement.[caption id=attachment_455907 align=alignleft width=380 strongLucknow:/strong BSP chief May
strongNew Delhi:/strong BSP supremo Mayawati today said that her party was supportive of the black money issue raised by yoga guru Ramdev but she did not agree with the way he allowed NDA leaders to make speeches from his platform against other political parties. The former UP Chief minister said ideally Ramdev should have appealed to all political parties to find a solution in Parliament and make a Lokpal, but he called a particular party to his stage to abuse another party and I think this way we would not be able to achieve our goal. [caption id=attachment_417905 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong BSP supremo
strongNew Delhi:/strong BSP supremo Mayawati, whose party is providing outside support to UPA, today pressed the government to take steps to bring back black money into the country and extended her support to all anti-corruption agitations which were above party politics. The former UP Chief Minister said if the Centre had taken timely steps to address the matter, the Supreme Court would not have had to intervene in the serious issue. [caption id=attachment_416489 align=alignleft width=380 strongNew Delhi:/strong BSP supremo
People look at the scene after a marble statue of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati was vandalized by unidentified men at the Ambedkar Park in Lucknow, India, Thursday, July 26, 2012. The statue was one among the nine towering statues of the Bahujan Samaj Party leader that has been adorning four lavish public parks in the state capital. The park project of Mayawati, herself a dalit, has been a magnet for criticism in one of India's poorest states, where tens of millions suffer from malnutrition and many still die from treatable diseases such as cholera and diarrhea. People look at the scene after a ma
strongLucknow:/strong BSP supremo Mayawati today accused ruling SP of changing with an ill will the nomenclatures of districts named after saints, gurus and Dalit icons during her regime. New districts were created during BSP regime and named after Dalit and OBC icons so that they always remain a source of inspiration for the society, the former chief minister said in Lucknow in a statement.[caption id=attachment_387912 align=alignleft width=380 strongLucknow:/strong BSP supremo M