Mayawati On Reservation

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said that a separate quota for women from Other Backward Classes (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) sections in the Women's Reservation Bill.

BSP president Mayawati today attacked BJP, Congress and Samajwadi Party on the issue of reservation and cautioned the people belonging to the OBC, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities against these "double-faced" parties.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday termed as "unfortunate" Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's announcement that hospitals run by the Delhi government and private entities will only treat Delhiites during the novel coronavirus crisis.

The government will form a committee to study the feasibility of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "One Nation, One Election", Union Minister Rajnath Singh said after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's all-party meeting on Wednesday. Most parties, he said, had supported the idea. Five key parties, including the Congress, however skipped the meet. Mamata B...

Mayawati today countered Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark that Congress and the Samajwadi Party were using her, with a strong message of unity. The Congress, who had been kept out of the Uttar Pradesh alliance, mainly because of her reservations, will get every alliance vote in Amethi and Raebareli, she said. The alliance is not contesting the...

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati alleged on Monday that the BJP and the Congress were anti-Dalit parties and were trying to 'abolish' the reservation system.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati claimed on Friday that Other Backward Classes (OBCs) got reservation because of her party's efforts.

The countrywide strike over fuel prices has exposed yet another faultline within the united opposition. Mayawati, the scheduled caste powerhouse from Uttar Pradesh clubbed the Congress with the BJP where fuel hike is concerned a day after West Bengal Chief Mamata Banerjee expressed her reservation about the way the strike was announced.

Polling was held in 73 assembly constituencies in western Uttar Pradesh on Saturday in the first of seven phases of what is billed as a semi-final before the 2019 national election. A turnout of 64.2 per cent was recorded, 3 per cent better than that registered in 2012 state elections. The pressure is on the BJP which swept the region in the 2014 n...

Condemning Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan's statement on reservation, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati today said it reflects the discriminatory "Manuvadi" mindset of the upper castes.

Nearly 18 lakh government employees in Uttar Pradesh are on strike in protest against the efforts in parliament to introduce a new law that would reserve promotions in government jobs for dalits and tribals.

On Monday at 5 pm, the Rajya Sabha will vote on whether to reserve promotions in government jobs for Dalits and tribals. Despite the Samajwadi Party's efforts, the proposal was debated in the Rajya Sabha today, with its greatest proponent, Ms Mayawati, offering an extensive explanation for its exigent need.

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court reserved its judgement on PILs seeking direction for initiation of proceedings of criminal case against former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and her cabinet colleague Naseemuddin Siddiqui in alleged Taj Corridor scam.

Despite BSP supremo Mayawati's request to let Parliament function for passing a bill on reservations in promotions for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, the BJP is unlikely to oblige her, a party leader said on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on a plea by former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in a disproportionate assets case lodged by the Central Bureau Investigation (CBI). A bench headed by Justice P Sathasivam reserved the order on the conclusion of arguments. Maywati's counsel Harish Salve told the court that it had never ordere...

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said that a separate quota for women from Other Backward Classes (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) sections in the Women's Reservation Bill.

BSP president Mayawati today attacked BJP, Congress and Samajwadi Party on the issue of reservation and cautioned the people belonging to the OBC, Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities against these "double-faced" parties.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati on Monday termed as "unfortunate" Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's announcement that hospitals run by the Delhi government and private entities will only treat Delhiites during the novel coronavirus crisis.

The government will form a committee to study the feasibility of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "One Nation, One Election", Union Minister Rajnath Singh said after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's all-party meeting on Wednesday. Most parties, he said, had supported the idea. Five key parties, including the Congress, however skipped the meet. Mamata B...

Mayawati today countered Prime Minister Narendra Modi's remark that Congress and the Samajwadi Party were using her, with a strong message of unity. The Congress, who had been kept out of the Uttar Pradesh alliance, mainly because of her reservations, will get every alliance vote in Amethi and Raebareli, she said. The alliance is not contesting the...

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati alleged on Monday that the BJP and the Congress were anti-Dalit parties and were trying to 'abolish' the reservation system.

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) supremo Mayawati claimed on Friday that Other Backward Classes (OBCs) got reservation because of her party's efforts.

The countrywide strike over fuel prices has exposed yet another faultline within the united opposition. Mayawati, the scheduled caste powerhouse from Uttar Pradesh clubbed the Congress with the BJP where fuel hike is concerned a day after West Bengal Chief Mamata Banerjee expressed her reservation about the way the strike was announced.

Polling was held in 73 assembly constituencies in western Uttar Pradesh on Saturday in the first of seven phases of what is billed as a semi-final before the 2019 national election. A turnout of 64.2 per cent was recorded, 3 per cent better than that registered in 2012 state elections. The pressure is on the BJP which swept the region in the 2014 n...

Condemning Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan's statement on reservation, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati today said it reflects the discriminatory "Manuvadi" mindset of the upper castes.

Nearly 18 lakh government employees in Uttar Pradesh are on strike in protest against the efforts in parliament to introduce a new law that would reserve promotions in government jobs for dalits and tribals.

On Monday at 5 pm, the Rajya Sabha will vote on whether to reserve promotions in government jobs for Dalits and tribals. Despite the Samajwadi Party's efforts, the proposal was debated in the Rajya Sabha today, with its greatest proponent, Ms Mayawati, offering an extensive explanation for its exigent need.

The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court reserved its judgement on PILs seeking direction for initiation of proceedings of criminal case against former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and her cabinet colleague Naseemuddin Siddiqui in alleged Taj Corridor scam.

Despite BSP supremo Mayawati's request to let Parliament function for passing a bill on reservations in promotions for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, the BJP is unlikely to oblige her, a party leader said on Tuesday.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday reserved its order on a plea by former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati in a disproportionate assets case lodged by the Central Bureau Investigation (CBI). A bench headed by Justice P Sathasivam reserved the order on the conclusion of arguments. Maywati's counsel Harish Salve told the court that it had never ordere...