BSP To Fight Solo In Upcoming Assembly Elections In Uttar Pradesh And Uttarakhand: Mayawati
BSP chief Mayawati (Ajay Aggarwal/ Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has decided to go all alone in the upcoming assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand,
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Party supremo Mayawati made the announcement, putting to rest the speculative reports which had been claiming that her party will be fighting the elections in an alliance with Asaduddin Owaisi s All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM).
Taking to Twitter, Mayawati said, Reports are doing rounds since yesterday that the AIMIM and BSP will fight the upcoming assembly general elections in UP together. This news is completely false, misleading and factless. There is not even an iota of truth in this and BSP vehemently denies it.
Farmersâ Protest: Where Do UP Politicians Stand?
The Wire spoke with multiple leaders in the state to understand the impact of the farmersâ protest on the upcoming panchayat polls as well as the assembly elections in 2022.
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New Delhi: Amidst the ongoing farmersâ protest on the borders of Delhi and simmering anger against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Uttar Pradesh, opposition parties in the state including the Indian National Congress and Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) have organised a series of
mahapanchayats. If the massive crowds at the rallies are something to go by, the opposition parties may be in a good place to win over the aggrieved farmersâ votes, and with an effective strategy could consolidate the anger against the ruling BJP. The rallies â a starting point â assume greater significance in the current context as Uttar Pradesh is to hold its three-tier panchayat elections in April this year and th