Mayawati

In a press conference held in Lucknow on August 04, BSP Chief Mayawati voiced her dissatisfaction with the Supreme Court's new verdict allowing sub-classification within SC/ST categories. She argues that this decision, overturning a 2004 ruling, could create new issues and complications in the reservation system. Watch her detailed response and insights on this significant legal shift.

On May 7, Bahujan Samaj Party National President Mayawati removed her nephew Akash Anand from the position of party national co-ordinator and her political successor. Less than five months back, when former Uttar Pradesh CM Mayawati had passed her mantle to Akash Anand and now on voting day of the phase 3, the surprising decision came. But who exactly is Akash Anand? And why was he removed?

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati are likely to skip the meeting meant to showcase opposition unity on the CAA-NRC matter

The BSP supremo, however, said that she was not permanently breaking the alliance with SP.

The SP supremo said that the next prime minister would come from the 'gathbandhan' and that he would be happy if it is a woman.

PM Modi said Mayawati’s desperation was understandable from her outreach to Muslim electorate, but the silence of secular people has exposed their "selective outrage".

On October 3, Mayawati lashed out at the Congress and said her party will fight the upcoming assembly polls alone

Speaking exclusively to Network18's Group Editor-in-Chief Rahul Joshi, BJP chief Amit Shah said that the despite the formidable alliance of Congress and Samajwadi Party in UP, the failure of Akhilesh Yadav to ensure rule of law in the state will be his undoing.

The group led by Akhilesh Yadav is the Samajwadi Party and is entitled to use its name and reserved symbol Bicycle, the three-member Election Commission headed by Nasim Zaidi said in its order.

Calling this an accommodative stance, Anil Padmanabhan, Deputy Managing Editor at Mint, says the move is going to be a 'serious three way fight', where normally BJP wins as the opposition votes get divided.

In an interview to CNBC-TV18, Prabhu Chawla, Editorial Director of New Indian Express spoke about the current political uncertainty and where things are headed in terms of an early election.

Yesterday was a very a volatile session, but Mayawati saved the day for our market. In the afternoon, she said that she would vote in favour of FDI in retail in the Rajya Sabha.

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut says that FDI in retail is a bid by the government to sell off the country. Citing Bofors, 2G spectrum and coal scams, the Shiv Sena leader said, "Till now the government has looted the country, but now it wants to sell it off."

Amisha Vora, joint managing director at Prabhudas Lilladher says FDI in retail is pretty positive; a major milestone is being achieved. According to Vora, 6,050-6,100 on the Nifty is a possibility.

With BSP supremo Mayawati lending her support to the government in Rajya Sabha on the contentious issue of FDI in retail, the 50-share NSE benchmark Nifty touched a 20-month high of 5,937.40.

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati on Monday continued the suspense over her stand on FDI in retail saying though it will affect small retailers and farmers adversely, it can be tried in Congress-ruled states first.

According to Sardesai, there is very little chance of either Mayawati or Pawar withdrawing support from the government immediately. He believes, the Congress government is going to sustain for at least 6-12 months.

The government says IOC, HPCL and BPCL will lose Rs 43,000 crore selling subsidised LPG cylinders and so the government is now looking to cap LPG cylinders per family at 6. But our parliamentarians and MPs should be the first to practice what they preach reports CNBC-TV18‘s Nayantara Rai.

Shobhana Bhartia, Chairperson, Hindustan Times Group & Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha is of the opinion that the Samajwadi Party will be way ahead of other parties in the UP elections but they may fall short of an absolute majority and would require support.