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Mayawati Criticizes Rahul Gandhi's Alliance Call, Accuses Congress of 'Double Standards'
Responding to Gandhi’s remarks, Mayawati took to X to criticise the Congress's political strategy.
Congress Can Never Uphold Ambedkar's Ideals and Policies, Mayawati
In her X post, Mayawati asserted that Congress has never truly respected Ambedkar's legacy. She stressed that, no matter what programs the party holds in his name, they are only political maneuvers.
Mayawati Urges Halt to Anti-Reservation Measures Following Centre's Lateral Entry Reversal
Amidst controversy over reservation issues relating to the advertised posts, the Centre told the UPSC on Tuesday to withdraw the recent notice for lateral recruitment. Mayawati termed the move and said the Centre scrapped the appointments of 47 candidates through lateral entry up to the executive cadre grade, including the rank of Joint Secretary and Director, without giving them promotions or awarding reservations regularly. She pressed for discontinuation of all anti-reservation measures at every level.
Mayawati Challenges Supreme Court’s SC Sub-Classification Ruling, Calls for Parliamentary Reversal
Addressing a press conference, Mayawati termed the judgment of the SC, which authorized states to form sub-categories within SCs and STs for the purpose of reservation with the aim of uplifting more disadvantaged sub-groups, as 'wrong' and 'improper'. She said that the ruling can deprive the existing reservations for SCs and STs and can divert these quotas to the general category.
BSP and ASP Set to Compete in Full Slate of UP Assembly By-Elections
Though it normally keeps away from by-polls, BSP has made an exception this time and has decided to contest on all the ten seats. Nine of these seats fell vacant as the incumbent legislators were elected in the Lok Sabha while the Sisamau seat in Kanpur fell vacant due to the disqualification of MLA Irfan Solanki by virtue of his conviction in a criminal case by a court.
BSP supremo Mayawati reinstates nephew Akash Anand as her political heir, party’s National Coordinator
Akash Anand faced flak for his intemperate language during the campaign, wherein he termed the Union government a "government of terrorists" and compared it with the Taliban in Afghanistan. This invited an FIR against him and other BSP members by the Sitapur Police.
Mayawati Considering Akash Anand's Relaunch Amid Chandra Shekhar Aazad's Rise
Chandra Shekhar Aazad secured a resounding victory in the Nagina reserved Lok Sabha constituency despite facing competition from the BJP, BSP, and SP.
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