Mayawati

Cases Against UP Citizenship Law Protesters Should Be Withdrawn: Mayawati

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday January 27, 2020

The BSP on Monday demanded withdrawal of cases lodged by the UP government against women protesting against the amended Citizenship Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state.

"Ready To Debate": Mayawati On Amit Shah's Citizenship Law Challenge

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 22, 2020

A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah dared the opposition to debate the Citizenship Amendment Act with him, Bahujan Samajwadi Party supremo Mayawati said her party is ready for the challenge.

Mayawati Spares Samajwadi Party From Attack, Says Focus On National Parties

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 15, 2020

As she lashed out at the BJP and the Congress at a press conference here to mark her 64th birthday, BSP chief Mayawati stopped short of criticising former ally Samajwadi Party.

"Centre Hasn't Taken Anyone Into Confidence": Mayawati On Citizenship Law

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 15, 2020

BSP chief Mayawati on Wednesday said it is "sad" that the government had not taken anyone into "confidence" before bringing the Citizenship Amendment Act and asked the Centre to withdraw it.

Like Congress, BJP Misusing Power For Political Gains, Says Mayawati

India News | Edited by Swati Bhasin | Wednesday January 15, 2020

Bahujan Samaj party chief Mayawati, who turns 64 today, hit out at the BJP this morning as she said that the ruling party is "misusing power for political gains just like the Congress" and the "common man is suffering".

Highlights: Opposition Meeting On Citizenship Law Begins

India News | Edited by Ridhima Shukla | Monday January 13, 2020

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Bahujan Samajwadi Party chief Mayawati have decided to skip the meeting of opposition parties being organised today to discuss the current political situation in the backdrop of the student protests and the contentious citizenship law and the citizenship list NRC. The meeting is expected to signal oppo...

No Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati In Congress-Led Opposition Meet On CAA

India News | Reported by Sunil Prabhu, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday January 13, 2020

Mamata Banerjee and Mayawati will skip a meeting called by the Congress this afternoon to discuss protests over the citizenship law and the citizenship list NRC, in a big blow to opposition unity. Arvind Kejriwal will also stay away; the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) was reportedly not invited.

Why Didn't You Go To Kota? Mayawati Asks Priyanka Gandhi

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday January 11, 2020

Slamming Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi, BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday asked her why she did not visit the mothers who lost their infants in Kota even as she took out time to attend a marriage in Jaipur on Friday.

"Extremely Condemnable": Mayawati On Pakistan Gurdwara Attack

India News | ANI | Saturday January 4, 2020

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) president Mayawati on Saturday condemned the attack on Gurdwara Sri Nankana Sahib in Pakistan and urged the central government to intervene in the matter to avoid any such situation in the future.

Yogi Adityanath, Mayawati Slam Sonia Gandhi Over Baby Deaths In Kota

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday January 2, 2020

The death of around 100 babies at a hospital in Rajasthan's Kota has set off a political storm. With the BJP and Mayawati criticising the Congress-ruled state and the Centre showing concern, the matter has reached Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.

Mayawati Slams UP Policeman's "Go To Pak" Remark, Demands Probe

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday December 29, 2019

BSP chief Mayawati on Sunday condemned the "go to Pakistan" remark made purportedly by a police official in Meerut during protests against the amended citizenship act, terming it as "unfortunate".

"If Discipline Is Broken...": Mayawati Suspends MLA Over Citizenship Law

India News | Reported By Anurag Dwary, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Sunday December 29, 2019

Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati, who has been a vocal critic of the amended Citizenship Act, has suspended a party MLA for supporting the legislation amid widespread protests across the country.

No Internet In Parts Of UP, Drones Fly As Cops Brace For Fresh Protests

India News | Reported by Saurabh Shukla and Alok Pandey, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Friday December 27, 2019

The Uttar Pradesh government has placed the state on high alert and blacked out Internet connectivity in 21 districts over concerns of further protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act erupting after the Friday prayers.

UP Government Should Probe Deaths Of People In Citizenship Protests: Mayawati

Lucknow News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday December 25, 2019

BSP supremo Mayawati today asked the Uttar Pradesh government to conduct a thorough probe into the deaths during anti-citizenship law protests and help the innocent victims.

CBI To Probe Alleged Expressway Scam In Mayawati, Akhilesh Yadav Regimes

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Debanish Achom | Wednesday December 25, 2019

The Central Bureau of Investigation has taken over the probe into an alleged Rs 126 crore scam in buying land in Mathura for the Yamuna Expressway project, which connects Noida with Agra. Former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati had started the 165-km expressway project in 2009, and her rival Akhilesh Yadav of the ...